When I'm using Chrome I'm getting fullscreen popup advertising even on sites that I am certain do not have it. I see the web site it is trying to load is "www.openadserving.com" in the status bar.
I suspect this is some kind of browser or OS virus.
How can I deal with this on Ubuntu? Is there some tool I can run to detect the virus? Or can I totally reinstall Chrome somehow?
Best Answer
You haven't provided sufficient information to identify the problem accurately, but the following suggestions may help to identify or even hopefully solve it:
gksu gedit /etc/hosts
) and enter this line at the bottom:127.0.0.1 www.openadserving.com
As this will prevent all connection between this site and your computer after restart, this might solve your problem or if it doesn't, then;