PredictWind.com

[claymore]

Just love it.

[Bodach na mara]

Won't load for me.

Even worse, since I tried to access it, a site called babblingventricle opens a new tab when I try to click on a hot spot in any web page.

[claymore]

Oh bummer - I hope I haven't done that to you ....

[Bodach na mara]

I don't know, it happened when I tried to access that site and now I can't get rid of it. I have updated Windows 10, updated the Defender data and done a full scan but I keep getting prompt to allow pop-ups from whatever site I am looking at and whether I accept or decline a new tab opens with a site that has official looking branding and is offering a free scan and removal service. I know better than to click on anything there but I can't use my laptop so am doing this on my tablet.

[sahona]

I've managed to get predictwind without problems on a win10 laptop. You must have invited aliens Ken.
Like John, I'd give it foive.

[Telo]

Lentils and chickpeas seem to do it for me.

[claymore]

Madame Telo has my undying sympathy and respect.

[Flobbets]

No promises (I haven't been afflicted with that adware), but I've found this site to be fairly reliable. https://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-hr ... ricle-com/

Mike

[Bodach na mara]

No promises (I haven't been afflicted with that adware), but I've found this site to be fairly reliable. https://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-hr ... ricle-com/

Mike

Thanks Flobbets, removal now complete. It was not a simple job. There are four stages, each requiring download of a different malware removal program, and the computer kept opening new tabs (under the influence of the malware) as I tried to download each program, however after a morning's work it was clear.

Another benefit was the restoration of the ability to print PDF files which had gone when Windows 10 updated itself in mid-July. It is still a bit of an esoteric process however requiring either a right-click on the document or a Ctrl-P, a blast from the past or Windows 3.1 IIRC. Now the print dialog pop-up appears and stays there so that I can use it. Before the upgrade, there was a menu bar at the top of the document that appeared if I scrolled there and the print icon linked to a dialog box. After the upgrade there was no menu bar and using the older methods to get a print command resulted in the dialog box appearing and vanishing again after about 1/5 of a second.