Eddy
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No need to pull out the plug, but definatly time to secure your system.
1] Make sure you have ALL security patches/updates installed for your OS and other applications.
2] Use av software properly configured
3] Use a firewall (best is a router with build in hardware firewall)
4] Perhaps most of all. Learn about your system and its options. Security starts with the user, not with the system
Security hints/trics/info
And about the popups… In the “dark ages of computers” there where already ways to stop/block them.