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Can someone help me i have a problem with my browser something requesting a username and password pops up?

Hey I have a problem with chrome and mozilla firefox browser, every time i browse google a pop up a box that says Authentication Required A username and password are being Requested by http://loadingresource.matt.xinstaller.com./ The site says: ” Password protected area ” User Name: Passeord: I have no idea what this is, and it’s weird, I reinstalled chrome and mozilla firefox and still the same, any advice? its driving me crazy crazy, 9-10 seconds appears again, do not even know why it occurs?and it only started today

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I have the same problem Today it starts [07/20/2013Need help too!Peter... Show More
I just logged on this morning and had the same problem. Go to tools->add-ons and remove an add on called “Selection links”. that should do the trick. You probably had it installed by accident or default from a site you visited.... Show More
I have the same problem to… it started yesterday… what i did is i uninstall default tab exe and selection link in add/remove programs and then its gone… i search for it and found that these are virus…i hope these could help you….... Show More
OMG! i though i have virus on my pc, Im experiencing the same problem it annoys me every time i click the search.... Show More
What the guy above me said. Also, are you perhaps at school, a coffee shop, or connected to a different connection other than your own?... Show More
Clear all of your search history – espec. Cookies. This should do the trick. The issue may occur again later during the day, if so clear the search hist. again. We are stuck with this until the bug is resolved... Show More
First off, scan for viruses. Avast! Antivirus offers a free 30 day trial, I’d suggest starting there.If that shows to have no results, try this:I took a look at the site and it seems to be a proxy port. What may have happened is that some other software you installed automatically set your proxy settings to use this site. That’s pretty bad, but there’s a way to remove proxy settings.This article should show you all you’ll need to know in effort to remove this proxy setting: http://www.wikihow.com/Change-Proxy-Settings Seeing as you still have internet access, I think that might not be the problem. What might have happened is that someone has edited your router settings, or connected you to a botnet. In either scenario, use that antivirus I suggested.... Show More
FIXED – had same problem today using Firefox on Windows XP pro.. Went to task manager, Processes and found a program ‘sftvsa.exe’ running. After ‘End Task’ on that program all is well – NO MORE POP_UP Googled that program and here is an extract of one definition of it:“sftvsa.exe has 4 known versions, the most recent one is 4.6.2.22610. It is started as a Windows Service called ‘Application Virtualization Service Agent’ with the name ‘sftvsa’ and described as “Monitors global service events and launches virtual services.”. . In addition, it is run under the context of the SYSTEM account with extensive privileges (the administrator accounts have the same privileges). The average file size is about 211.98 KB. It is an authenticode code-signed executable issued to Microsoft Corporation by the certification authority Microsoft Corporation.”... Show More

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