The malware is back...ugh

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For the past two days, I've been dealing with fucking stupid-ass popup tabs that appear in the middle of the YouTube video I'm watching, forcing me to close them. Sometimes they make it hard to close, with a fucking stupid-ass window that says "WAAAAITTT! ARE U SUUUURE U WANT 2 CLOSE???!!!!11"

I use my computer in the lobby of my apartment building, and I got up to go to the bathroom. On my way back I hear loud-ass music that turns out is coming from MY stupid-ass computer. Some video started playing in a new tab without my permission and I've had enough of this bullshit. I scanned my computer using Malwarebytes and it deleted a crapton of stuff but I'm still getting the fucking annoying pop ups.

I'm afraid to download anything else because downloads tend to close my browser (including that video I was in the middle of watching) plus usually install malware of their own.

Apologies for yet another topic about this but I'm seriously losing my sanity over this. It's annoying as hell and I want it gone ASAP.

Possibly related: Sometimes a large white space appears at the top of the webpage on GameFAQs. When I right click an icon for "GeniusBox" in my taskbar and say "Exit," the space goes away but later GeniusBox opens itself back up.
 
Try reformatting your computer/putting the settings to Factory Defaults. However, this will delete everything so copy important files to a USB or email them to yourself so they don't get lost. If you have Windows and are still interested follow these steps

Start the computer.
As the computer starts, keep pressing the F8 key until the Advanced Boot Options menu appears on the screen.
Press the down arrow in order to select Repair Your Computer, then press Enter.
Specify the desired language, and then click Next.
Log in as a user with administrator credentials, and then click OK.
Click Dell Factory Image Restore.
In the Dell Factory Image Restore window, click Next.
Click to select the checkbox for Yes, reformat hard drive and restore system software to factory condition.
Click Next. The computer is restored to the default factory configuration.
When the operation is completed, click Finish to restart the computer.

If you have windows 8 I don't got a clue
 
That sounds like adware

Try looking in your add-ons and delete any unfamiliar addons and extensions

Also, try looking in Programs under Control Panel and unininstall any unfamiliar programs.

These programs usually have like names like "Safe Secure Search", "Better Browser" or ---- like that.
 
Does this happen in other browsers?
 
It's ten times worse in Internet Explorer, complete with five billion windows and every webpage is choking on ads.
 
http://www.wikihow.com/Stop-Internet-Popups

(are you sure you uninstalled ---- in "Programs" under Control Panel?)