I often get a message asking me if I want to stop a script from running or continue. These scripts slow down my computer and I have no idea how to get them to stop. I can tell they are runnning because my computer get slow. I know one is: b.scorecardresearch.com/rs/vce_st.js:1. I looked up score card research and they seem to monitor what you do, I think for ads. Anyone know how to get rid of it?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Emergency backup procedure
Drag and drop copy your users file folders (music, pictures, documents etc) to a regular external powered drive as soon as possible.
Do not use, setup or trust only TimeMachine at this time. Unmount and Disconnect all external drives once the backup process is completed.
If you have any over 4GB sized files, those won't copy to a standard formatted FAT32/MSDOS drive from the factory, if you need to save these 4GB+ files use another blank/empty drive and use Disk Utility to format it Option GUID format OS X Extended Journaled (or the standard default one for Mac's).
Mac's cannot copy to a NTFS formatted drive.
Once you have a backup of your data off the machine, take it to a local PC/Mac tech service to have the software replaced and the machine cleaned of malware.
Ghostery should stop most of the tracking/advertising ones
While a backup (two independent ones really) is a good idea, there's nothing about a website running slow scripts to suggest malware w/o some other evidence.
How can I stop scripts from running?
