Pop ups

[LittleShip]

Why am I getting loads of Pop ups, I havent sffered from them before and now I must get a hundred a day.
Please sombody tell me how to stop them. what really gets me is I run Norton which is supposed to stop them??????/forums/images/icons/mad.gif

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I wish I'd been born rich instead of good looking ?<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1>Edited by LittleShip on 03/12/2004 10:59 (server time).</FONT></P>

 

[fireball]

Use any of the popular search engine toolbars - I use Google - works a treat.
Use any browser other than Internet Explorer ....

Check your virus definitions are up to date ....

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[Otto]

Download and run Ad-Aware from <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.lavasoft.de/support/download/>http://www.lavasoft.de/support/download/</A> to resolve your pop-up issue.

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[dralex]

I'll second the Google tool bar. Works well, and you can even make it do a nice popping noise for every pop up it blocks.

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[Stevie_T]

Depends what sort of pop-up you refer to, if they are browser related then pop-up killers as mentioned in previous posts will see them off. However if they appear as message windows (grey window as in ms windows error messages etc) then these are caused by microsoft messenger service which is designed for networks but is left open as default and allows abuse by certain unscrupulous advertisers. If it is the latter case then it is a simple matter to turn messenger service off, can't remember just now but can look it up for you if required.

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[LittleShip]

Thanks for the advice but how do I do that??

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[fireball]

<A target="_blank" HREF=http://"http://toolbar.google.com/download/>Click here for the Google Toolbar</A>

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[LittleShip]

Thanks for the info just downloaded Google and installed everything sems to be OK.
It's a pity really cos I was looking forward to taking to drink........ never mind I'll have one to celebrate. /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

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[Otto]

The Google toolbar does not really solve the problem. If you don't remove the spyware using a product like Ad-Aware, your bandwidth will continue to be sucked up and your activity will continue to be monitored by the plethoria of spy software running in the background, even if the popups are being blocked. You really need to remove the spyware.

IMO opinion, toolbars like Google & Yahoo are nothing but more junk that I don't want on my browser.


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[aluijten]

Why don't you move to the Firefox browser "www.getfirefox.com".

I'm using it a few weeks now and it's quite nice actually

Arno

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[BrendanS]

If the problem is simply window popups, then tool bars like Google do indeed solve the prooblem entirely, and stop the bandwidth being sucked up as you put it.

Spyware is an entirely different problem, and usually vastly overstated (most spyware classifies cookies as spyware for instance, when 99.99% of them are benign)

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[Otto]

Brendan, yes you are correct in the sense that using Google (or preferably Firefox / IE with XP sp2) will block almost all popups, however the gentleman indicated that he was getting "loads" of pop-ups which he did not have a problem with until recently. In my experience this symptom is invariably the result of spyware.

The thing to do is to first confirm that his computer is not hosting spyware and thereafter, if he still wishes to block the remaining pop-ups, consider using Firefox or if he is running Windows XP upgrade to sp2.


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[LittleShip]

My Norton programm tells me I have a spywear programm on the computer but it will not allow me to delete it, so here goes............... how do I get rid of it.
Head down from all the flack... remember some of us are not computer wizz kids and need step by step instructions.
PS Ive changed my browser to Firefox??

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[BrendanS]

What message is Norton giving you? Does it name the spyware?

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[LittleShip]

Yes it does but dont ask me now what it's called, but it does have spywear in the title??

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[ChrisE]

Go onto google and lookup 'spybot', go to the site, it is shareware, download it and run it. It is easy, even a technoclutz like me can do it. I run spybot about once a fortnight and it usually deletes one or two. If you have any problems please PM me and I'll send you more details.
Chris

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[Otto]

The solution is in my first response: download and run Ad-Aware and it will remove the spyware. It's as simple as that.

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[LittleShip]

Downloaded Spybot............. removed 56 files??????????????? and the computer still works. Wonders will never cease.
Thanks to everybody with their information. Does anybody on this site know anything about sailing?? /forums/images/icons/wink.gif

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[ChrisE]

but has it got rid of the pop ups?

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[LittleShip]

Yep ! no probs now. so guess who's a happy chappie? /forums/images/icons/smile.gif

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