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How to get rid of Pop-up Ads
Name: Mariwwjd Date: July 28, 2005 at 07:26:05 Pacific OS: Windows 2000 CPU/Ram: Duron Processer
Comment:
I am running ad-ware for pop-up adds, but the pop up keep coming, any suggestions.
Name: mwoehrle Date: July 28, 2005 at 08:08:31 Pacific
Reply:
I don't know any way to stop all of them, but I have seen a significant dropoff since I installed the "free" Google bar for the internet explorer and enabled Blocking popups.
Maurice Woehrle mwoehrle@airmail.net
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Response Number 2
Name: H (by _hank) Date: July 28, 2005 at 09:30:15 Pacific
Reply:
Stop using Internet Explorer. Switch to a browser like Netscape or Firefox that has built-in pop-up blocking. Only use IE when you have to...like when getting MS updates.
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Response Number 3
Name: ccfrank Date: July 28, 2005 at 10:33:10 Pacific
Reply:
disable windows messenger.
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Response Number 4
Name: Curt R Date: July 29, 2005 at 04:49:20 Pacific
Reply:
IE SP2 came with a popup blocker that works quite well. If yours isn't updated to SP2 I suggest you do so and that should help stop them.
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Response Number 5
Name: ccfrank Date: July 29, 2005 at 06:50:14 Pacific
Reply:
the popup blocker Curt R is refering to is in SP2 for windows XP not windows 2000
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Response Number 6
Name: shmyrbob Date: July 29, 2005 at 07:51:07 Pacific
Reply:
You could also install spybot which finds some malware adaware doensn't. I would check your add/remove programs and uninstall any programs that look out of place (you can search the name in google if your not sure). Some good free scan's you could try -
Summary: Tage: Have you had any success. I am plagued with the same problem. I tried Spybot and Hijack this but I have not been able to get rid of that pop up problem. I seems that some program is hijacking ...
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