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how to block popups
Name: baiyanlao Date: May 17, 2004 at 19:54:07 Pacific OS: windows xp pro CPU/Ram: 650/320
Comment:
Hi, I have installed googles toolbar on my PC and it successfully blocks a lot of loathsome ads pop up windows. However, recently another pop up window titled "BroswerCleaner" pops up on my screen every several minutes. Googles toolbar can not block it. Can any person tell a way of how to kill this kind of hateful ad window?
Name: TripleA Date: May 17, 2004 at 20:05:26 Pacific
Reply:
get Panicware Popup Stopper Free Edition from Google! :)
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Response Number 2
Name: DJ_Mittens Date: May 18, 2004 at 01:07:57 Pacific
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I'd get a spyware remover first. The main cause of popups is spyware/adware. Just the pop-up blocker is like cold medicine - it just masks the symptoms, and doesn't remove the disease.
Get Ad-Aware from Lavasoft. Google that too, and use the panicware program as a backup.
Summary: do a search on how to edit your hosts file and blocking particual ips. Another suggestion is Netcaptor which use domain blocking and popup captor which pretty much take care of the problem, the only t...
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