|
|||||||
 |
|
|
LinkBack | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | Rate Thread | Display Modes |
01-03-2004, 03:40 PM
|
#1 |
|
Member (7 bit)
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Memphis TN
Posts: 80
  |
godforsaken pop ups
Hey folks. I have cable, but when I'm not even on the internet I get pop ups. Most of the time they are a series of the samething. Just wondering if some sort of spyware. Or what I should do to stop it?
|
|
|
|
01-03-2004, 03:43 PM
|
#2 |
|
Member (7 bit)
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Memphis TN
Posts: 80
|
Also this is a brand new sony vaio notebook. Thats why it pisses me off this bad. One more thing this happened on my other puter aswell. Same cable wire if that helps.
|
|
|
|
|
01-03-2004, 03:45 PM
|
#3 |
|
Retired
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Modesto,Calif
Posts: 4,041
|
What O/S are you running?
If it is W2K or XP, you need to turn Messenger off. Carl |
|
|
|
|
01-03-2004, 07:46 PM
|
#5 |
|
Member (4 bit)
Join Date: Nov 1999
Posts: 11
|
Download and run Ad Aware.
I just did this on a friends PC. He was getting pop ups all the time even when the modem was disconnected. It turns out there was over 1000 pieces of spyware on his machine which not only caused the pop ups but slowed the machine to a crawl and would not allow it to shut down |
|
|
|
|
01-03-2004, 07:53 PM
|
#6 |
|
Member (10 bit)
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Jacksonville Beach, FL
Posts: 879
|
another good program is spybot: search and destroy
you can use it along with adaware for the best cleaning of popups.. also run a virus scan. |
|
|
|
|
01-03-2004, 08:33 PM
|
#7 |
|
Member (7 bit)
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Memphis TN
Posts: 80
|
Thanx people ill give em all a shot.
|
|
|
|
|
01-04-2004, 02:20 PM
|
#8 |
|
Member (10 bit)
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Vancouver Canada
Posts: 606
|
Also, install some kind of pop-up blocker afterwards. Google toolbar is a good one, and it's free.
|
|
|
|
|
01-04-2004, 06:35 PM
|
#9 |
|
Member (4 bit)
Join Date: Nov 1999
Posts: 11
|
Pop Ups
Try Mozilla 1.5 or Netscape 7.1.
Both have the feature to turn off unrequested windows. I use them both and they work well! |
|
|
|
|
| Bookmarks |
| Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
| Display Modes | Rate This Thread |
|
|
Linear Mode
