pop ups?

by **Tommy Boy** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 10:11 pm

I use Mozilla and my wife uses IE on the same computer. Guess what? I can't get rid of popups for her when she opens IE.

I have done a complete spybot, awara and norton anti-virus check and i still get them. Any ideas how I can remove the seemingly unremoveable?

I would appreciate any help....

by **Spirit of Me** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 10:33 pm

what os do you have?

if xp, do you have SP2? That takes care of many of them.

If not try Google Toolbar (or MSN or Yahoo) these all block POP ups.

If you have trie dthese then the problem could be an ADware program in a startup that Spybot or even adaware does not detect yet. In general about three new adware programs are created each day. be sure to update each time you use the anti-spy software.

hope this helps.

by **BladeRunner** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 10:36 pm

Originally posted by Tommy Boy
I use Mozilla and my wife uses IE on the same computer. Guess what? I can't get rid of popups for her when she opens IE.

I have done a complete spybot, awara and norton anti-virus check and i still get them. Any ideas how I can remove the seemingly unremoveable?

I would appreciate any help....

Tommy for those really hard to kill browser hijackers and
other spyware use this program. "hijackthis"
http://www.tomcoyote.org/hjt/

Beware this is a very powerful program but if used right
along with Spybot Search and Destroy and Adaware it can
clean up your computer.
Follow the programs instructions carefully, read the forums
to learn how to use "hijackthis".
http://forums.tomcoyote.org/

by **Tommy Boy** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 7:49 am

thanks Blade, I will give it a try.

by **Tommy Boy** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 7:53 am

yes I have Xp and SP2...I am it is not a popup from a site, but when she starts IE, the gets anothe window that pops up upon launch.

by **Lt. Mass** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 10:01 am

Tommy, try this pop up stopper. Free and easy to use. Let's me surf pron all day long and not worry about having like 35 open IE windows

http://www.panicware.com/product_psfree.html

by **SkiloDog2000** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 12:11 pm

spybot search and destroy
also, the yahoo toolbar has a very nice spyware scan and remove option, cant remember what its called, i think its just anti spy
those two should do it.

by **ANTONIUS** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 1:40 pm

if that window looks like -WINDOWS CLASIC- do this
pres start--- control panel---performance---administrative tools---services---messenger.
click on right and select properties
STARTUP TYPE-select DISABLED
SERVICE STATUS-pres STOP

APPLY AND OK

(i hope u understand me)
:roll:

don't worry about windows messenger

by **Tommy Boy** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 4:04 pm

Originally posted by Lt. Mass
Tommy, try this pop up stopper. Free and easy to use. Let's me surf pron all day long and not worry about having like 35 open IE windows

http://www.panicware.com/product_psfree.html

thanks Mass...this may prevent future ones, but it won't help me with what i have I think...

And Skilo, I did Spybot search adn destroy and it did not get rid of them!

by **Tommy Boy** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 4:06 pm

Originally posted by ANTONIUS
if that window looks like -WINDOWS CLASIC- do this
pres start--- control panel---performance---administrative tools---services---messenger.
click on right and select properties
STARTUP TYPE-select DISABLED
SERVICE STATUS-pres STOP

APPLY AND OK

(i hope u understand me)

don't worry about windows messenger

And thanks, this has been disabled for a long time!! This unfortunately not the problem!

by **El Snipo** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 4:34 pm

I'm not even going to read any of the replies; I.E. is garbage and Mozilla (firefox in my case) is what real men use, 'nuff said.

by **BladeRunner** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 5:25 pm

Tommy, one other thing to do is down load AVG Free Edition.
http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_avg_new_free_edition.php

It might pick up on malware/spyware that Norton might
have missed. Don't run them both at the same time,
(AVG, Norton).

You might find you like AVG better, some say Norton and
Macfee are bloated software. (uses up system resources)

AVG is one of the least resource hungry AV programs out
there, imo. (and it's free)

Maybe you can get Spirit Of Me or Chacal to comment.
They are experts when it comes to computer stuff.

cya tonight on #1
Miller Night, I'll be an easy target
:beer:

by **Tommy Boy** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 5:31 pm

Thanks Blade...I will try this...looking forward to tonight, should be fun if you have that many Millers in you!

by **Tommy Boy** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 7:16 pm

ok, this is driving me crazy...I must not have a pop up per se because the popup blocker does not prevetn it.

Whem my wife goes into IE, she gets a second window of crap (ad) that goes over top the window that we are viewing. I don't think that it originates from the site, but from the computer somewhere....

Spyware, AVG, Norton and Ad Aware all have not removed it and I guess the Tom Coyote one right?

If you have any other thoughts, please help. When I use Mozilla, of course, I get nothing.

I am going crazy!

by **El Snipo** » Sat Mar 19, 2005 7:18 pm

Originally posted by Tommy Boy

I am going crazy!

I think your only option is destroying the computer... or suicide, whichever tickles your fancy more.

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