popups

jwh532jwh532 Sweet Home, OR
edited September 2004 in Science & Tech
Is there a good popup killer available.
any suggestions appreciated.

John Hicks

Comments

  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited September 2004
    Sure. Read this for some suggestions. I would highly recommend using an alternative browser that has integrated popup blocking. If you MUST use IE, and you are using Windows XP, update to XP Service Pack 2, which has popup blocking for IE.

    If you have a LOT of popups, you probably have spyware.
  • jwh532jwh532 Sweet Home, OR
    edited September 2004
    Thank you for response. I am currently running all the spy ware and adaware
    programs. I have another thread on searchweb2. I will check out or read your referal.

    John Hicks
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited September 2004
    Just because you run the programs doesn't mean you don't have spyware. There are a lot of malicious programs out there that AdAware and Spybot don't detect or kill yet.
  • jwh532jwh532 Sweet Home, OR
    edited September 2004
    With the help of Dexter I believe I have regained controll of my PC.
    Feel free to check out the thread on searchweb2.
    I have since then downloaded and installed the mozilla browser.
    This seems to run faster than IE.
    I have not been able to update CW Shredder as of yet.
    Every time I try the site is not available.

    Thanks for the concern and help.

    John Hicks PS: if you would like to view a new hjt log let me know you might find somethig else.
  • MountainDewMountainDew Kentwood, MI
    edited September 2004
    whenever i setup a computer, i install Norton Internet Security, Adaware, and Spybot:S&D

    with those programs alone, im proud to say ive been popup-free from day 1
  • jwh532jwh532 Sweet Home, OR
    edited September 2004
    Thank you for your input. All of or at least most of my problems could have been avoided
    if I had known of this site before hand instead of after the fact. I so far have no popups
    with the mozilla browser. I believe this matter has been resolved. Thanks to all who have
    helped in this matter.

    John Hicks
  • SquillSquill Chesterfield, Va
    edited September 2004
    MountainDew wrote:
    whenever i setup a computer, i install Norton Internet Security, Adaware, and Spybot:S&D

    with those programs alone, im proud to say ive been popup-free from day 1

    Same here. Cept I dont install Norton Internet Security. But I do like using IE (only becasue it seems impossible to remove) and i use the google toolbar. It has a built in pop up blocker that works really well.
  • DexterDexter Vancouver, BC Canada
    edited September 2004
    I prefer using the PanicWare Pop-up Stopper Pro, simply because I like to be able to turn it on and off with a double-click in the taskbar, plus I like it's intergrated cleaning tools for a clean sweep of cookies, history, etc, as well as cleaning the Windows history - recent documents list, find history, run history, clipboard, etc. It has an instant Privacy Report which shows you at a glance your history items, cookies etc, which is a handy way to see what sites are pushing a lot of cookies on you. I just find it easier to use than the built in pop-up stopper of XP Service Pack 2 (plus I am using Win 2000 at my office so XP SP2 is not an option) and I don't like having extra toolbars cluttering up my screen like the Google or Yahoo Toolbars do. ANd for those of you who do like toolbars, PanicWare's PopUp Stopper Pro comes with an optional toolbar as well. All around I think it is a great pop-up blocking app, and will continue to use it despite the integrated IE pop-up blocking in XPSP2.

    Dexter....
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