pop up problems

I seem to be getting popups on my dell, but when i'm not connected to the internet as well [?]

 

Well, if you have broadband and are plugged in, you're connected to the web even if the browser is not open. You need to run a program to look for spyware. My favorite is Spy Sweeper. Grab a demo from www.downloads.com

Editor in Chief http://www.bargainPDA.com and http://www.SPOTstop.com

 

I use a combination of spywareblaster and adaware for my computer and it cuts down most of these annoying pop ups. I also have spysweeper for my laptop and it seems to work pretty nicely as well.

thietlong

 

I've been using spybot and adwaresafe...

 

i hate popups

 

www.mozilla.org

 

i just hit palminfocenter with FF (latest version) and no popups for me

 

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by AlphaQ

 

Fixed it with a quick google search. Came across this web site with instructions to modify the FF config to stop flash popups. And I also checked out FF adblock help page. Judicious use of "*" variables just took care of banners, even on notebookreview.com. Just goes so show that when you get greedy, bad things will happen. I was ok with banner ads even though I never click on them, but when you force me to take action and go to google for help, the unintended result is that wow, I easily knocked out all banner ads from displaying as well as flash popups which are allowed by traditional popup blockers.

http://dotnetguy.techieswithcats.com/archives/004324.shtml


-David

 

Microsft Antispyware is the best option. It's free, it's very good, and it's free.

After reading an article in PC World a few months ago, I switched from Adaware to Counterspy, because Adaware just doesn't look as good compared to CounterSpy. My subscription ran out so I switched to Microsoft Antispyware.

As far as I know, Counterspy and Microsoft AntiSpyware use the same core, so they should be very similar, and they feel / look to be so.

http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,119572,00.asp

That is the link to the PC World article that compares the spyware utilies. It really shows how the free stuff doesn't compare to the paid software, except for Microsoft Antispyware, which wasn't tested because it was only in the beta phase.

 

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Microsft Antispyware is the best option.<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'></font id='quote'></blockquote id='quote'>That's what I use. On a test computer, I installed weatherbug just to see what all the fuss is about. It installed a search toolbar which MS Antispyware complained about. The toolbar was lame so I uninstalled it via add/remove programs, but according to MS Antispyware it was still there so I had it remove it. That's the only thing it had found so far.

-David

 

I don't have any spyware (that any scanner has caught), but the MS tool caught something trying to install YourSiteBar or something like that. It actually blocked it two times. That was cool to see it actually preventing something.

 

If your decently advanced with computers then try Bazooka Scanner. Works perfeclty fine for me.

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My advice is based on personal experience. Effectiveness will vary.

 

Get the spyware cleaner from lavasoft, fairly reliable in my opinion