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Stupid pop up adds

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  • 10-10-2003 4:53pm
    #1
    Peace
    Registered Users Posts: 2,758 ✭✭✭


    Folks,

    Ther is proably somewhere better to put the thread but you can move if necessary.

    In the last couple of days there have been pop up messages plaging me. Two mainly - i've attached a ss of one to the thread. Now my question is this....is there a security setting i can set that will stop pop up adds appearing or is this a new boards.ie addvertising campain????

    Running WinXP PRO and IE6.


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    #2
    Sleipnir
    Registered Users Posts: 5,514 ✭✭✭Sleipnir


    tried Spybot?


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    #3
    -Wheeler-
    Registered Users Posts: 196 ✭✭-Wheeler-


    Go to Control Panel, Administrative tools, Services. Scroll down to Messenger, stop and then disable it so it never runs. All these ads are being sent to your PC while it's on the internet via Windows Messenger. Disabling it should stop the ads.

    PS. It has nothing to do with MS Messenger for online chatting etc., so don't worry about disabling it.

    Wheeler_1028.


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    Peace
    Registered Users Posts: 2,758 ✭✭✭Peace


    Ok,

    Now everything i do seems to encourage these ficking things to appear on my system. Currently there's 3 of them down there. All the same adds. I've even turned on the firewalling on the networking section and set the security to high.

    Any more ideas??


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    Samson
    Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 3,129 ✭✭✭Samson


    Originally posted by Peace
    Any more ideas??

    Stop visiting porn sites.

    Another thing you could do is download the Google toolbar, it stops pop-ups. My life has been so much easier since I installed it.
    http://toolbar.google.com

    Also, are you using Kazaa by any chance?


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    MrPinK
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,502 ✭✭✭MrPinK


    Better browsers such as Firebird have built in popup killers. If you can't part with IE, there is also a good popup killer and an adblocker that comes with Tweak-XP, which is a must have prog for anyone with Windows XP.


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    #7
    Rancid
    Registered Users Posts: 1,434 ✭✭✭Rancid


    It's times like this... and threads like this... that make me want to yell.... OPERA!


    Get it. Use it.
    It's got a pop-up killer with nice easy options.
    :)


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    #8
    Peace
    Registered Users Posts: 2,758 ✭✭✭Peace


    Well installed Popup sweeper and its doing its job.

    The google pop up killer doesn't seem to have any affect.

    Opera - thats a browser right? dunno if it'd be worth 30E....I like my software free :ninja:

    So is anyone else getting this poxy banner for dating....and no...i don't visit porn sites...and NO...i'm not looking for a date.


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    #9
    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Get adaware from lavasoft. It'll purge your machine of ugly things that cause popups in the night.

    :)


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    #10
    Kazu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,309 ✭✭✭Kazu


    OPERA


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    #11
    MrPinK
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,502 ✭✭✭MrPinK


    Firebird is completely free and, at the risk of hijacking another thread for the opera vs. firebird debate, far better than Opera

    It's sounds much cooler too :D


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