Pop-Up Advert Invasion!

[Francis.]

Some how two VERY ANNOYING and DISTRUCTIVE pop-up adverts
have invaded my computer and are now popping up
constantly and also they cause eveything to run really
slowly (so much so, things can take about a minute to
open, which before took a few seconds). These pop-up
adverts appear when I open such things as 'My
Computer', 'Search' and my Main Internet Connection Page
(Internet Explorer). Although I have scanned for viruses,
cleaned out the computer as much as possible, and even
tried the 'System Restore' and taken the computer back a
day befoe the pop-up adverts invaded, they will NOT go.
How can I get rid of them???

This being one of the culprits causing me grief and
problems:

http://www.realcastmedia.com/creatives/FLtrav720-300.html

[Jupiter Jones]

Francis;
You probably have spyware on the computer:
Check this link:
http://www.aumha.org/a/noads.php
Run Ad-Aware (free version) or Spybot to check for spyware:
http://www.lavasoft.de/ (Update if you already have it)
Or
http://spybot.eon.net.au/ (Update if you already have it)

For Messenger Service ads:
You need to install or enable a firewall:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q330904&
Disabling Messenger Service can be a good idea, but it does not solve
the real problem.
The ads are not the real problem, the ads are only a symptom.
The real problem is open ports that allow unwanted traffic into the
computer.
Disabling Messenger does nothing for the open ports.
The firewall controls the traffic.

This will not work if you have AOL.
AOL is not compatible with Windows XP Internet Connection Firewall
(ICF)
If you have AOL, you should contact AOL and/or get a 3rd party
firewall.

Disable Messenger Service:
Start/Control Panel, click Administrative Tools, click Services.
Go down to "Messenger".
Right click "Messenger" and select Properties.
Then under Start-up select DISABLE
Click OK and follow prompts

--
Jupiter Jones
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"Francis." > wrote in message
...
> Some how two VERY ANNOYING and DISTRUCTIVE pop-up adverts
> have invaded my computer and are now popping up
> constantly and also they cause eveything to run really
> slowly (so much so, things can take about a minute to
> open, which before took a few seconds). These pop-up
> adverts appear when I open such things as 'My
> Computer', 'Search' and my Main Internet Connection Page
> (Internet Explorer). Although I have scanned for viruses,
> cleaned out the computer as much as possible, and even
> tried the 'System Restore' and taken the computer back a
> day befoe the pop-up adverts invaded, they will NOT go.
> How can I get rid of them???
>
> This being one of the culprits causing me grief and
> problems:
>
> http://www.realcastmedia.com/creatives/FLtrav720-300.html