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I have XP Pro with SP2 installed and the pop-up blocker is set to max. Can
anyone tell why I am still being blasted with pop-ups all of a sudden? I have a registry cleaner, a spy bot killer, an up-to-date anti-virus program, and I normally clean out the cookies folder. Why, oh why, are these @&!#@ing pop-ups plagueing me still? What can be done with what I have instead of using third party software? Thanks so much. |
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lthkeeper wrote:
I have XP Pro with SP2 installed and the pop-up blocker is set to max. Can anyone tell why I am still being blasted with pop-ups all of a sudden? I have a registry cleaner, a spy bot killer, an up-to-date anti-virus program, and I normally clean out the cookies folder. What kind of pop-ups do you see exactly? Does this apply: "Messenger Service Window That Contains an Internet Advertisement Appears" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=330904)? -- (tm) |
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![]() "lthkeeper" wrote: I have XP Pro with SP2 installed and the pop-up blocker is set to max. Can anyone tell why I am still being blasted with pop-ups all of a sudden? I have a registry cleaner, a spy bot killer, an up-to-date anti-virus program, and I normally clean out the cookies folder. Why, oh why, are these @&!#@ing pop-ups plagueing me still? What can be done with what I have instead of using third party software? Thanks so much. Simply install Mozilla Firefox browser and set it to be your default browser. Read its features here and download. It is free... |
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![]() "Chuck Davis" wrote... Simply install Mozilla Firefox browser and set it to be your default browser. Read its features here and download. It is free... http://www.mozilla.org/ |
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Well, I've been getting the same set of ads that open up in a separate IE
browser window. I've also noticed that the URL address is always different - they have some sort of time stamp involved so I could not simply block them. I decided to do a system restore and then I updated my spybot destroyer program and ran that. So far so good. I first noticed the problem when I downloaded a file from LimeWire, accepted a file license, and subsequently opened it. I figured it was some sort of sneaky spy ware that infiltrated the Windows registry. Any idea what the "file" was? "Thorsten Matzner" wrote: lthkeeper wrote: I have XP Pro with SP2 installed and the pop-up blocker is set to max. Can anyone tell why I am still being blasted with pop-ups all of a sudden? I have a registry cleaner, a spy bot killer, an up-to-date anti-virus program, and I normally clean out the cookies folder. What kind of pop-ups do you see exactly? Does this apply: "Messenger Service Window That Contains an Internet Advertisement Appears" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=330904)? -- (tm) |
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lthkeeper wrote:
Well, I've been getting the same set of ads that open up in a separate IE browser window. I've also noticed that the URL address is always different - they have some sort of time stamp involved so I could not simply block them. I decided to do a system restore and then I updated my spybot destroyer program and ran that. So far so good. I first noticed the problem when I downloaded a file from LimeWire, accepted a file license, and subsequently opened it. I figured it was some sort of sneaky spy ware that infiltrated the Windows registry. Any idea what the "file" was? "Thorsten Matzner" wrote: lthkeeper wrote: I have XP Pro with SP2 installed and the pop-up blocker is set to max. Can anyone tell why I am still being blasted with pop-ups all of a sudden? I have a registry cleaner, a spy bot killer, an up-to-date anti-virus program, and I normally clean out the cookies folder. What kind of pop-ups do you see exactly? Does this apply: "Messenger Service Window That Contains an Internet Advertisement Appears" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=330904)? -- (tm) Many think that Limewire IS spyware. I don't use it myself but a quick search on the web found several references to the new version of Limewire and a program called Cydoor. gls858 |
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lthkeeper wrote: Well, I've been getting the same set of ads that open up in a separate IE browser window. I've also noticed that the URL address is always different - they have some sort of time stamp involved so I could not simply block them. I decided to do a system restore and then I updated my spybot destroyer program and ran that. So far so good. I first noticed the problem when I downloaded a file from LimeWire, accepted a file license, and subsequently opened it. I figured it was some sort of sneaky spy ware that infiltrated the Windows registry. Any idea what the "file" was? "Thorsten Matzner" wrote: lthkeeper wrote: I have XP Pro with SP2 installed and the pop-up blocker is set to max. Can anyone tell why I am still being blasted with pop-ups all of a sudden? I have a registry cleaner, a spy bot killer, an up-to-date anti-virus program, and I normally clean out the cookies folder. What kind of pop-ups do you see exactly? Does this apply: "Messenger Service Window That Contains an Internet Advertisement Appears" (http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=330904)? -- (tm) Many think that Limewire IS spyware. I don't use it myself but a quick search on the web found several references to the new version of Limewire and a program called Cydoor. gls858 Found this just a just now at: http://www.spyany.com/program/articl..._LimeWire.html LimeWire is a peer-to-peer file sharing program. Like many free p2p software, this program is also bundled with adware that delivers advertisements to your computer. Follow these removal steps to remove this adware from your computer: Open the LimeWire folder. Then open the folder UninstallerData. Double click the incon named Uninstall LimeWire or something alike. Follow the on screen prompt to uninstall the program. If you only want to remove the ad banner from LimeWire, try the following steps: Close running LimeWire application. To do this, open Task Manager ( press CTRL+ALT+DEL ), from the processes list, select and terminate the process limeshop.exe . Open the folder C:\Program Files\LimeWire. Delete the file 'Cbanner2.dll' and 'ads.war'. Restart LimeWire. |
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lthkeeper wrote:
I have XP Pro with SP2 installed and the pop-up blocker is set to max. Can anyone tell why I am still being blasted with pop-ups all of a sudden? I have a registry cleaner, a spy bot killer, an up-to-date anti-virus program, and I normally clean out the cookies folder. Why, oh why, are these @&!#@ing pop-ups plagueing me still? What can be done with what I have instead of using third party software? Thanks so much. What specific kind of pop-ups are you seeing? There are at least three varieties of pop-ups, and the solutions vary accordingly. 1) Does the title bar of these pop-ups read "Messenger Service?" This type of spam has become quite common over the couple of years, and unintentionally serves as a valid security "alert." It demonstrates that you haven't been taking sufficient precautions while connected to the Internet. Your data probably hasn't been compromised by these specific advertisements, but if you're open to this exploit, you may well be open to other threats, such as the Blaster Worm that swept across the Internet last year and the currently active Sasser Worm. Install and use a decent, properly configured firewall. (Merely disabling the messenger service, as some people recommend, only hides the symptom, and does little or nothing to truly secure your machine.) And ignoring or just "putting up with" the security gap represented by these messages is particularly foolish. Messenger Service of Windows http://support.microsoft.com/default...B;en-us;168893 Messenger Service Window That Contains an Internet Advertisement Appears http://support.microsoft.com/?id=330904 Stopping Advertisements with Messenger Service Titles http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...e/stopspam.asp Blocking Ads, Parasites, and Hijackers with a Hosts File http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm Oh, and be especially wary of people who advise you to do nothing more than disable the messenger service. Disabling the messenger service, by itself, is a "head in the sand" approach to computer security. The real problem is not the messenger service pop-ups; they're actually providing a useful, if annoying, service by acting as a security alert. The true problem is the unsecured computer, and you've been advised to merely turn off the warnings. How is this helpful? 2) For regular Internet pop-ups, you might try the free 12Ghosts Popup-killer from http://12ghosts.com/ghosts/popup.htm, Pop-Up Stopper from http://www.panicware.com/, or the Google Toolbar from http://toolbar.google.com/. Alternatively, you can upgrade your WinXP to SP2, to install IE's pop-up blocker. Another alternative would be to use another browser, such as Mozilla or Firefox, which has pop-up blocking capabilities. (But I'd avoid Netscape; it carries too much extraneous AOL garbage.) 3) To deal with pop-ups caused by any sort of "adware" and/or "spyware,"such as Gator, Comet Cursors, Xupiter, Bonzai Buddy, or KaZaA, and their remnants, that you've deliberately (but without understanding the consequences) installed, two products that are quite effective (at finding and removing this type of scumware) are Ad-Aware from www.lavasoft.de and SpyBot Search & Destroy from www.safer-networking.org/. Both have free versions. It's even possible to use SpyBot Search & Destroy to "immunize" your system against most future intrusions. I use both and generally perform manual scans every week or so to clean out cookies, etc. Additionally, manual removal instructions for the most common varieties of scumware are available he PC Hell Spyware and Adware Removal Help http://www.pchell.com/support/spyware.shtml More information and assistance is available at these sites: Blocking Ads, Parasites, and Hijackers with a Hosts File http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm The Parasite Fight http://www.aumha.org/a/parasite.htm -- Bruce Chambers Help us help you: http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once. - RAH |
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I have the opposite problem. I can't stop pop-ups from being bloked - which
is why I did not post a new thread. When I tried I got a message that a pop-up window was blocked. Whatever is causing the problem does not stop the Reply window from popping up. This is what is happening generally - some popups are blocked , others are not. I have ZWindows XP Home and SP2 installed as well as Norton Firewall. I have disabled the firewall but that has not helped. Does anyone have any ideas. Thanks in advance. "lthkeeper" wrote: I have XP Pro with SP2 installed and the pop-up blocker is set to max. Can anyone tell why I am still being blasted with pop-ups all of a sudden? I have a registry cleaner, a spy bot killer, an up-to-date anti-virus program, and I normally clean out the cookies folder. Why, oh why, are these @&!#@ing pop-ups plagueing me still? What can be done with what I have instead of using third party software? Thanks so much. |
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On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 10:25:03 -0800, bocafl wrote:
I have the opposite problem. I can't stop pop-ups from being bloked - which is why I did not post a new thread. When I tried I got a message that a pop-up window was blocked. Whatever is causing the problem does not stop the Reply window from popping up. This is what is happening generally - some popups are blocked , others are not. I have ZWindows XP Home and SP2 installed as well as Norton Firewall. I have disabled the firewall but that has not helped. Does anyone have any ideas. Thanks in advance. Should be able to add the site to your Trusted zone in Internet Options and/or Allow popups on specific sites. I have only played with the new popup blocker in IE but it lets you allow/disallow popups on a site by site basis. Tools Pop Up Blocker Popup Blocker Settings will bring up the screen where you can add "allowed" sites." If "Popup Blocker Settings" is not available, click on it to turn the feature on. Then go back under Tools again to access the Settings page. If you are using another popup blocker program, it should have similar settings. Check the help file if it is not clear from the menu choices how to set it up. -- Sharon F MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User |
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Thanks Sharon. I'll try enabling specific sites although in the past I have
checked to make sure the block IE blocker was off. "Sharon F" wrote: On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 10:25:03 -0800, bocafl wrote: I have the opposite problem. I can't stop pop-ups from being bloked - which is why I did not post a new thread. When I tried I got a message that a pop-up window was blocked. Whatever is causing the problem does not stop the Reply window from popping up. This is what is happening generally - some popups are blocked , others are not. I have ZWindows XP Home and SP2 installed as well as Norton Firewall. I have disabled the firewall but that has not helped. Does anyone have any ideas. Thanks in advance. Should be able to add the site to your Trusted zone in Internet Options and/or Allow popups on specific sites. I have only played with the new popup blocker in IE but it lets you allow/disallow popups on a site by site basis. Tools Pop Up Blocker Popup Blocker Settings will bring up the screen where you can add "allowed" sites." If "Popup Blocker Settings" is not available, click on it to turn the feature on. Then go back under Tools again to access the Settings page. If you are using another popup blocker program, it should have similar settings. Check the help file if it is not clear from the menu choices how to set it up. -- Sharon F MS-MVP ~ Windows Shell/User |
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