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How can i stop pop-ups windows?
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"Student" wrote in message
... How can i stop pop-ups windows? Use a pop-up blocker. IE incorporates a pop-up blocker with SP2 for WinXP. |
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popup windows are a symptom of a computer infected with adwear. popup
blockers are only a bandaged, not a cure. You need to clean up your PC with adaware and spybot S&D. These two free apps will clean most adwear programs. Adware is a serious risk to your security. "DJ Borell" wrote in message ... "Student" wrote in message ... How can i stop pop-ups windows? Use a pop-up blocker. IE incorporates a pop-up blocker with SP2 for WinXP. |
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Jeff wrote in microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics: DJ Borell wrote... "Student" wrote... How can i stop pop-ups windows? Use a pop-up blocker. IE incorporates a pop-up blocker with SP2 for WinXP. popup windows are a symptom of a computer infected with adwear. popup blockers are only a bandaged, not a cure. Not entirely true. Pop-ups can occur without one's system being infected with spyware -- during regular Web browsing, for example. This is a good example where using a pop-up blocker can help fix the situation. IE SP2 incorporates a pop-up blocker, as do Firefox, Mozilla and Opera. Also, look into blocking the Windows Messenger Service (this is different and separate from the Windows Messenger instant messaging application). One good way to disable it quickly and safely is with Steve Gibson's free "Shoot the Messenger" application: http://www.grc.com/stm/shootthemessenger.htm You need to clean up your PC with adaware and spybot S&D. These two free apps will clean most adwear programs. You can also try the Microsoft AntiSpyware beta: http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...e/default.mspx Running more than one antispyware scanner is a good idea, because any one such app won't catch all spyware -- there are some spyware apps that can slip under AdAware's radar, but that will be detected by Spybot S&D, for example. Adware is a serious risk to your security. And to your computer's health: some spyware can cause your computer to run so unstably that you could lose files due to unexpected shutdowns or programs (or even Windows itself) becoming unresponsive. -- Glenn Shaw Indianapolis, IN USA To reply by e-mail, delete NOSPAM and transpose CAST and NET |
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Jeff typed: popup windows are a symptom of a computer infected with adwear. No, that's true of Messenger Service popups, but not of all popups. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup popup blockers are only a bandaged, not a cure. You need to clean up your PC with adaware and spybot S&D. These two free apps will clean most adwear programs. Adware is a serious risk to your security. "DJ Borell" wrote in message ... "Student" wrote in message ... How can i stop pop-ups windows? Use a pop-up blocker. IE incorporates a pop-up blocker with SP2 for WinXP. |
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This situation, the POP up issue, is very misunderstood. This past Summer I
was contracted to fix 150+ computers use by the staff and students of a local private school. All of the computers were afflicted with massive popup problems. In every case, the problem was solved by removal of adware, spyware, and malware unwittingly installed by the computer user. In some cases the offending apps could be remove with automated applications like AdAware or spybot S&D. In the worst cases registry edits and file deletion in DOS (using a dos boot disk) was required. On a few of the PC's I just reinstalled the OS (Clean Install) and apps as that was the quickest way to get the machines running. Now ask yourself.. Are Pop ups a problem in a new PC? The first time you boot up and log on to the internet are you bombarded with dozens of adds the keep coming and coming? .... No, Those adds for mortgages, drugs, vacations, and sex are a result of your web surfing, the sites you visit and the "free" helper applications you download and install carry secondary applications that track you. they record your surfing and report it to marketing companies when you visit any other site that subscribes to the same service. Subscribers make money when they collect your surfing data. PopUp windows are created using the windowOpen() function. this function has been a part of IE since version 4. The windowOpen() function is widely used by web designers and servers many useful services that enhance the internet experience. A popup blocker that disables all windowOpen() function is like using an atomic bomb to kill a mosquito. You get rid of the good with the bad. Yes, If you have a broadband connection Windows Messenger can be used to deliver popup even when the browser is not open. Spyware will use this application just like it uses your browser. Under my contract with the school I disabled Windows Messenger on all of the computers I worked on. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u.../stopspam.mspx "Jeff" wrote in message ... popup windows are a symptom of a computer infected with adwear. popup blockers are only a bandaged, not a cure. You need to clean up your PC with adaware and spybot S&D. These two free apps will clean most adwear programs. Adware is a serious risk to your security. "DJ Borell" wrote in message ... "Student" wrote in message ... How can i stop pop-ups windows? Use a pop-up blocker. IE incorporates a pop-up blocker with SP2 for WinXP. |
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