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Ghost
June 10th, 2003, 07:56
what can be done about these pop up pains in the ass? My computer has gotten a case of the pop-ups recently!
F. F.
June 10th, 2003, 08:14
Zonelabs ZoneAlarm firewall has a nice pop-up blocker.
RTicUL8
June 10th, 2003, 10:07
Kim Komando (radio talk show host) lists a great pop-up blocker by panicware on her web site. I've have it loaded on my work pc and it has caught 100% of all pop-ups. Best of all - it's free.
Look for the link at the bottom of the page:
http://www.komando.com/bestshareware.asp
Ghost
June 10th, 2003, 11:35
Thanks I'll give that one a try!
sidriptide
June 11th, 2003, 12:38
i think someone in the I.T. field found a new way to spam us....... a pain to deal with but i really have to get a blocker cause they are statrting to be ads for pornsites and stuff. i dont like trying to explain to my 8 yr old what thos ebad words meant.. at first i thought it was cookie related but it happens on all 3 of our PCs....... time to lose AOL i guess.........
mike
Tucker
June 11th, 2003, 12:45
I highly recommend that you get a good "internet cleaner" program. They're available from lots of sources, try this link for more info: http://www.cexx.org/adware.htm

That page has instructions on how to turn of the messenger service and has links to a good free adware/spyware killer named Spybot Search & Destroy (also found at http://security.kolla.de/)

The reason you keep getting the popups may be because the offending site has installed spyware/adware on your computer. Popup blockers may stop the symptom temporarily but won't cure the disease. Most of the cleaning programs have a try-before-you-buy option so you can test their effectiveness on your machine.

hth
Ghost
June 11th, 2003, 12:56
AOL Sucks and that is IMHO. Thir bln`ker works except for when H'm .f a Jeep site and it blocks the pop-up images of the parts I'm looking at!
XJguy
June 11th, 2003, 16:48
Ghost, you can choose what sites that you want to block pop ups on with AOL 8.0s blocker...just click on the 'Blocking Pop-ups from this site' button and choose your settings.

XJguy
Ghost
June 11th, 2003, 17:29
Nice feature for AOL users. I use Bellsouth! That spyware is shocking! I was amazed at houw many spy type programs I had on my puter here at the office! Thanks!
Yellow XJNJ
June 11th, 2003, 18:28
Tucker, thanks for that link. Those Messenger Service pop ups were driving my up the wall.
dennisuello
June 11th, 2003, 22:33
using Mozilla Firebird here and have problems with pop-ups. it's got a pop-up killer feature built-in.
Bent
June 12th, 2003, 18:46
RTicUL8, Thanks.

That link for the shareware has done the trick! :yelclap: