I have windows toolbar, norton anti-virus, never had any probs until a couple of days ago, now I will be in the middle of something and a page, usually trying to sell me a phone or get me to play casino pop up, how do I stop them, my norton pop up and ad blockers are both on.
2006-10-11 08:45:46 · 12 answers · asked by questor 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Hello! you have to take two steps
1): Download a pop-up blocker.
2): Download a Spyware cleaner. (And the best i know is Spyware Doctor) goodluck have a nice day you can ask again if the problem continues
2006-10-11 08:53:32 · answer #1 · answered by colt_commando2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK here we go, first if you're not surfing and you're getting pop-ups then you have some spyware or adware installed, spybot is a good start so is ad-aware.
You may have installed some "free" software or P2P software. If you did then you agreed to install the spyware. If you remove the spyware then the "free" software will no longer work or the software will re-install the spyware. You may also have got it through an infected e-mail.
But, be warned some spyware adware is almost imposable to remove (the spyware will hide itself all over the hard drive under diffrent names and then it'll just re-install itself no matter what you do). I've spent as long as five or six hours tracing down one piece of spyware, (I use to term for both spyware and adware). Anymore if I spend more the twenty minutes on a system anymore, I format the hard drive and reinstall the OS.
But I'd give those two pieced of software, you can get them both from www.download.com or do a search on Yahoo. If you can't get rid of it with those two save your stuff to a CD or Flash Drive and reinstall you OS.
Good Luck
2006-10-11 09:14:04 · answer #2 · answered by Richard 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use a Pop Up Blocker Or Go On the Computer in Safe Mode Instead?
2016-03-28 05:14:53 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use Yahoo's toolbar with pop-up blocker built in.
2006-10-11 08:53:45 · answer #4 · answered by knuckles1027 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
google toolbar works a treat otherwise upgrade to xp service pack two this has decent pop blocker software built in.
2006-10-11 08:51:03 · answer #5 · answered by bagyman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my google toolbar ad blocker works fine. Download it and try it out. PS Norton is pretty damn appauling
2006-10-11 08:50:11 · answer #6 · answered by Swoosh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Install a seperate pop up blocker... try Panda or Titanium.
they work great.
2006-10-11 09:58:18 · answer #7 · answered by * Deep Thought * 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do they have the title Messenger Service in the title bar... If so you need to stop that service as someone is exploiting the fact that you have this pathetic function supplied by the wonderful Microsoft turned on.
For decent instructions go here
http://www.itc.virginia.edu/desktop/docs/messagepopup/
2006-10-11 08:49:45 · answer #8 · answered by ggreggers123 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definetly use nortons & scan your computer for viruses/bugs. Nortons can take a really long time but it is worth it.
2006-10-11 08:53:43 · answer #9 · answered by StarrLee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
download a free pop up blocker
2006-10-11 08:48:43 · answer #10 · answered by star ray 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋