is there a free site i can download a free pop up blocker
2006-10-20 14:51:42 · 16 answers · asked by Dave 6 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Popup blockers will only stop web based popups. They can help somewhat, but if you are getting excessive popups, and popups even when you are offline, it means you have trojan downloaders on your machine that are calling out to deliver the pop up ads.
Try a full cleaning and dis-infection routine.
This is the one I use (it will take some time).
1. Scan for virus and remove (free online scan) with BitDefender
http://www.bitdefender.com/site/home/
2. Scan for trojans and remove (free online scan) with Ewido
http://www.ewido.net/en/
3. Scan for ad/spyware and remove (free download) with Spybot Search & Destroy
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/spybotsd/index.html
If you are using an older version of Windows (pre XP-SP2) you may also be getting "Messenger Service" popups which are caused by Microsoft leaving the almost never used Windows Messenger Service enabled by default. This was corrected in Windows XP- Service Pack 2.
Understand that the Windows Messenger Service is completely different from, and not in any way related to, "MSN Messenger", "Windows Live Messenger" "yahoo Messenger", or any other well-known instant messaging system. Therefore, disabling the Windows Messenger service will have no effect upon your use of any other instant messaging applications. They will continue to work without trouble.
To disable this service in older versions of Windows use the free, Shoot The Messenger from:
http://www.grc.com/stm/ShootTheMessenger.htm
Good luck.
2006-10-20 14:57:26 · answer #1 · answered by jibberjabar 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A study looked in to the effectiveness of various popular popup blockers. It found that the Google toolbar and Windows XP with SP2 (i.e. the service pack included a popup blocker for IE) did the best. However, Yahoo! toolbar failed to block 50% of popups. Sorry, I wished I saved the article so I could give you the link to it. Try the Google toolbar and/ or IE built in popup blocker. You can use more than one popup blocker at a time. Visit http://www.popuptest.com/ The website tests the effectiveness of your popup blocker. It is also a good place to start looking for free popup blockers.
2006-10-20 21:59:25 · answer #2 · answered by What the...?!? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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If there is no spyware or trojans on your PC and you're sure that it is the Pop-ups (you can determine it by inspecting the ads itself)
Then you should use another Pop-up blocker. As far as my knowledge, MS-Internet Explorer 6.0 or greater has a built-in Popup blocker and it works Great
(Because its a browser who executes the Pop-up codes and displays pop-ups, It is the only one who can control it better that softwares. Yahoo pop-up blocker is an Plug-in for IE i.e a software too)
Apart from that, a Google toolbar also got a good popu-up blocker system. you can download it from http://toolbar.google.com
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2006-10-20 22:07:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its the pop-up blocker itself not the computer,
You need to install the google pop-up blocker, or even the ninemsn pop-up blocker.
Personal experince dictates that Yahoo has a really really poor pop-up blocker.
Switch to Google if you can, I did I can now get all of the emails sent to me, stop pesky little pop-up blockers, and annoying little poeple who have too much time on their hands
2006-10-20 22:03:57 · answer #4 · answered by neilis2dead 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Okay two things here if you had a Mac you would never see a pop up at all, and I mean never. With any PC you will need at least two pop up blocker if not more.
2006-10-20 22:01:48 · answer #5 · answered by Barry G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
popu ps you need to check your system for spywatre & trojans this is the reason you have pop up's on the system then you can download a verry good pop up blocker and website scanner befor the website opens if there is pop ups on the website it will ask you do you want to block the website as it will not open the website till you hit on allow or block
ad-aware professional 6.0 /ad-watch 3.0
2006-10-20 21:56:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pop ups are getting smarter and are greting around the pop up blocker
2006-10-20 21:53:58 · answer #7 · answered by michael p 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You probably got alot of spyware. Try running a clean up program like spy-bot. Its free and you can download it from their site. I've also tried ewido but it misses certain spyware programs. Spy-bot gets rid of all malware. This should solve your problem!
You can get it at this address:
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html
It is safe to download, I've been using it for a while and it is great!
2006-10-20 21:55:36 · answer #8 · answered by Shawn R 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
well, you have pop-up blocker, you probly have some sort of anti virous thing like i have and it will pop up every now and then saying my virous definitions are up to daye or w/e. otherwise, if they are advertisments, i suggest you e-mail yahoo and have them come and check it out. and if they cant fix it, you sould request some bill reductions... :]
2006-10-20 21:55:57 · answer #9 · answered by Hugh Jass 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You should do the Windows Live OneCare Scan
http://safety.live.com/site/en-US/default.htm
2006-10-21 03:36:14 · answer #10 · answered by garethjones1992 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋