i downloaded the most recent version of norton, which i have had on my computer for years, and since i downloaded it i have been getting tons of pop ups. i have pop up blocker on explorer set on high and i still keep getting them and advertisements on pages. i cant find anything in nortan's settings for spam or pop ups. anything i need to chage or to do to eleminate the pop ups and advertisements?
2006-10-23 03:59:30 · 9 answers · asked by hrlysportster91 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
If you have popup blockers running and still get a large number of popups they are not actually popups. There is an adware program running along with the browser and it is displaying the ads. It was probably installed along with a "free" program you downloaded. You will need an adware removal program such as Adaware to get rid of it.
2006-10-23 04:10:39 · answer #1 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are two possible sources for your popups:
1) Adware/spyware. As another poster suggested, you need to clean this out of your computer, and NAV is not particularly good at that. Use Spybot Search&Destroy and AdAware, and they should clean it up. If they don't get it all, run HijackThis and post the output to their forums, and someone will usually tell you what you've got and how to get rid of it.
This stuff crawls in through two main means: "drive-by" downloads that exploit security holes in Internet Explorer, especially those related to ActiveX, and things you download such as "free" screensavers that install malware along the way.
A good start on dealing with the drive-by downloads is to use Firefox, Opera, or another browser instead of IE. That won't totally protect you on its own, but for several reasons non-IE browsers are harder to attack and attacked less often.
As for the downloads, use your brain: Why are these people giving you something free? What's in it for them? Read their website's privacy statement. Read anything you're asked to agree to. Use McAfee SiteAdvisor (a free plugin for Firefox) to find out if the site is known to distribute malware. Google for the name of what you're about to download and see if it's been reported to be spyware, etc.
2) Actual website pop-ups, pop-unders, etc. They're getting more and more clever with this stuff. I just had to install FlashBlock in Firefox to put an end to the Flash ads that come crawling across your screen and won't let you read a page until they're done crawling. Firefox's popup blocker will get most of them. Incidentally, some of them are set to pop when you LEAVE a site, so you blame the site you went to, not the one who really sent it.
Upgrade to IE7 if you can. Then use Firefox (or another browser) anyway. Use Spybot and AdAware. Assume any possible download is hostile until proven otherwise. Use SiteAdvisor. It's not a one-point fix, but the combination of all of the above should get the problem under control.
2006-10-23 07:34:58 · answer #2 · answered by Newton K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should open up the Norton program (click twice on the icon in the systray - next to clock) and check that all the configurations are enabled.
Norton has an adblock in their older programs so it should be there in the new one.
Pop ups - I;m not sure if Norton has a pop up blocker with their new version. But you can get a good free one here http://panicware.com/product_psfree.html
2006-10-23 04:06:17 · answer #3 · answered by Carella 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
in case you have some variety of spyware or secret agent ware...and so on....you ought to acquire advert-conscious and secret agent-Bot s&d...the two do away with "undesirable stuff" aka pop ups...additionally microsoft now has a utility called domicile windows defender that does a similar concern. there all unfastened and use all of them, and the subject ought to pass away. additionally, you maximum possibly use cyber web explorer. attempt utilising firefox, much less pop-ups. oh,..and delete your surfing histories and cookies... wish this facilitates
2016-11-25 00:09:35 · answer #4 · answered by bocklund 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
download the following tools:
Adaware (Lavasoft)
Cost: Free
Spy Bot Search and Destroy
Cost: Free
That will fix 99% of em
2006-10-23 04:02:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.freewebs.com/stallerit/
go here click free programs and find a pop blocker and ad blocker or something along them lines then sign the guestbook with some ideas on imporvement or comments
2006-10-23 04:33:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
explorer browser...ditch it...
download mozilla firefox with built in popup stopper
your norton virus program is not to blame
dont use explorer
2006-10-23 04:29:26 · answer #7 · answered by xpAngle 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What product of Norton did you install...firewall...antivirus...
2006-10-23 04:31:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might need to go in and change your cookies setting.
2006-10-23 04:08:32 · answer #9 · answered by Pretty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋