i had some telewest pop-up blocker but guess its no good.please help.can i remove these?
2006-10-31 16:52:52 · 9 answers · asked by farai g 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Install a good antivirus program and a good anti-spyware. Here you have some free choices:
http://askcomputerexpert.ws43.com/download
I recomend Avast and Ad-aware.
2006-11-01 01:45:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hi there,
Personally (and from much experience with these programs), I would avoid AVG, Spybot and Adaware. The number of people who have these installed but then get confused as to why they have been infected is increasing by the day. In all seriousness, these programs (especially spybot and adaware) are no longer good enough to be your only protection against viruses, spyware and adware (as well as trojans, rootkits and other nasties). They used to be great programs a couple of years ago, but have now been overtaken by programs with next-generation approaches.
One program I would strongly recommend you try instead is Prevx1. This takes a completely unique and different approach to any other security program available, and has recently been proven as having the strongest protection and cleanup capabilities of ALL security solutions available today - so this should hopefully fix the problems your current protection has failed you on.
Download the Free Trial of Prevx1 which will scan your PC and remove this and any other infections free of charge:
http://www.prevx.com
2006-10-31 20:39:49 · answer #2 · answered by Secure Expert 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
All of these are ones that I personally use and all are free.
Try this scan, its free, it removes
I-Worm/Stration · BackDoor.Generic3.GBB and .GBC · Worm/Generic.FX · Exploit.WMF
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5
Spybot - Search & Destroy detects and removes spyware, a relatively new kind of threat not yet covered by common anti-virus applications. Spyware silently tracks your surfing behaviour to create a marketing profile for you that is transmitted without your knowledge to the compilers and sold to advertising companies. If you see new toolbars in your Internet Explorer that you haven't intentionally installed, if your browser crashes inexplicably, or if your home page has been "hijacked" (or changed without your knowledge), your computer is most probably infected with spyware. Even if you don't see the symptoms, your computer may be infected, because more and more spyware is emerging. Spybot-S&D is free, so there's no harm giving it a try to see if something has invaded your computer.
http://www.safer-networking.org/
http://superantispyware.com/
SUPERAntiSpyware is the most thorough scanner on the market. Our Multi-Dimensional Scanning and Process Interrogation Technology will detect spyware that other products miss! SUPERAntiSpyware will remove ALL the Spyware, NOT just the easy ones!
Easily remove over 100,000 pests such as SmitFraud, Vundo, WinFixer, SpyAxe, SpyFalcon, WinAntiVirus, AntiVermins and thousands more!
2006-10-31 16:55:59 · answer #3 · answered by G 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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.
2006-10-31 17:08:53 · answer #4 · answered by jibberjabar 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The best program I've found is Spyware Doctor. Do a free scan on your computer then decide. A friend of mine took off over 300 viruses & suspicious files. Its not expensive but worth every penny.
2006-10-31 17:46:44 · answer #5 · answered by Premdas 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Try these. They work and they are free:
Run the tool and then download the free spyware and virus protection programs:
Malicious virus removal tool:
http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx
Ad-Aware Free download:
http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/...
AVG Download free
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1
Yahoo Toolbar is a good pop-up blocker:
Yahoo Toolbar:
http://toolbar.yahoo.com/
Good Luck
2006-10-31 17:05:53 · answer #6 · answered by phy333 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
http://myspace.com/computer_works go here and download the free avg antivirus,antispyware and adaware update them and run them in safe mode
2006-10-31 20:42:51 · answer #7 · answered by bsmith13421 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
This site has all the popular free programs and gives you tips
on how to avoid getting this crap on your system.http://www.basicspywaretips.com/getridofspyware.html
2006-10-31 17:58:22 · answer #8 · answered by Mark 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Start with these......
SpySweeper
Adaware
Microsoft Defender
2006-10-31 16:55:54 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋