I'm so sick of getting these pop ups! I know I must have spyware on my computer but my norton anti virus is saying their are no viruses or spyware detected.
2006-12-25 23:22:28 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
yahoo's toolbar by itself is a good choice
also i would check your ie setting
in tools, internet options, privacy tab put on medium
pop ups arent an indication of virus or spyware generally but some may indicate it
keep your anti-virus up todate and get adaware
www.lavasoft.com
se personal its free
get update, reboot and do a full scan
updates weekly or so
2006-12-25 23:49:10 · answer #1 · answered by great one 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can give a few links that offer free virus and spyware removers...!You may be having a virus or spyware installed on your PC. Norton, AVG , Avast are free antivirus software. Ad-aware, Ewido are free spyware removers. You can download free softwares at
http://fixit.in/antivirus.html and http://fixit.in/spywareremover.html
2006-12-27 01:56:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.safer-networking.org/
Uber powerful tool which can search and annhilate nasties that make it onto your system. Now with an Immunize section that will help prevent future infections.
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
Another very powerful tool which searches and kills nasties that infect your system. AdAware and Spybot Search & Destroy compliment each other very well.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
Great prevention tool to keep nasties from installing on your system.
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareguard.html
Works as a Spyware "Shield" to protect your computer from getting malware in the first place.
https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/ehowes/www/resource.htm
puts over 5000 sites in your restricted zone so you'll be protected when you visit innocent-looking sites that aren't actually innocent at all.
http://cleanup.stevengould.org/
Cleans temporary files from IE and Windows, empties the recycle bin and more. Great tool to help speed up your computer and knock out those nasties that like to reside in the temp folders.
2006-12-26 08:48:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yup the best things is to download Yahoo Toolbar
the link is at
http://www.cooltoad.com/sites/aman30/commonly__asked_questionz_answer.htm
it also has a spyware removal tool in the toolbar, so it ll remove ur spyware , is a pop up blocker, and lets u view tabs in Internet Explorer too
2006-12-26 07:28:45 · answer #4 · answered by soldieraman 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Google (http://toolbar.google.com/T4/index_xp.html) and Yahoo (http://companion.yahoo.com/)has a free toolbar with many handy features including a pop up block. Internet Explorer 7 has a built in pop up blocker, however many people aren't too fond of IE 7, a bit of a problem. Chow.
2006-12-26 07:31:27 · answer #5 · answered by Clipper 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first, check your settings on your web browser and your anti-virus software. make sure pop up blocking is turned on. after that, try getting spyware blocking software. i use webroot spysweeper. i dont know if its the best, but i get no pop ups.
2006-12-26 07:24:53 · answer #6 · answered by bluecollaraddict 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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, no download needed) with BitDefender
http://www.bitdefender.com/site/home/
2. Scan for trojans and spyware and remove (free online scan, no download) with Ewido
http://www.ewido.net/en/
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.
2006-12-26 07:27:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
I use Internet Explorer and Netscape as browsers. I installed YAHOO!s pop-up blocker from the YAHOO! toolbar. It works great with both browsers. In fact sometimes I can't see pop-ups that I need to see..lol. You just have to enable the feature on your YAHOO! toolbar.
2006-12-26 07:27:07 · answer #8 · answered by Norm 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
dont worry go to toolbar.yahoo.com install it it comes with popup blocker and also one norton antispyware free..
take care
2006-12-26 07:25:55 · answer #9 · answered by Neo 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Try Firefox
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
Here's why
http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-10442_7-6656808-7.html?tag=btn
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2006-12-26 07:24:44 · answer #10 · answered by jan 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋