how do I stop advertiments on my computer?

Answer 1

Get pop up blocker and spam blocker

Answer 2

There are basically three types of advertisments.

1) Advertisments caused by spyware,adware on your computer. You will need to clean this up. Follow the steps here http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_Removal_and_Prevention:_Overview

2) Normal Advertisments (popups or banners) caused by websites you visit.

Lots of ways to deal with this.

a) Use a hosts file to block ad domains http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

b) If you are using firefox, definitely use the free adblock
http://adblock.mozdev.org/

C) If you are using internet explorer, there isn't anything free like adblock, but the paid versions of admuncher is pretty good. If you don't want to pay, either get a web filtering proxy like Proxomitron or privoxy.

If you turn off Javascript and Java, you can kill 95% of all popups (some use CSS).

3) Messenger spam. - Not very common these days, and be easily solved by turning off the messenger service. If you don't know how, run http://www.grc.com/stm/shootthemessenger.htm

Answer 3

Could be spyware causing your problems

I'd reccomend these 2, run each in turn
ADAWARE fro www.lavasoftusa.com (Free personal version)
also SPYBOT S&D from www.spybot.org (Again free for home use)


Also worth having in toolbox is CCLEANER from www.ccleaner.com again a free download, and a good general windows tidyup utility.

Answer 4

That sounds like the behaviour of spyware and bad malware if you are refering to 'pop-ups'. Try this:

AD-AWARE, SPYWARE PROTECTION:

http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3000-8022_4-10672044.html?tag=pop.software



AVAST ANTI VIRUS, FREE ( change the skin ) :

http://www.download.com/Avast-Home-Edition/3000-2239_4-10680976.html?tag=lst-0-2


C-CLEANER, REGESTRY AND UNEEDED FILE DELETER:

http://www.download.com/CCleaner/3000-2144_4-10669303.html?tag=lst-0-1


HIJACK THIS!! (Only for advanced users)

http://www.download.com/Trend-Micro-HijackThis/3000-8022_4-10379544.html?tag=lst-0-1

Answer 5

if you download mozilla firefox, this is a browser, and use it instead of explorer or whatever you use, this will stop pretty much all advertisements, it also stops viruses, an added bonus, good luck hope this helps

Answer 6

Download the yahoo toolbar, it gives you a pop-up-blocker which blocks alot of the pop-ups...

Answer 7

Are you talking about the Windows messenger crap.?
http://www.grc.com/stm/shootthemessenger.htm

Answer 8

Microsoft Defender:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=435bfce7-da2b-4a6a-afa4-f7f14e605a0d&displaylang=en

Ad-Aware 2007
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

And if you need to
Spybot Search and Destroy

Answer 9

Get Firefox

It is like the defensive warfare.

Octavius has spoken

Answer 10

turn it off.