Pop ups constantly telling me to visit different sites to fix the problem but those sites wants my $, but not explaining what i am buying
2007-10-30 12:54:16 · 13 answers · asked by jay p 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
You need to turn off your "windows messenger" service to stop getting these pop-up adds. Go to "my computer" and right click....choose "manage" then open "services and applications" then open "services". Scroll down to the "messenger" service, and double click it. Change the startup type to "disabled" and then hit the "stop" button. They should go away now.
If not you have some spyware on your system. Get AdAware and run that to remove all that crap.
2007-10-30 12:58:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a pop up scam. You go to their site then it runs and tells you it fixed some errors but, in order to fix the rest you need to buy the full version. If you click on some they will even install a prog that will annoy you with popups--Go into add/remove programs and make sure there isn't one there.
Never click and allow ActiveX controls on those sites cuz thats giving them the ok to download progs onto your computer.
Get the free version of ad-aware from Lavasoft.com and run it
2007-10-30 20:15:23 · answer #2 · answered by s j 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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
2007-10-30 20:20:16 · answer #3 · answered by saf r 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
JAY P:
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE GOT ACTIVE SPYWARE AND VIRUSES ON YOUR COMPUTER....GO TO MICROSOFT.COM
AND DOWNLOAD THE MALWARE REMOVAL/CHECKING PROGRAM FOR THE OPERATING SYSTEM INSTALLED .....EX: WIN XP OR VISTA... REMEMBER VISTA HAS TWO DIFFERENT VERSIONS A 32-BIT AND 64-BIT OS DOWNLOAD THE CORRECT REMOVAL PROGRAM....
IF YOU'RE UNSURE HOW TO DO THIS, DOWNLOAD THE FREE VERSION OF AVG ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE AND THE FREE VERSION OF LAVASOFT AD-WARE REMOVER....
2007-10-30 20:27:41 · answer #4 · answered by THE SPECIALIST 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your computer is infected with Adware, not damaged.
Get & run a good anti-virus, anti Adware utility.
There are some good free ones out there.
2007-10-30 20:09:01 · answer #5 · answered by Irv S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.stopannoyingpopup.com
Prevents from any unwanted popup ads immediately and automatically.
Block 100% unsolicited popups.
Run quietly in your system tray using very little resources.
Smart pop-up and pop-under control.
2007-10-31 22:59:43 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe you can turn on/ enable pop up blocker,
Go to TOOLs - internet options - PRIVACY TAB
Tick Pop-up
Or maybe if you have yahoo or google toolbar, there is a popup blocker feature.
2007-10-30 19:59:04 · answer #7 · answered by lucky me 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Download spybot and ad-aware and run them both. Also make sure you run your antivirus. Try an onboot scan.
2007-10-30 19:58:26 · answer #8 · answered by programmer_va 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ignore them. They are popup ads meant to trick you into buying software you may not need.
2007-10-30 19:57:19 · answer #9 · answered by WilmaF 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't click them!
They are spyware. You need to get a spyware remover and use it, regularly.
I highly recommend: spybot
http://www.spybot.info/
2007-10-30 19:58:28 · answer #10 · answered by judyg8or 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋