OK Guys, I am reaching the end of my teather. I am getting loads of pop ups and infuriating shit on my laptop. I have tried to uninstall that "internet optimiser" thing and a few other dodgy programs that I think has something to do with it. I do use Norton Anti Virus and Zone Alarm. Can anyone help me out with this. I am running XP pro with service pack 2 installed.

Warren please do not reply as I am yet to find anyone that is happy with there PC after you have even so much as looked at it.

Thanx

Sean..

 

mate, keep missing your calls sorry. free tonight

 

I kept getting this on my old PC with Norton's, but on this PC I have McAfee and only get 1 maybe 2 a day

 

Sean, download this.

http://toolbar.google.com/

has a built in pop-up blocker!

might be worth doing a Adaware scan aswell! good bit of kit (gets loads off rubbish of ya system)

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

hope i helped

 

sp2 has a pop up blocker in the <tools> option. Is it on ?

 

Cheers Smit, will give those a whirl.

NUTS how do I get to that tools menu? What application is it in???

 

Google pop up blocker does pretty well on my computer

 

Internet Explorer mate, maybe under settings as mine is.

Also try smits link for adaware, works very well.

 

Go into internet explorer
Tools menu
Pop up blocker
then goto settings and go from there

 

Sean, answered above

You shouldn't get pop ups unles you have a web page open, if you are and your not on any web page then the PC is infected and will need cleaning with something free and useful like spybot search and destroy from http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html

 

Sean you must have got some of the crap-ware installed, definitely 100% recommend the link by Smit to Ad-aware, will clear the lot out! Keep running it until it doesn't find anything - works a treat!

 

"Search and Destroy" found an additional 104 items after I had just run ad-aware Phil

 

OK Guys cheers for all of your help here.

I have found the IE pop up blocker and have adjusted the settings to maximum (they were set to medium) is that the right thing to do?

Do I still need to install http://toolbar.google.com/ as Smit sugested or will the IE pop up blocker be suficient

I installed the Ad-Aware software and ran it and it found 670 bad things (is that a lot or a typical amount??), which it deleted all but two of. I am currently re-booting my laptop as it reckons it can get rid of the other two after that.

Sean..

 

The toolbar(s) stop any pop ups as they happen, add aware and the like delete them after you have been given them, or programs to run them

Use both for a healthy system

 

Sean...

Dont run a pop-up blocker as all they do is mask your problem.

As you have found by running Adaware your machine is INFESTED with Spyware.. all of which is raping you of information and lets face it... you dont get spyware from the BBC...

I suggest you spend more time in the workshop and re-discover your wife.... this will prevent you from wandering onto the type of sites you've been going to to pick up 670 items of Spyware.

Trust me... I'm an IT professional ! not a wannado-wanna-be

 

PS... If you persist in surfin in the gutter run adaware at least twice a week.. they dont call it the morning after pill for the internet for nothing you know !

 

Hi Neil,

LOL, I aint goin to no dodgy sites, honest

I have run the ad aware and since it has deleted all that stuff, my PC runs a trillion times better and not one pop up since!!!!!! I am well impresssed!!

I did put the google thing on, but it hasn't had to block one popup yet

Oh and by the way I am all divorced now mate, so looking at dodgy sites is all the action i get nowadays.

Sean..

 

Glad it's sorted Shonky

 

Sorry to hear about the divorce mate.... guess she finally clocked onto how much you'd spent on the car....

Well just go to www.thehun.com and only look at the free stuff.. they give some 'No SpyWare Guarentees'


When you coming to Palmers next ?

Thats Palmer Motorsport..... not Palmer Mastasport that well know wankfest....

 

adaware is great i run it every now and again and never see ANY pop up's

make sure you keep updating it Sean which is simple to do when you launch the program there should be a link saying "check for updates now" click that and it will load new info on pops to look for on your pc when you run it again.

 

Cheers Guys I deffo recomend Adaware to everyone!!!

Brom if you read this post you need to download this. Believe me the amount of dodgy porn sites you visit, you will be on for the world record of dodgy shit on your PC!!

Next Palmer day is the Beds one in Feb I think!!

 

i dont bother with porn crap only links of passoin alot of the pops up only come from on here
am gettin the real thing at the min not no dodgy horses