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REF
22nd Apr 2007, 07:33
When ever I connect t the internet I now gt unwanted pop ups at random intervals, I have run the antivirus, spybot and Ad-aware but none of these seem to be able to fix the problem? Any ideas?

Jet II
22nd Apr 2007, 07:39
What browser are you using?

REF
22nd Apr 2007, 07:52
what do you mean by what browser? I have the internet explorer which I use to access the web if that helps?

BombayDuck
22nd Apr 2007, 09:11
REF - that could be one of the problems. Get a copy of Firefox from here (http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/). It will stop unwanted popups and is safer than IE.

Another thing, if you're working on Windows XP, make sure you have service packs 1 and 2 installed.

BOAC
22nd Apr 2007, 19:28
As an alternative, REF, as you sound as if you might be a 'beginner' at this computing/browsing thing, you can go to the Google site and download a pop-up blocker which allows you to select whether to allow them or not. Might be simpler for you than installing and learning a new browser?

Google is just one of many options you will find if you search for 'popup blocker'.

Tarq57
23rd Apr 2007, 05:59
Just to nail this down a bit, are the popups advert related, or do they say stuff like "you are infected with blah blah, purchase...." or redirects to a site you didn't expect to go to?

Bushfiva
23rd Apr 2007, 06:41
I'm with Mr Markjoy, since Ref said "I now get unwanted popups". There's something there that needs fixing, and installing more stuff isn't the way to go.

under_exposed
23rd Apr 2007, 07:50
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=135966 solved all my problems.

Tarq57
23rd Apr 2007, 08:30
Yep, a useful tool in the battle for good security.
If there's already a trojan, or other nasty on board, need to sort that first, though.
I've been using the mvps hosts file for a while, only downside is that sometimes a not-so-dangerous or not-so-bad site gets blocked.