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725308
17th Jan 2007, 18:28
Hi all
In the last few days I have been having adverts popping up in small windows every few pages I visit on Internet Explorer.
Its really annoying having to close them all the time and I think this sort of advertisements popping up is adware?
I have full virus and firewall protection but have never had any anti-spyware or adware - can anyone recommend me some thing to download or a package to buy?
Otherwise I'n just going to system restore :rolleyes: :}
frostbite
17th Jan 2007, 19:55
Personally, I would suggest you dump IE and use Firefox with the Adblock addon.
Saab Dastard
17th Jan 2007, 20:22
Adaware and Spybot and Ewido.
All free - others may be listed in the sticky at the top of the forum.
SD
BDiONU
17th Jan 2007, 20:25
I have full virus and firewall protection but have never had any anti-spyware or adware - can anyone recommend me some thing to download or a package to buy?
You need at least two free products, Ad Aware (http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/) and Spybot (http://www.spybot.info/). This sticky (http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=146397)at the top of the forum contains a handy guide to eliminating your problem :)
BD
frostbite
17th Jan 2007, 21:26
All due respect, gents, but Adaware & Spybot are not going to stop popups which is what I read as the problem.
Firefox or Opera should handle that.
Devlin Carnet
18th Jan 2007, 07:54
Sorry Frostbite, but yes They do,
or at least they eliminate the programmes that generate them.
frostbite
18th Jan 2007, 11:51
Not wishing to labour the point (especially as the original poster hasn't returned), but I understood popups to be mainly generated by the website being visited.
There is a 'tick box' in IE Tools/Options/Privacy you could try.
Globaliser
18th Jan 2007, 17:40
Not wishing to labour the point (especially as the original poster hasn't returned), but I understood popups to be mainly generated by the website being visited.As it's a new symptom being reported, it sounds more likely than he's been recently infected by some adware/spyware that's causing the popups. Some of them do that.
Devlin Carnet
19th Jan 2007, 08:11
Sorry Frostbite, I was referring to the popups for "A partner in love" or "do you have erection problems" type. Not the ones from the website sponsors.