help on pop ups

  • Thread starter Thread starter shawn
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shawn

use windows 2000 everytime i use internet explorer i get
plenty of pop ups when i surf. its very irritating. anyone
know how to clear internet explorer so nothing pops up
again when i surf? think one of the reasons could b the
wnad as i found the file by searchin my com, but are there
other things that i might do? also microsoft website does
not say how to remove it in win 2k, only in win 98 and
below....
 
For browser popups - http://toolbar.google.com works well.

Also - does the window title say anything about Messenger? If so, you need a
firewall. 'Messenger spam', is not in itself harmful, but is symptomatic of
a larger problem - your computer has ports open from the Internet.

You can disable the Messenger service, but that is unwise as a solution as
you'll still have the underlying problem that caused you to get the messages
in the first place - consider the messages a useful warning that you have no
protection from the Internet. This is all too important now, given the
recent rash of RPC worms....

For a standalone machine, see www.sygate.com for a free personal firewall,
or if using Windows XP, you can enable the built-in internet connection
firewall (ICF).

See http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm for more info.

Also, go to www.lavasoft.de and get AdAware - download, install, launch,
update, scan.
 
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