POP-UP ads....DRIVING ME CRAZY!!!!

  • Thread starter Thread starter rferoni
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Could it be that it has nothing to do with IE but that actually you have a
virus or a browser hijacker that happily picks up pop ups and shows these?


rferoni said:
Is there a way to stop the POP-UP ads?? They are driving me nuts!! I
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have free version of Zone Alarm, McAffee Virus scan. None of
them control ad blocking(unless you pay). Is there a setting in XP that
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will help? I've set my internet security to HIGH but to no
 
Quoth the raven E.D.:
Could it be that it has nothing to do with IE but that actually you have a
virus
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Virus? Not likely.
or a browser hijacker that happily picks up pop ups and shows these?
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Ah. So then it /is/ good advice to recommend a better browser.. one
that cannot be hijacked?
 
E.D. wrote:
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Thunderbird can't read hotmail without third part software. Yes I know,
people should not be using that ancient e-mail system but millions do
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the point of using hotmail (or any other webmail for that matter) is
that you can access it anywhere with nothing more than a graphical
browser...

as such, thunderbird was the wrong tool... you should be using firefox
or perhaps the mozilla browser in the full suite...
 
Quoth the raven mortn:
I'm using Netscape 7.1 (based on Mozilla) with Win XP. Haven't seen
a popup since.
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...and when you have some time, consider keeping updated. N 7.1 is
based on the Mozilla 1.4 Gecko engine, and Moz has moved to 1.6 (with
1.7 out soon).

Do install Mozilla with a new profile, unless you don't plan to use
7.1 anymore.
 
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