Good Pop Up Blockers?

#1 coolieever

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Posted 18 August 2006 - 10:44 AM

my computer is filled with pop ups now because i accidentally clicked on one of those 'free* xbox' ads... before, i would never get any pop ups and now theres like 20 every 2 minutes.... its freaking annoying, and ive downloaded some random pop up blockers but its not helping... i dont want to reformat my computer, theres too many things saved into it that i need and it would take too long to save on a floppy or memory stick or something... so what can i do to fix this?

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#2 1nfernal

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Posted 18 August 2006 - 10:54 AM

Firefox is you friend else use the google toolbar that helps too

Oh and also download Ad-Aware the free one it helps allot! It delete's all the junk and other crap you got on the comp.

#3 Luly

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Posted 18 August 2006 - 11:18 AM

Firefox's extension Adblock/Adblock Plus is super good.

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#4 bawk

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Posted 18 August 2006 - 11:49 AM

get "free popup blocker"...seriously stops erything hahaha, u can find it at download.com

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#5 coolieever

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Posted 18 August 2006 - 02:23 PM

ive tried all those, they help, but im still getting a bunch every 10 minutes or so.... and it takes forever to clsoe them all since it starts to lag my computer

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#6 HyunIX

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Posted 19 August 2006 - 12:47 AM

I feel for you. Adware is a pain in the butt.

Since you've already tried the stuff above, try out Spybot S&D. It's another remover program. (http://www.spybot.in...oad/index.html)
Try scanning with that. (Becareful when you delete registries)
Another method is using HiJackThis program. (May be a little too advanced)
A time consuming method is a Proccess Explorer to find out what's running on your comp and look for unwanted stuff. (http://www.sysintern...sExplorer.html)
If all that didn't help much, try running your computer in Safe Mode (during the beginning boot of your comp tap F8 every few seconds and then you should be able to choose safe mode) and then use all your adware remover programs again.

If all else fails, beat the living hell out of your computer and cry in a corner. Uh, I strongly do not recomment this method.

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Posted 19 August 2006 - 01:12 AM

floppy? wow... that would take forever.. hmm well just use spy bot,ad aware and firefox , oh! and it wouldnt hurt to dll a free anti virus too! umm just dll the one with the highest rate and if that doesnt work then just resort to the good old CD burning , im pretty sure you have a CD burner, CD-r are real cheap now adays and it usually comes with bundles , ummm 100 for 10 bucks ? or you can geta 50 for 7 bucks, not sure but it shouldnt be more than 20 dollars =] , thats gonna take forever if wat you said about your files is true but i guess its better than losing your files right ? XD just make sure you dll the stuff i told you to =]

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Posted 19 August 2006 - 06:10 AM

firefox + google tool bar works for me everytime ^^

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Posted 19 August 2006 - 06:23 AM

Definately use Spybot - Search and Destroy. Ad-aware is also decent. But more importantly, use HijackThis! like HyunIX suggested. Scan, put a checkmark next to everything you don't recognise then hit Fix Checked. Obviously you want to leave alone programs like MS Messenger if you use it... plus the software for your scanners/printers etc etc. Alot of spyware have obvious names so it shouldn't be too hard. Also anything that has a seemingly random filename is either a trojan or spyware so get rid of them too (for example, weird filenames like xxyqwr.exe).

Once you stop all those spyware from auto-loading, rescan and see if any of them come back. The ones that come back are most likely still in memory so you'll have to bring up the Task Manager and End Task on them. Once you stop as much of those spywares from auto-loading as you can, THEN run Spybot - Search and Destroy to do the dirty work of cleaning up your system. Most spyware infections can be defeated by following the steps above.

Once your system is clean, do yourself a favor... dump Internet Explorer and switch over to Firefox. All your bookmarks will be automatically transfered over so it's painless (although keep in mind your bookmarks will transfer over in alphabetical order).

#10 coolieever

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Posted 19 August 2006 - 10:25 AM

i just scanned my computer and it says i have 1,246 viruses

haha wow... thanks everyone.. ill try all those things now...

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Posted 19 August 2006 - 10:36 AM

just had my PC reformatted yesterday and im back to putting things up together again in my PC. yes, please use firefox. it will save you alot! i only use IE with my cyworld and cafe daums.

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