Pop-ups

[kinag]

Got something annoying shit going on atm, everytime I open IE I get 2 pop-ups, I close it and another one pops up, this happens 2 times

What can I do to prevent this? considering going Mozilla

I usually know how to fix stuff but I don't got any answers to this one about how to fix it, only thing I would come up with is Pop-up blocker..

 

[old.Vae]

Get Spybot search and destroy - sounds like you have a trojan or something

 

[Coim-]

Originally posted by kinag
What can I do to prevent this? considering going Mozilla

Even if it doesn't solve your problem... go Mozilla! It's uber.

 

[old.tRoG]

Solution

 

[kinag]

hehe, used mozilla for a while

but Trojan? eh don't think so

 

[kinag]

Originally posted by old.Vae
Get Spybot search and destroy - sounds like you have a trojan or something

Thanks alot for the tips, it worked very well, removed some spyware etc. and now I don't get pop-ups when I start IE

 

[-Nxs-]

Ive been using Mozilla now for about a month - and its way better than IE, nice auto popup blocker, nice system for remembering passwords and data filled into fielelds, nice integrated email client too - I guess thats better than outlook express with all the viruses popping around.

Ill never go back to IE ive even installed mozilla at work now on some of our IT teams pc's we love it

 

[kinag]

What type of mozilla?

 

[Sharma]

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmozilla!

 

[-Nxs-]

Originally posted by kinag
What type of mozilla?

1.5 Windows - http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.5/mozilla-win32-1.5-installer.exe

Or try the alpha of 1.6 if you like

 

[kinag]

Using Mozilla Firebird 0.7 atm.. still good enough?

 

[Nightchill]

spybot search & destroy is prob the best out there, works well with Hijack This (if you know what you're looking for) and the coolwebsearchchronicles shredder (another essential one).

my favourite pop-up killer is the google toolbar does a great job and adds some useful features at the same time. Get it from: http://toolbar.google.com/

 

[Cyradix]

And search for spyware : http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

 

[Nightchill]

I used to use adaware, then tried spybot s&d and it found tons more :/

 

[SoWat]

Spybot S&D is very good indeed. It pairs up nicely with SpywareBlaster Use both for full protection.

 

[old.Gombur Glodson]

*hugs mozilla*

 

[kinag]

What about firebird version of mozilla?

 

[Sibanac]

Originally posted by Nightchill
spybot search & destroy is prob the best out there, works well with Hijack This (if you know what you're looking for) and the coolwebsearchchronicles shredder (another essential one).

my favourite pop-up killer is the google toolbar does a great job and adds some useful features at the same time. Get it from: http://toolbar.google.com/

why bother using google bar if Firebird does it all for you out of the box.


kinag : Firebird is nice, I use it alot, doesnt seem as stable as mozilla yet tho