popups

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Keep getting them, I have run adaware and have a popup stopper, also have McAfee etc. Anyone know why they keep poping up? Its usually something saying 'Save' or 'Warning'.

 

[MKJ]

If you are running xp then it sounds as if the buggers are exploiting xp messenger. Nice way for them to bypass firewalls etc. Disable it is the best approach.

Start - Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Services - Messenger

Right click Messenger and look for Startup type. Set this to disabled and that will stop those annoying popups.

MKJ

 

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already on disabled

 

[Thorwyn]

http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/cwshredder_download.html
http://beam.to/spybotsd


...try those two.
Sometimes, Adaware is unable to find/isolate stuff. (Note however, that Search&Destroy will detect Adaware as spyware, least that´s how it used to be in some earlier versions).

Also, use a firewall when you´re surfing (the MacAfee is a Virus scanner I assume?!)