Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This is what I get..but it's not the only one..this only an ad..trying = to sell software...I shut down the ISP and restarted and minute I open = IE here comes this add popup.. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Kathy Ferrell=20 To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20 Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 2:29 PM Subject: -=3DPCTechTalk=3D- Re: IE ads What do they say specifically? Maybe they are popups from spammers = using the messenger service in Windows (not MSN Messenger). This is a service that allows administrators to send netsend messages in the form of = popups to any IP address. If this is it, go to your administrative tools > = services > and turn off messenger service. You don't need this for anything else = and it's just a big spam hole. Kat -----Original Message----- From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of milady Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 1:20 PM To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: -=3DPCTechTalk=3D- Re: IE ads Other people on E. arent' getting them..and this JUST started in the = last few days. Something must not be set.=20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: bob.in.jersey@xxxxxxxx=20 To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx=20 Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 2:06 PM Subject: -=3DPCTechTalk=3D- Re: IE ads On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 13:35:35 PST, "milady" wrote: > All of a sudden I am getting IE ads popping up each time I open=20 > IE..how does one stop these critters? I have a popup blocker but > it isn't stopping these things. They are called Advertisements. > thru IE... Never had these before. running XP. That may be because they're coming =3Dfrom=3D Earthlink! Read your terms of service (probably at the ISP's 'help' web site); they likely say that the ISP is allowed to accept advertising and to show it to you as it sees fit. The difference is that it is coming from them, not from individual sites you visit... and as such is not subject to blocking! Juno, which I've used since '98, has always had one or two pop-ups appear whenever I get on the web! --=20 BOB dot in dot jersey at Juno dot com To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=3Dpctechtalk To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=3Dpctechtalk To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=3Dpctechtalk To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk