-=PCTechTalk=- Re: problem
- From: "cris" <cris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2003 22:08:17 -0500
boy - it sure sounds like that messenger program running in the background -
someone sent in a url the other day - I think this is it:
http://www.icpug.org.uk/national/features/030429fe.htm
I'll look to see if i can find any information about it being on other systems
besides winXP -
Did you say you had a firewall ? That could help also -
why don't you try the google toolbar - other pop up killer's have been
recommended, but this one seems to work pretty well. scroll down to tools - I
think you have to activate it. And you don't have to set it to 'phone home' in
order for it to work.
http://www.google.com/options/
but if spybot is coming up empty - this is a toughy!!
crisS
----- Original Message -----
From: sylviavandewall
To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 4:55 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: problem
Ok Cris, I'll run panda online and if you have an adress of a pop up =
stopper for me I'll download that also.
Today I also downloaded the newest update from Spybot and run that but =
it did not change the pop up ads coming. I never had that before and =
also did never have had my icons changing just like that. I know when I =
visit a website I get pop ups but this happens when I'm not visiting =
websites. Even when I'm playing a card game the ads pop up.
sylvia.
make sure that you update your spybot search & Destroy - they just had =
an update a day or so ago. and run it again.=20
You ran housecall...
try running panda online. It sometimes finds things that housecall =
doesn't.=20
http://www.pandasoftware.com/
a lot of web pages now create pop ups, so just surfing, will create pop =
ups. You don't necessarily need to have anything on your computer that =
is creating them - It won't hurt to put a pop up stopper on.=20
Cris
Thanks for your help Cris but I don't have Messenger service on my =3D
computer and I wish it was as easy as that but this has nothing to do =
=3D
with Microsoft.=3D20
I looked in my control panel but in WindowsME there is nothing with =3D
Administrative Tools.
This looks more like there is a virus inside my computer, no use to use =
=3D
a pop-up killer now because it has already put itself in my computer.
They are pop-ups with ads about Viagra and how much in danger I am.
sylvia.
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