Thanks Cris, I looked at their website but I don't think this will solve = my problem because I get the pop ups when I'm NOT surfing the web. So it must be something IN my computer that is sitting there and = triggering the ads every, say about, 15 minutes. Sylvia this pop up stopper has also been highly recommended to me -=20 http://www.southbaypc.com/NoAds/ there are a fair amt of them out there - but I'd go with one of these = that have been recommended that people have had good success with.=20 CrisS Thanks Glo, I'll save this one and when my problem is solved I'll download it. I'm sure glad I'm not the only one with no firewall, I find it very =3D difficult configure it the way I want it, specially because it is in =3D English. sylvia. Sylvia--I also have w-ME and I use a free pop-up stopper from www.panicware.com You can set it to make a sound when it kills ads (cool). I've had this = =3D for a long time and no problems. Also, if you install your firewall it will give you the option whether to accept something or not, so you won't =3D miss anything. Some of the guys on this list have offered to help configure = =3D a firewall, so that's a possibility. I should talk, I don't have one either! --Glo 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