re: Please can anyone help with this problem!!!
Thursday, December 11, 2003 at 4:35 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Steve B
(1909 messages posted)
Yes, download, update and run Spybot S&D.
You can get it here:
http://www.safer-networking.org/
Also, download, update and run Ad-Aware.
You can get it here:
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/
If you are using Internet Explorer, you will occasionally get annoying popups unless
you use a popup stopper. These won't be as bad as the ones you get now, but annoying
nonetheless. My favorite way of blocking these is to install the Google toolbar.
http://www.google.com/options/
You must have a firewall enabled.
Delete spam e-mail. Don't click on any links in the spam, and don't open any attachments.
If this doesn't do the job, let us know.
On Thursday, December 11, 2003 at 7:10 am, Nancy B wrote:
>I am having a problem with pages opening on their own. They are porno pages, not
>just pop-ups, but full web sites, very grahic and very annoying. Anytime I open
a
>page, about 5 of those will open, and some are hard to get rid of, they won't close.
> Then once I finally get them closed, I get this privacy alert that won't go away
>until I reboot. It stays on top of everything, so I can't read or see anything
under
>it, no matter what.
>I have ran a virus check and it says that it is probably the adware and spyware
in
>my registry. But I don't know how to get rid of them, or if I can do this without
>messing up anything else. I have changed my settings to ask first before it saves
>cookies, which is very aggravating in itself, because you have to click no or yes
>several times before it goes away. I don't want to change my security setting, because
>I am an artist, and save lots of pics, and some of the artist I visit do have mature
>themes on them, or graphic nudity on their sites, so that won't help me either.
>The pages that are opening are not art work, they are very nasty porno pictures,
>and very detailed....Can anyone suggest anything for me to do without ruining my
>computer, since it is fairly new.....Thanks
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