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Question about 'Stop Pop-Up Spam Messages'
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Question about 'Stop Pop-Up Spam Messages'
Wednesday, May 7, 2003 at 11:04 pm
Posted by Rick Towle
(10 messages posted)
I installed ad-aware on my computer and ran it and quarantined everything that was
in the list after I did my scan and then deleted it. But I still get porn that pops
up and takes over my screen. I have to hit CTRL ALT DEL to bring up my task manager
and end the task in order to get rid of it. I don't know how these adds came to come
onto my computer. But I don't want then showing up. What can I do to get rid of them
so they no longer come up when I am connected to the internet?
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re: Question about 'Stop Pop-Up Spam Messages'
Thursday, May 8, 2003 at 1:58 am
Posted by Clark
(665 messages posted)
Install and run SpyBot S & D, available here:
http://spybot.safer-networking.de/
On Wednesday, May 7, 2003 at 11:04 pm, Rick Towle wrote:
>I installed ad-aware on my computer and ran it and quarantined everything that was
>in the list after I did my scan and then deleted it. But I still get porn that pops
>up and takes over my screen. I have to hit CTRL ALT DEL to bring up my task manager
>and end the task in order to get rid of it. I don't know how these adds came to
come
>onto my computer. But I don't want then showing up. What can I do to get rid of
them
>so they no longer come up when I am connected to the internet?
>
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re: Question about 'Stop Pop-Up Spam Messages'
Thursday, May 8, 2003 at 4:29 am
Posted by Bob B
(2307 messages posted)
Turn off the Messenger Service - it has no use for home machines and allows spammers
to use the netsend command to make the popups happen...
On Wednesday, May 7, 2003 at 11:04 pm, Rick Towle wrote:
>I installed ad-aware on my computer and ran it and quarantined everything that was
>in the list after I did my scan and then deleted it. But I still get porn that pops
>up and takes over my screen. I have to hit CTRL ALT DEL to bring up my task manager
>and end the task in order to get rid of it. I don't know how these adds came to
come
>onto my computer. But I don't want then showing up. What can I do to get rid of
them
>so they no longer come up when I am connected to the internet?
>
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re: Question about 'Stop Pop-Up Spam Messages'
Tuesday, February 10, 2004 at 9:11 am
Posted by Pedro
(1 messages posted)
I have turned off Messenger Service and I have Spybot, which I run frequently to
clean up programs that have landed on my computer. But I still get pop-ups. Is
there no way to stop them completely? Do I have to purchase ($$$) pop-up blocker
software? Why doesn't Microsoft include pop-up blockers? They obviously are selling
a product that has massive bugs in it and is unsecure. Why don't they fix the glaring
errors of their software?
On Thursday, May 8, 2003 at 4:29 am, Bob B wrote:
>Turn off the Messenger Service - it has no use for home machines and allows spammers
>to use the netsend command to make the popups happen...
>
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