Ken A Posted August 21, 2004 Share Posted August 21, 2004 Over the last week I have had numerous e mails / PMs about pop up advertising windows on this site. I thought I would post some information here which may help sort this problem out. Firstly please be aware I do not use any form of pop up adds on this site at all. I never have & never will as I think it is annoying & intrusive. The only pop up windows you will see which are generated from this site are pop ups informing you that you have a new private message. That feature can be turned of via your control panel options. If you are seeing pop ups other than these the problem is most likely so form of spyware on your PC. There are some good pop up blockers / removers available for free on the web & here are 2 that are well known & effective. They are worth the effort to download & install. The first is Spy Bot & is available from this site Spy Bot The second is Ad Aware & is available here Ad Aware Either these will remove spy / ad ware & stop pop upfrom appearing. Hope this helps with the problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MazDan Posted August 21, 2004 Share Posted August 21, 2004 I think u must be right Ken. I havent had any from this site.........I do have a blocker but it still lets me know if there was any via a short sound. Cant stand them personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken A Posted August 21, 2004 Author Share Posted August 21, 2004 I think pop ups are a pain in the arse. They are very annoying. One of the reasons for this post was that I didn''t want anyone thinking that I was responsible for the pop ups. Its a great way to lose visitors ! I struggle to understand why some sites choose to run pop up advertising? The amount of spy & adware around that causes pop ups to happen is mind boggling. Spy Bot alone checks for about 17000 different types of spy ware. I hope the links above help solve the problems. I normally use Mozilla instead of Internet explorer & that can be set to block pop ups. The Google Toolbar is another option that can be used to prevent pop ups. I was amzed the first time I ran Spy Bot & Ad Aware on my PC :yikes: Between them they found over 100 types of spy & ad ware. Removing it certainly made net surfing more pleasant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakd Posted August 21, 2004 Share Posted August 21, 2004 (edited) I just wanted to re-iterate what Ken has said - Ad Aware and Spybot are essential tools. As for browsers, Mozilla Firefox absolutely blows Internet Explorer out of the water for speed and functionality (pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing, heaps of handy extensions, inline (ie non pop-up) ad blocking): http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ try it and see. Mozilla Thunderbird is Mozillas mail client, and is also excellent - it is also much more secure than Outlook: http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/ I''''''''m pretty evangelical abuot Mozillas products, cause I''''''''m a web developer, and am sick to death of having to work around Explorers multitude of bugs. The more people I can convert to Firefox the better! And aside from that, the much better security on Firefox/Thunderbird saves me from having to fix all my friends machines when they get compromised by malware/virii. Wakd. Edited August 21, 2004 by wakd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basic_fisho Posted August 21, 2004 Share Posted August 21, 2004 Hi Ken. can I / WE. Download both these: spybot and adware. Is there an advantage to having them both on,or a disadvantage. Can you tell me if pop ups count against the meg.bts of a plan. Thanks a lot Ken. :grogon: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken A Posted August 21, 2004 Author Share Posted August 21, 2004 I use both of them myself. There are some things that Ad Aware misses but Spy Bot will pick up & vica versa. Pop ups do count as megs. against your plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basic_fisho Posted August 21, 2004 Share Posted August 21, 2004 Hi Ken. Thanks a lot mate i have been getting so many bloody pop ups and the plan i am on 200 m/b. i seem to reach my max pretty quick I really appreciate that kind of info. :beer: Ben. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken A Posted August 21, 2004 Author Share Posted August 21, 2004 No worries Ben hope this sorts your pop up problems mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken A Posted August 22, 2004 Author Share Posted August 22, 2004 The Google toolbar has a built in pop up blocker & a handy search feature as well. Heres a link to the download Google Toolbar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill S Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 Ohh bugger:huh:, just downloaded and ran Spybot to find 39 nasties. I run ad-aware 6 and keep it updated but it missed a couple of things :confusuion: Thanks Ken, the old puter is downloading pages heaps faster now too :thumbsup: Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken A Posted August 22, 2004 Author Share Posted August 22, 2004 Glad it helped out Bill Here is another very handy tool which prevents many adware / spyware scripts from ever getting loaded on your PC in the first place. Highly recommend it Spyware Blaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clutch Posted August 22, 2004 Share Posted August 22, 2004 The first time I ran ad-aware I think I had 236 bugs!!!!! :yikes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GI JOE Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 Good on ya Ken, My PC died last month due to 300 plus spyware was found on it... :-mad2 :-mad2 I dont mind the occassion pop up as I understand web sites need to make some form of $$$$ as long as it doesnt kill my PC or gets over the top... GI JOE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snag Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 Hi Ken thx for the P.M mate :thumbsup: will get on to it right away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_s Posted August 23, 2004 Share Posted August 23, 2004 I was having problems with pop ups and redirects on my home computer. Adaware, Spybot and Spyware balster all did ok. They would give me temporary relief but the pup ups were back very quickly. I used CWshredder to solve it once and for all. CWshredder is available free if you search on google. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clutch Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 Iain, That is so true. Because downloading the free version of Kazaa is where it all started. Everyone else......Dont do it!!!! :-mad2 :-mad2 I can''t stress that enough. Pay the 30 bucks. It is worth it clutch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch Posted August 25, 2004 Share Posted August 25, 2004 Thanks Chris, That''s the site I was looking for. I had problems with the free Kazaa site too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wakd Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 Kazaa Lite or Kazaa Lite Ressurection are both free and spyware free. Just a matter of finding a reliable source to download them from...BitTorrent is very good and spyware free too.... Aside from "dodgy" programs though, your best bet is to have auto updates for Windows on, use a solid firewall, anti-virus and anti-spyware, don''t use Outlook or Internet Explorer and run scans regularly. With all that, its not suprising that the average "Mum and Dad" user''s machine is riddled with virus/malware/spyware. I read an article the other day that said a regular Windows XP SP1 machine connected to the net without a firewall will be compromised within 20 minutes. This is down from an average of an hour one year ago. Wakd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clutch Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 Fishn, Thanks for that Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken A Posted August 26, 2004 Author Share Posted August 26, 2004 Be wary of using a registry cleaner Iain especially the free ones. They can clean a little too much out of the registry. I tried a few on an old PC I had & to be honest I wouldn''t recommend any of them. Unless you know what your doing you can end up having problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basic_fisho Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 Hi chaps. I put spy bot and the adware in when Ken posted it, i havent had a pop up since. And apart from that the computer has never been quicker. It showed up i had more than a hundred pop ups on the computer. Ben. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken A Posted August 26, 2004 Author Share Posted August 26, 2004 Glad they worked OK for you Ben Remember to run the updates regularly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clutch Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 I just downloaded the mozilla and arent sure yet. It sure is different already and I''ve been on for 2 mins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clutch Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 maybe I just gotta get used to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clutch Posted August 26, 2004 Share Posted August 26, 2004 Good Advice guys, I think I just had the speed wobbles. Will be using Mozilla Firefox from here :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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