Pop up Stopper

[Peter Stahl]

Anyone have a really good (Free) Pop Up Stopper. I have the Google Toolbar but it doesn't seem to stop too many. I run Spybot and Noadware but still get them. I also run Norton Anti-Virus and Zone Alarm but i don't think they have much to do with them.

Thanks, Pete

[Wes Bischel]

Peter,
One of the recent MS auto downloads for XP added a pop-up blocker to Explorer. I'm not sure what it is called, but it has worked very well.

Wes

[Tyler Howell]

Zone Alarm Dosen't let them through. There's a free trial copy but I pulled the trigger and protect the whole system with ZA.

[Lee Schierer]

I use netscape 7.2 and I haven't seen a popup in months and months. It only lets in the ones you tell it in advance are okay by designating which sites are acceptable. It's free, it isn't being exploited by all the hoolligans writing hijack programs and it also will do your mail without opeing virus files.

[Matthew Poeller]

I just looking around this morning at things like that even though I really do not have a problem with pop-ups.

Try the Mozilla Firfox browser. I am on it right now and love it.

Another note:

There are two types of pop-ups. One that come from spyware on your computer and others that are imbedded in the web page such as the one that come from USATODAY.COM.

For the first you will need to clean spyware from your computer. You need a program like spybot or adaware. These should take care of most of the issues. I recomend running both of them in safe mode.

For the latter I am not sure if there is any way to really get rid of these. I think you just have to close them out.

Again though. You may want to try firefox.
http://reviews.cnet.com/Mozilla_Fire...2.html?tag=tab

Disclaimer: I am not associated with any of the products or websites that i have mentioned or referenced. Just a user.

[Michael Perata]

I am with Matthew on first cleaning your system of any spyware, adware, malware...whateverware.

I have the Google Tool Bar and it lets NO pop-ups through.

[Jerry Clark]

Internet Explorer has a fair blocker-- go to Internet Explorer - tools- turn blocker on. There was a way to do it in the system files, but cannot remember-- Senior-ites I guess!

[Peter Stahl]

Peter,
One of the recent MS auto downloads for XP added a pop-up blocker to Explorer. I'm not sure what it is called, but it has worked very well.

Wes

Wes & jerry, Thanks but I'm using Window 2000. Guess they didn't do it as I usually download all the updates. Thanks for the reply.

[Peter Stahl]

Zone Alarm Dosen't let them through. There's a free trial copy but I pulled the trigger and protect the whole system with ZA.

Tyler, Are you using IE for your browser?

[Peter Stahl]

I just looking around this morning at things like that even though I really do not have a problem with pop-ups.

Try the Mozilla Firfox browser. I am on it right now and love it.

Another note:

There are two types of pop-ups. One that come from spyware on your computer and others that are imbedded in the web page such as the one that come from USATODAY.COM.

For the first you will need to clean spyware from your computer. You need a program like spybot or adaware. These should take care of most of the issues. I recomend running both of them in safe mode.

For the latter I am not sure if there is any way to really get rid of these. I think you just have to close them out.

Again though. You may want to try firefox.
http://reviews.cnet.com/Mozilla_Fire...2.html?tag=tab

Disclaimer: I am not associated with any of the products or websites that i have mentioned or referenced. Just a user.

I used Spybot and NoAdware in safe mode. Still getting the pop ups. Don't want to change browsers if I really don't have to, we use IE at work and it's easier to move my favorites back and forth. Thanks for the reply Matthew.

[Peter Stahl]

I use netscape 7.2 and I haven't seen a popup in months and months. It only lets in the ones you tell it in advance are okay by designating which sites are acceptable. It's free, it isn't being exploited by all the hoolligans writing hijack programs and it also will do your mail without opeing virus files.

Don't want to change browsers if I don't have to. We use IE at work and it's easier to move my favorites back and forth. Thanks for the reply Lee.

[Peter Stahl]

I am with Matthew on first cleaning your system of any spyware, adware, malware...whateverware.

I have the Google Tool Bar and it lets NO pop-ups through.

I did the cleanup like was suggested, my google toolbar isn't stopping them though. Thanks for the reply Michael.

[Matthew Poeller]

The only other time that I had a serious problem with pop-ups that spybot and adaware could not fix, (they would happen even when IE was closed) was when I had a trojan virus. Do you use a good anti-virus program and is it up to date?

When I had the problem I would walk away from my computer for about 2 hours with all the programs shut down and when I came back there there were about 30 pop-ups on the screen.

I use Norton Corporate at home and it took care of the pop-up problem that I had as soon as I updated the virus definition files.

[Peter Stahl]

I did the clean up like was suggested and they are still coming in as fast as usual. I've got to have something on my PC that's causing them. Never had them this bad before. Not sure when they started like this though. I use Norton Anti-Virus and Zone Alarm. Also use Spybot and NoAdware. Is there a pop up virus that Norton wouldn't catch out there?

[Peter Stahl]

The only other time that I had a serious problem with pop-ups that spybot and adaware could not fix, (they would happen even when IE was closed) was when I had a trojan virus. Do you use a good anti-virus program and is it up to date?

When I had the problem I would walk away from my computer for about 2 hours with all the programs shut down and when I came back there there were about 30 pop-ups on the screen.

I use Norton Corporate at home and it took care of the pop-up problem that I had as soon as I updated the virus definition files.

Matthew, I update my definitions once a week and it scans every Friday night. I think you're right though, something definitly got through.