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Recently I have noticed that there are more and more pop-up ads when using simple sites such as yahoo.com....I have by internet access through Sympatico and the minute I open I.E. I have at least 2 or 3 pop-up ads. Is there any way to stop this from happening???

Go to a site like http://cnet.com and do a search for popup stoppers. They have some free ones to download that will stop about 90% of popup ads. If you are getting popups as soon as you open IE, you may want to try a program like spyware or spybot to see if you have a virus on your computer.

You may also want to check out the Google Toolbar with built-in pop-up blocker:http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=7453

You might also want to get something like AdAware http://www.lavasoftusa.com/ to clean off any spyware/tracking stuff

Big_Red,1. download AdAware and run this program "joatmon".2. Install Google Toolbar "Nick"3. You will never have a problem again with popup's

I downloaded the Yahoo! Toolbar and it includes a pop-up blocker that works real well.I also downloaded that software Joatmon referred and it works very good.

Quote, originally posted by NSimkins »You may also want to check out the Google Toolbar with built-in pop-up blocker:http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=7453I installed mine it looks like on 11-22-03, and it's blocked 852 popups so far. Just remember to click on the "popups" icon in the toolbar to allow popups on this forum if you want I.M.'s to show up. It remembers that setting whenever you revisit this site. Very cool.

Another valuable spyware removal program is SPYBOT. AdAware works great and removes most spyware, but it's not a bad idea to run SPYBOT occasionally too. It sometimes finds stuff that AdAware misses and visa versa. It can be had here: http://www.safer-networking.or...nload

Quote, originally posted by Vibe Rater »Another valuable spyware removal program is SPYBOT. AdAware works great and removes most spyware, but it's not a bad idea to run SPYBOT occasionally too. It sometimes finds stuff that AdAware misses and visa versa. It can be had here: http://www.safer-networking.or...nloadI'd heard that, I need to get a copy, thanks for the link.I also run ZoneAlarm, and make sure my antivirus and windows update are up to date. Too many bad guys out there on the net anymore.

I downloaded a pop-up blocker once off of a popup. That's weird isn't it. Some of the sites I go onto have pop-ups that are part of the site so I had to turn off the blocker. Just keep that in mind incase a site you want doesn't work, so you don't go insane trying to re-load something that wont ever come up

I have both Adware and Spybot and when I run Spybot it tells me they can't run together because Adware removes Spybot's backup files thinking they are dangerous.

Yeah, SPYBOT warns you of that when you install it. It reminds you not to delete the SPYBOT files when you run AdAware.

Got the lavasoft....it's great...stopped it all within 5 minutes....thanks for the help.

yea i have spy ware and spy bot they both work great you should give them a try or u could get this program i bought at target which is called addsubtract http://www.intermute.com/adsubtract/i have that to it works pretty well give it a try. Nick

Quote, originally posted by TopGunn23 » u could get this program i bought at target which is called addsubtract http://www.intermute.com/adsubtract/i have that to it works pretty well give it a try. NickThanks Nick!Seems like a nice program with many options.

I just got the "nCase" parasite on my home computer, so I will talk to you guys soon after I get my computer back to par.