Recommendations for a good (free) pop-up blcoker needed

Darktalyn1 · Post by **Darktalyn1** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 11:25 am

Hey everyone...

Recently I have started getting a ton of pop-ups. I downloaded the google toolbar and that has cut down on them but I'm still getting them. They're not like IE pop up windows just gray windows with text.

I am getting one every 10-15 minutes or so. Please someone help me! If you know of a good pop up blocker I can download for free, let me know!

snoopy · Post by **snoopy** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 11:30 am

1) download/install/use firefox
2) download/install/use adaware

I'm betting the pop-ups are actually coming from adware running on your comp.

Tricord · Post by **Tricord** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 11:32 am

Also, disable the message service if you haven't already.

Darktalyn1 · Post by **Darktalyn1** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 11:34 am

Thanks guys!

Im installing adaware right now.

Tricord;

Maybe this is a stupid question but how do I disable the message service?

Genghis · Post by **Genghis** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 12:03 pm

Tricord wrote:Also, disable the message service if you haven't already.

Like this:

Start->Run->services.msc->Messenger->right click->properties->Startup type = disabled

Reboot.

Go here to read more about which services are just plain evil:

http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm

If turning off this service breaks anything, report back here

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 12:07 pm

Google toolbar

stops unwanted popups adn put the famous search engine on your toolbar.

Genghis · Post by **Genghis** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 12:19 pm

Ya, I use google toolbar, too. It worked great for about a year, stopping 100% of pop-ups. However, recently the scumbags have found a way around most popup blockers including google's. It still catches quite a few, though. I also recommend disabling the spyware options on the google toolbar.

bash · Post by **bash** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 1:21 pm

Firefox.

Vindicator · Post by **Vindicator** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 1:38 pm

snoopy wrote:1) download/install/use firefox
2) download/install/use adaware

Also download Spybot Search and Destroy. http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html

Arbitar · Post by **Arbitar** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 2:10 pm

i vote firefox. ive never even seen an unwanted popup since I started using it. But it lets in popups I need. Strange, but good

You can also get tons'a cool plugins for FF that do things IE would NEVER be able to do heheh

firefox: http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
adaware: http://www.lavasoft.de/ and go to "Ad-aware Professional" on the left menu-bar
spybot: ^see previous post^

Tetrad · Post by **Tetrad** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 2:16 pm

XP SP2

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 2:39 pm

SSX-Thunderbird · Post by **SSX-Thunderbird** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 3:00 pm

Judging by your post, the Messenger service is still active. Turn it off as per Genghis's directions.

One wonders why that service is running by default in all NT/2K/XP installations.

suicide eddie · Post by **suicide eddie** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 3:59 pm

watchout for msm messenger in xp sp2 it is more fully intergrated to ie, disable it in ie tools-manage add-ins and then hunt down the exe and rename/kill it.
i,av also noticed that xp after sp2 does not seem to try to connect to those unexplained m$ servers as much either.

Tetrad · Post by **Tetrad** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 6:30 pm

suicide eddie wrote:watchout for msm messenger in xp sp2 it is more fully intergrated to ie, disable it in ie tools-manage add-ins and then hunt down the exe and rename/kill it.

Bah.

Asrale · Post by **Asrale** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 11:26 pm

Tetrad wrote:XP SP2

Yes indeed, if you use XP!

And if you don't, well a combo of Spybot (turning on its "Immunize" feature really helps out) with Ad-Aware works well. I don't use the Googlebar for 2 reasons: (1) I need as much viewable space as possible!

(2) Don't really mind pop-ups that much.

Tetrad · Post by **Tetrad** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 1:11 am

Asrale wrote:Yes indeed, if you use XP!

And if you don't, well a combo of Spybot (turning on its "Immunize" feature really helps out) with Ad-Aware works well. I don't use the Googlebar for 2 reasons: (1) I need as much viewable space as possible! (2) Don't really mind pop-ups that much.

1) If you're using windows, you should be using XP. It's forgivable if you're using 2k3 server.

2) You can move the google toolbar next to the menu at the very top right of the screen such that it takes up no additional vertical distance. Like so.

Warlock · Post by **Warlock** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 10:29 am

SSC-Thunderbird wrote:One wonders why that service is running by default in all NT/2K/XP installations.

because some places use it, we do where i work at.

the way the servers are set here if some thang f's up or it shuts down for some oddreasion it sends me a message saying some thang like "heat level to high! shuting down server <server name>", its just that people abuse that good system.