Ketchuplover | Sunday, September 14, 2003 - 06:10 pm     I'm using Jimmy Surf but it doesn't seem to be helping all that much. Anybody know any others. Are popups a necessary evil? Also I've been getting one saying I may have spyware and should dl their product to get rid of it. How do I know this isn't a scam of some kind? thanks |
Eliz87 | Sunday, September 14, 2003 - 06:21 pm     I use "Pop-up Stopper." Do a search for it on Yahoo and you should be able to find it quickly. It's a free download and it works well. As far as the pop-up about spyware, I would tend to think that is a scam. |
Ryn | Sunday, September 14, 2003 - 06:24 pm     you can download "ad-aware" to clean up most spyware - its freeware for personal use. |
Squaredsc | Sunday, September 14, 2003 - 06:28 pm     kl i use analogx pow pop-up punisher. you just add the pop-ups to the list and then you don't see them again. i also ad-aware for spyware too. |
Kaili | Monday, September 15, 2003 - 06:15 am     If you have the google search bar downloaded, click on options on the bar and they also have popup blocker. It works really well too. |
Lostintheglades | Monday, September 15, 2003 - 06:17 am     Ad-ware is great..I also have POPup cop...haven't seen a popup yet. |
Sasman | Monday, September 15, 2003 - 06:49 am     I use the google pop up blocker at work and popup-stopper at home and they both work very well. I also use ad_aware which works very well also |
Tabbyking | Monday, September 15, 2003 - 06:57 am     i use pop-up stopper, too. |
Kaili | Monday, September 15, 2003 - 07:03 am     I have the google one running, along with the one that comes with earthlink. I have ad-aware and spy sweeper too. I guess, now that I looked, I have ad shield too. I have a lot of those on my computer- probably don't ned as many as I have but oh well |
Lostintheglades | Monday, September 15, 2003 - 08:19 am     hehe Kaili...sounds like you're ready for anything that might try to pop up... |
Kaili | Monday, September 15, 2003 - 08:28 am     I hate pop-ups |
Juju2bigdog | Monday, September 15, 2003 - 11:52 am     KL, I have analogx pow! also. I like it, but lately I have noticed there are some nasty popups out there that instead of killing the popup when I add it to the kill file, they kill Internet Explorer instead. Squared, have you run across that yet? IF it should happen to you, you almost have to turn off Pow! and empty the contents of it and start over. I did that once. Anymore, I have made a practice of making a brief mental note of the names of the popups I am killing. If it kills Internet Explorer instead, I then go back into Pow and double-click the popup I just "killed". It is a pain. It has happened to me three times, and every time the bad popup was one of those "blue screen of death" type popups. If you see one of those, make sure to note its name before you attempt to kill it. You might have to unkill it. |
Sasman | Monday, September 15, 2003 - 11:58 am     Kaili, I hope we're as well prepared for isabelle as you are with your puter!!! |
Kaili | Monday, September 15, 2003 - 12:01 pm     I hope you are too!! I have a friend who's moving to Georgia next week- hope he's ready for it too! |
Squaredsc | Monday, September 15, 2003 - 12:02 pm     yes juju i have. i had to go to the pop list and try to remember what add i tried to kill and take it off. i have to remember if the explorer window itself contains the pop up or its just a plain regular popup. its a pain but i still like it. |
Juju2bigdog | Monday, September 15, 2003 - 05:36 pm     I like it too, Squared. Somehow it is kinda fun killing those danged popups and knowing they won't be back. |
Ketchuplover | Monday, September 15, 2003 - 07:08 pm     How do I know if I have spyware? thanks for the help everybody |
Heyltslori | Monday, September 15, 2003 - 08:10 pm     Ketchup....I use a really cool little program called "Spybot Search and Destroy" You can google and find it easily. It's very user friendly, gets rid of all the nasty spyware, and it sorta makes me feel like I'm on Alias.  |