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jdurham Posts: 28 Joined: 10/11/2004 Status: offline	Pop Up Ads... Won't STOP. Help! - 4/2/2005 8:49:47 I have xp service pack 2. All of a sudden last night I started getting all these ads popping up at the bottom of my task bar... currently have 17. I have "pop up blocker" turned on in xp. I have also run a free adware program, but that is not getting rid of whatever is causing this. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! Jeff


jaybee Posts: 14157 Joined: 10/7/2003 From: Berkshire, UK Status: offline	RE: Pop Up Ads... Won't STOP. Help! - 4/2/2005 15:46:05 Sounds like a hijacker. Download and run Adaware, Spybot Search & Destroy Run your viruschecker (make sure it's up to date with the latest sigs) Make sure you've got all the windows patches. After you've got it clean then get SpywareGuard and Spyware Blaster to keep it clean. And start using Firefox instead of Internet Explorer. http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/ http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/products.html If that lot doesn't work then come back. _____________________________ If it ain't broke..... fix it until it is. GAWDS Now where did I put that Doctype? (in reply to jdurham)


Taz Posts: 2827 Joined: 7/6/2004 From: U.K (Formerly outer space.) Status: offline	RE: Pop Up Ads... Won't STOP. Help! - 4/2/2005 16:27:16 http://www.grc.com Shoot The Messenger for a start that can often be a cause as well. Also give UnPlug n' Pray a whirl and run the Shields up test for safe measure. _____________________________ Smiley T-Shirts and other Geeky fun stuff, Smileys and phpbb Smiley paks. (in reply to jaybee)


Rajman1138 Posts: 950 From: New Jersey USA Status: offline	RE: Pop Up Ads... Won't STOP. Help! - 4/7/2005 13:38:10 I would do all of what is mentioned above and sometimes it helps to run the scans (like Adaware and Spybot) in safe mode, just make sure you either boot in safe mode with networking so you can download the most recent definitions for the programs or update them all prior to booting into safe mode. _____________________________ ~Raj "If the Women don' t find you handsome they should at least find you handy!" -Red Green -Pownce--Digg- (in reply to Taz)


dpf Posts: 7121 Joined: 11/12/2003 From: India-napolis Status: offline	RE: Pop Up Ads... Won't STOP. Help! - 4/7/2005 13:43:31 i have a friend with this predicament and he cant even boot. can i take adaware etc on a cd and install from safe mode? is F8 safe mode? thanks raj _____________________________ Dan (in reply to Rajman1138)


Rajman1138 Posts: 950 From: New Jersey USA Status: offline	RE: Pop Up Ads... Won't STOP. Help! - 4/7/2005 13:49:35 yeah you can you can bring it on a CD or you should be able to download it if you boot into safe mode with networking and yes F8 will bring up the menu to choose Safe Mode or Safe Mode with Networking. _____________________________ ~Raj "If the Women don' t find you handsome they should at least find you handy!" -Red Green -Pownce--Digg- (in reply to dpf)


Spooky Posts: 26599 Joined: 11/11/1998 From: Middle Earth Status: offline	RE: Pop Up Ads... Won't STOP. Help! - 4/7/2005 14:50:25 I spent a couple of hours on a friends PC yesterday - what a mission. Each of those programs is worth running, and some remove spyware that others dont. Try the Microsoft Antispyware too - it is fairly good at that task. After running those, you might at least get an indication of which spyware program is running (if it cant be removed) _____________________________ If you arent part of the solution, then there is good money to be made prolonging the problem ��k� Database / DRW help Check out the Tutorials for Frontpage Databases Forum FAQ' s Developers Edition Spooky Login User Registration and Management tool Personalized Frontpage Hosting (in reply to Rajman1138)


Rajman1138 Posts: 950 From: New Jersey USA Status: offline	RE: Pop Up Ads... Won't STOP. Help! - 4/7/2005 16:47:42 Also if you are still having problems after all that you can Run HiJack This and post the logs to see if there is some other stuff that those programs are missing. _____________________________ ~Raj "If the Women don' t find you handsome they should at least find you handy!" -Red Green -Pownce--Digg- (in reply to Spooky)


Spooky Posts: 26599 Joined: 11/11/1998 From: Middle Earth Status: offline	RE: Pop Up Ads... Won't STOP. Help! - 4/7/2005 16:56:39 Hijack this Spybot Ad-Aware Microsoft Antispyware Trend Micro Online virus scan _____________________________ If you arent part of the solution, then there is good money to be made prolonging the problem ��k� Database / DRW help Check out the Tutorials for Frontpage Databases Forum FAQ' s Developers Edition Spooky Login User Registration and Management tool Personalized Frontpage Hosting (in reply to Rajman1138)


bobby Posts: 11394 Joined: 8/15/1969 From: Seattle WA USA Status: offline	RE: Pop Up Ads... Won't STOP. Help! - 4/7/2005 18:27:36 Also double check that you have Windows Messenger turned off, and then key your firewall to shut down IE for everything but Windows Updates... _____________________________ If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress? (in reply to Spooky)