been experimenting with pop up killers. some folks have been having x rated
popups just appear when their browser isn't even running. today a lady walked
into our office and there was a detailed acrobatic one up right then.
whoops. so we got a mission to figure these things out and kill them.

here's the best freebie i've seen so far
a piece of software called spybot goes thru ones system and pulls out
anything resembling popup software. a lot of the popup stuff runs
transparently, even sending info back to the company detailing ones browsing
patterns. after running spybot, i went from mass popups all the time to
basically none. i say basically cause its been several hours and i haven't
gotten one yet. normally i would have a bazillion during that period. my son
runs a lot of music downloading software, and one called gator is one of the
WORST. I had about 40 gator pieces in my system. totaled 450+ various
pieces of popup software.

http://spybot.eon.net.au/index.php?lang=en&page=download

Thanks Marty Mon! I hate those annoying pop ups! Not to be confused with Pop Tarts which are a breakfast delicacy.

By the way thanks for the site and all your work, treats and tips. The thanks isn't always expressed but know you are greatly appreciated.

I agree RobertE. Marty has a tough job and he does it well.

Spybot is great but it won't get rid of all pop-ups. Spybot cleans scumware off of your computer. Scumware is software that is installed without your consent and spews advertising at you. However not all pop-ups come from scumware. Some come from just going to a particular web site.

To prevent getting scumware in the first place you can tighten up the security settings on your browser. To prevent other type of pop-ups, you can switch to another browser that has a pop-up disable option or run your browser through a secondary program that will kill pop-ups. I believe Microsoft was/is considering adding the disable pop-up feature to their browser, but I don't when or if it is going to happen.

very true, it will not eliminate all pop ups, but it sure killed 99% of mine. my machine was riddled with scumware, brought on by by son installing many types of music downloading software.

Here's another popup killer that works pretty good!

http://www.southbaypc.com/

thanks klcman. i'm collecting them and experimenting with several...

no prob - let me know how it works!

Marty, I run SpyBot and I know it’s a killer app.

You mentioned that your son D/L music or what ever else on p2p sharing programs, might I suggest ‘kazaalite’ it comes bare bones, NO spyware, NO pop-ups, just a solid p2p file sharing app. I have version 2.0.2 and will not upgrade or change unless absolute necessary. www.kazzalite.com. They are looking for a donation but it is not necessary to DL the program.

If I’m not mistaken Gator comes bundled with I-Mesh p2p, I suggest, junk it (uninstall) , clean the register, then live a happier life.

Sorry, don’t use that hyper-link from this page, it takes you to garbage at least in my browser. Just do a search for ‘kazzalite’