Internet Explorer pop-ups---HELP!

shazrazmataz

Please forgive me for being thick but the last couple of days we've been having a lot of pop-ups from the internet explorer :-/ , how do I put a stop to this ??? ? many thanks in advance. ;D

alictait

Hiya,

Try typing pop up stopper in any search engine for a free program to eliminate these.

I use pop this - very good

available here.

http://www.mathies.com/popthis/.

It is advisable to use adaware from lavasoft after this to get rid of any spyware.

get it at

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

This should sort you out.

ali

Rex_Mundi

Definately run Adaware. This will most likely find the malware which is causing the pop-ups.

As an alternative to Internet Explorer, try Firefox. Apart from being a better browser than Internet Explorer, it has an inbuilt pop-up blocker. Firefox doesn't load a lot of the background stuff on web pages. This will mean that for a few sites you wont be able to see the page properly. However, for 90% of web pages you wont see the difference. This also means that you are less likely to pick up spyware in the background which Internet Explorer will load by default. You can keep Internet Explorer as a backup for the sites that don't show properly in Firefox.

You can download Firefox for free here:
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

blinky

Sounds like spyware / adware.

In addition to the links posted above....

Spybot SD security.kolla.de (seems down ATM)

Spyware Blaster http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

trace-j

Also try the new Microsoft thing- Giant was a pretty good program anyway. Can't comment on what Microsoft did to it. https://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx

meclive

I would run Spybot S&D (get it here) and then download google's toolbar (here) to stop any further popups

LR-O

As suggest by Rex, I'd highly recommend Morzilla Firefox - if your using XP it is ideal and intercepts most spyware/adware.... ;D