Re: popup ads

From: Karl Levinson [x y] mvp (jamescagney90210@excite.com)
Date: 11/16/02


From: "Karl Levinson [x y] mvp" <jamescagney90210@excite.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 09:32:38 -0500


"lela" <ez_rodrig@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:348601c28d42$50571f00$8af82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA03...
> Can someone please tell me if there is a way to stop all
> these popup ads, please......!

Why aren't you using a firewall? Use a firewall. Firewalls like
www.sygate.com are free.

Also, you might need pop-up stopper / adware stopper software.

I assume you probably aren't running antivirus software either. AVG from
www.grisoft.com is free [but it's useless unless you download updates at
least once a month if not more often]. Also visit www.windowsupdate.com
like once a month or so to get the latest updates.

For more information, check out:

http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#pop-ups
http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#firewall
http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#harden
http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#virus



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