Re: Slow Browsing and many Popups - same problem

From: W T Allen (joepole3_at_cerp.net)
Date: 05/07/04 

Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 13:21:45 -0500

My problem isn't "Messenger Spam." It's not that kind of popup. It's a
plain old IE popup window, except it's popping up in front of sites that
don't have popup ads: Internal company web site, Google, Bank One, etc.

A popup blocker isn't the solution because these aren't popups that should
be there in the first place, it's indicative of something else going wrong.
If someone can cause popups to show up on my computer, than they can likely
cause something worse and I'd like to figure out how it's happening and how
to fix it.

"Sadie" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9fa901c4345c$a6d7c290$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> For starters,don't ever be tempted to click on a link in
> messenger spam-or any pop-up that harrasses you when
> you're in your mail account.
>
> There is something of a divide in opinion here over
> disabling the messenger service-this will put a stop to
> so-called "messenger spam",but some camps argue that it
> serves as a warning that your security is slack...in
> other words,disabling it removes a useful alert system.
>
> Javacool's Spyware Blaster is excellent at "killing" any
> pop-up generating active x that might be lurking in the
> registry,in addition to affording protection against
> 2,000 or so net nasties.
>
> There are free pop-up blockers aplenty out
> there.Panicware offers a very effective one.Ditto
> firewalls-if you would rather have a more hands-
> on,configurable alternative to XP's inbuilt.Check out
> Sygate,Tiny,Kerio,Zone Alarm.
>
> This very morning,Shenan posted an excellent reference
> guide,listing the URLs of all the applicable
> sites.Indeed,many others have listed the URLs for Spybot
> Search and Destroy,Ad Aware,et al.

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