Re: Enormous Ad Popups

From: NoNoBadDog! (no__at_spam_verizon.net)
Date: 08/16/05 

Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 18:17:31 -1000

"hfdmil98" <hfdmil98@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4F5F4964-771E-4E95-B7DF-67C0C8EC52CF@microsoft.com...
>I am using broadband and so I am constantly online obviously. Since
> installing Windows XP I am having a tremendous amount of popups trying to
> sell me something. i get about 1 every 5 minuets. I blocked pop ups in
> Windows, I turned Ad and pop up blocker on in Norton Internet Security and
> Spyware doctor all at once. I downloaded AdAware 6.0 and scanned my
> computer
> to find nothing but for some reason this still keeps popping up, it's
> slowing
> my computer down to the point of dragging because of the amount of windows
> open. ANY SUGGESTIONS... Has this happened to anyone out there reading
> this.

Do you have a router installed?

Bobby

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