Re: Enormous Ad Popups
From: cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user) (cquirkenews_at_nospam.mvps.org)
Date: 08/17/05
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Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 17:45:37 +0200
On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 18:16:04 -0700, "hfdmil98"
>I am using broadband and so I am constantly online obviously.
I hope you:
- are using a NAT router
- have your firewall enabled
- aren't using WiFi within the LAN
>Since installing Windows XP
What SP (Service Pack) level of XP? Unless you install a firewall or
enable the one built into XP, anything older than SP2 is lethal.
>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
AdAware 6.0 has been dead for a long time now, replaced by AdAware SE
(also free). There was a flurry or point revisions up to 1.05 to get
things working properly, then recently it went to 1.06 - and that's
what you should be using. I doubt if you can get updates for AdAware
6.0 anymore, and a reactive ("recognise the bad guys") scanner like
AdAware, SpyBot, antivirus etc. has to be up to date when you use it.
Ensure that:
- your firewall is on, and blocks the Messenger service
- you disable IE 3rd-party browser enhancements (for now)
- you disable IE install-on-demand (whose "demand"?)
- you don't have File and Print Sharing bound to the Internet
- you're patched up to date
- your av is working and up to date
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