January 26th, 2004, 07:39 PM
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| | OH NO!
Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Monett Missouri
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I am getting a ton of popups from somewhere,even if the browser is closed.When I came home a bit ago it had a dozen ads open on the desktop.I ran a AV (AVG) and AdAware,both of which are up to date,and found nothing.
I'm not sure what the deal is,but is sure is annoying 
I'm using
Windows XP Pro
IE6
Opera 7.23 (registered)
This is a week old build on a new system,and there is very few programs on the HDD from a clean format.
All help is appreciated
BC
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January 26th, 2004, 07:51 PM
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| | Fur ballin
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what kind of popups? are you using a firewall (either a program software firewall or hardware).
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January 26th, 2004, 07:54 PM
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No firewalls.
Just ads like for weight loss,vacations,and popup stoppers 
I've never had a problem before,and have all the same stuff installed.
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January 26th, 2004, 07:54 PM
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January 26th, 2004, 07:56 PM
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| | Fur ballin
Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Victoria, BC
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I would HIGHLY recommend a software firewall or a hardware firewall.
Such as free zonealarm (can be found at www.zonelabs.com) or a Linksys Broadband firewall.
p.s. Having a computer (Windows or otherwise) on the internet without a firewall running (and updated of course) is like leaving the front door open to your house with a sign on your lawn saying... "Please come on in.. I have tons of cool things for you to take and look at here, the door is always open".
Last edited by Sixpac_XP : January 26th, 2004 at 07:59 PM.
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January 26th, 2004, 07:58 PM
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Yes I do have the Google Toolbar,and get the ads anyway when I'm online.It does block the popups from the websites, but these come from somewhere besides a browser. | |
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January 26th, 2004, 08:04 PM
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Since no one brought this up, maybe it's the XP Messenger Service that drives everyone insane.
If it is, go to Admin Tools -> Services -> Messenger, then disable it. | |
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January 26th, 2004, 08:21 PM
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| | Fur ballin
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| Quote: Originally posted by poopeyhed2
Since no one brought this up, maybe it's the XP Messenger Service that drives everyone insane.
If it is, go to Admin Tools -> Services -> Messenger, then disable it. | He wouldn't have a problem with this service if he had a firewall installed. | |
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January 26th, 2004, 08:31 PM
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| | Member
Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: SoCal
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| Quote: Originally posted by poopeyhed2
Since no one brought this up, maybe it's the XP Messenger Service that drives everyone insane.
If it is, go to Admin Tools -> Services -> Messenger, then disable it. | yup, its windows messenger
half the time when you shut-down and turn the computer back on youll find that it turned itself back on. (at least i did).
try this instead,it worked for me. | |
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January 26th, 2004, 08:37 PM
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| | Ultimate Member
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Also run Spybot S&D, sometimes it finds stuff that Ad-Aware doesn't. | |
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