"siljaline" <siljaline@invalid.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 3 Jul 2003 17:55:20 -0400, "MarkR" <JollyOne25@stny.rr.com> wrote:
>
> >Hello,
> >
> > I'm not sure if this is the correct group to post this in, but if it
> >isn't I'm sorry. I'd like to get rid of those annoying pop-up ads that
you
> >see while surfing the internet. I'd really rather not have to purchase
one
> >of those programs that do this for you unless that is the only way. I'm
> >hoping that someone in this group will know how to do this without
> >purchasing an ad-blocking program. Thanks in advance.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Mark
> >
> HOSTS and AdShield are my first line of defense against ads, malicious
URL's and
> drive-by's.
> http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
> http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/adshield.htm
>
> Freeware AdShield is *still* free for the taking, old version _but_
supports new
> block file, http://www.fsd1.org/technology/download.asp [Look for the
link].
>
> Back that all up by running Ad-aware and SpyBot on a **regular** basis.
> http://www.lavasoft.de/ http://security.kolla.de/
>
>
>
> HTH

I have gator, and that's full of all that stuff. I'm not getting rid of
that so I guess I can't run the adware and spyware stuff.

Mark

>
>
> --
> siljaline
>
> "Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
> because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable
from
> -- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free
time."
> - Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_