Re: I can't get *certain* ads to stop popping up

[Sarah Alawami]

> I have two porn ads that keep coming up on my computer, from the
> minute that I connect to the Internet that I can't get rid of. I
> have emailed the customer address given on the bottom of the pop-up
> and they replied with instructions. I followed these but what they
> said had been installed on my computer wasn't there. I emailed them
> again and asked for something different and they haven't responded.
> I've emailed them every other day since these ads started coming up
> and I haven't gotten another response. I've looked around on a few
> different sites for some help with this but I can't find anything
> that tells me how to get rid of these ads. I know they have to be
> spyware or adware or some other incidious thing and I desperately
> want them gone.
>
> Can anyone here suggest something that I might be able to try?
>
> Thanx, NiC



Try popup stopper free edition. www.panicware.com. I really hope the
url is spelled right. If not, do a google search for Panic ware.
"NiC" <port_power@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message

[NiC]

I'm planning on getting one of those but I want these two pop-ups to be
completly gone first, not just disable them from coming up. I don't want
any piece of them left on my computer.

Thanks for helping, I appreciate it.

Nic


"Sarah Alawami" <chellist@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:bifs1e$8p7lo$1@ID-203955.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > I have two porn ads that keep coming up on my computer, from the
> > minute that I connect to the Internet that I can't get rid of. I
> > have emailed the customer address given on the bottom of the pop-up
> > and they replied with instructions. I followed these but what they
> > said had been installed on my computer wasn't there. I emailed them
> > again and asked for something different and they haven't responded.
> > I've emailed them every other day since these ads started coming up
> > and I haven't gotten another response. I've looked around on a few
> > different sites for some help with this but I can't find anything
> > that tells me how to get rid of these ads. I know they have to be
> > spyware or adware or some other incidious thing and I desperately
> > want them gone.
> >
> > Can anyone here suggest something that I might be able to try?
> >
> > Thanx, NiC
>
>
>
> Try popup stopper free edition. www.panicware.com. I really hope the
> url is spelled right. If not, do a google search for Panic ware.
> "NiC" <port_power@iprimus.com.au> wrote in message
>
>

[Jay T. Blocksom]

On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 07:49:16 -0700, in <alt.privacy.spyware>, "Sarah
Alawami" <chellist@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
[snip]
>
> Try popup stopper free edition. www.[REDACTED].
[snip]

At best, that is a band-aid which attempts to treat the symptom, instead of
the disease -- and based on the pure B.S. they shovel WRT the other product
featured on that page, I'm not at all confident that it would even do that
extremely limited task all that well.

All that is needed to block ALL pop-ups is correct system setup,
particularly WRT:

1. Making sure whatever web browser is installed (preferably *not* MSIE*)
is properly locked-down (no Java, JavaScript, ActiveX, etc.); better is
to uninstall MSIE entirely and replace it with a PROPER web browser.

2. Turn off Windows Messenger Service if you are not using it for internal
messages on your local LAN.

3. Do NOT install crapware.

Of course, it's still only prudent to use a properly configured firewall if
you are using other than a dial-up connection (and maybe even if you are).

--

Jay T. Blocksom
--------------------------------
Appropriate Technology, Inc.
usenet01[at]appropriate-tech.net


"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759.

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