popup stoper ????

[highlander]

can anyone give me a link to get a free good popup stoper

thank you in advance

[Jim Byrd]

Hi Highlander - Popups - For the general hijack case, the best way to start
is to get Ad-Aware 6.0, Build 181 or later, here:
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/. Update and run this regularly
to get rid of most "spyware/hijackware" on your machine. If it has to fix
things, be sure to re-boot and rerun AdAware again and repeat this cycle
until you get a clean scan. The reason is that it may have to remove
things which are currently "in use" before it can then clean up others.

Another excellent program for this purpose is SpyBot Search and Destroy
available here: http://security.kolla.de/ SpyBot Support Forum here:
http://www.net-integration.net/cgi-b.../ikonboard.cgi. I recommend
using both normally. After fixing things with SpyBot S&D, be sure to
re-boot and rerun SpyBot again and repeat this cycle until you get a clean
"no red" scan. The reason is that SpyBot sometimes has to remove things
which are currently "in use" before it can then clean up others.

Then, there are a variety of third party "Popup Killers" available. I
normally use AdShield, which, if you maintain its Block List every now and
then, almost totally stops this. In addition, it stops a variety of
ads/banners/etc. (particularly spyware like doubleclick) on pages I access.
This is probably all you'll need; however, I've also investigated a program
called Webwasher which appears to be very good, but decided that AdShield
was sufficient. At the bottom of this post, you'll find a list provided
courtesy of bc_acadia of a number of free popup blockers with links.

****** NOTE: As of 28 Apr 03 AdShield appears to have partnered with a new
reseller, and AdShield is no longer free. There is a trial version of
AdShield3; however, IMO it is seriously crippled in not being able to import
or export block lists and I think for reasonable utility one would have to
go to the full version. While I don't normally recommend non-free software,
I personally will continue to use AdShield3, since I think it is the best cu
rrently available combined Popup/Ad/Malware blocker, but you should be aware
of the fact that it now costs, ($29.95), whereas the earlier versions upon
which I based my original recommendation were free, although not nearly as
capable as the AdShield3 release. I've included below links to both the
older free version and the new paid version. You'll have to investigate and
make your own choice in the matter. *******

Here are a number of AdShield-related links:

http://www.fsd1.org/technology/Files/AdShield.exe - AdShield1.2 (free)
http://www.internettechs.net/utilities/AdShield.exe - AdShield1.2 (free)
http://ftp.ural.ru/home/index/window...utils/AdShield -
AdShield1.2 (free)
http://www.megalog.ru/info/utilz/AdShield.zip - AdShield1.2 (free)
http://www.allstarss.com/store/adshield.html - AdShield3
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/block.txt - (Mike Burgess' .txt Block List
for AdShield)
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/block.zip - Mike Burgess' Zipped Block List
for AdShield - Recommended)
http://adshield.briankass.com/blocklists.html (lists a number of
blocklists)
http://adshield.briankass.com/blocklist.abl (brian's blocklist in .abl
format)
http://adshield.briankass.com/blocklist.txt (brian's blocklist in .txt
format)
http://www.songwave.com/software/adshield_blocklist.txt (40,000 pornsites
blocked - *VERY* large list - use at your own risk)
http://www.chrismyden.com/temp/block.abl (chrismyden's blocklist in .abl
format)
http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/resource.htm#AdShield (Eric Howes AGNIS
for AdShield block list - Recommended) (BTW, Eric's site contains a wealth
of very valuable information about all aspects of net security - Very Highly
Recommended)

There's also a new AdShield forum here:
http://users.boardnation.com/~adshield/index.php

Here's a good AdShield test site, courtesy of siljaline: "Make ***SURE***
you have your block scripted popups enabled
http://www.mediaboy.net/1010100-1100001-1111010/gahk/>>>> [Warning this URL
opens a multitude of Browser windows almost instantly]"

http://www.webwasher.com - Webwasher


Additionally, some people have recommended Popup Stopper and PopupBuster,
but they have also been reported or experienced to cause perceived problems
for some people with "normal" links in IE6 such as Google search results and
links from OE. Some proponents of PopupBuster assert, however, that this
is normal operation for this program under certain circumstances which can
be overridden if necessary. YMMV Another "Proxy" type blocker similar to
Webwasher and Proxomitron but supposedly a bit easier to configure is
Privoxy here: http://www.privoxy.org/ Popup Manager, free, here, has also
been recommended to me: http://www.endpopups.com/ Also, the new Popup
Filter associated with the Google Tool Bar is reported to work very well.

Also, if you're comfortable allowing changes to the registry, there is an
approach, IE-SPYAD, using the restricted sites list which can be used for
scripted popups. I use this and it works very well. See here:
http://www.staff.uiuc.edu/~ehowes/resource.htm

There is additonal information about setting up and using AdShield, and
about using the Restriced Zone (and an additional list) here:
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
and some of the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) about AdShield here:
http://adshield.briankass.com

Lastly, ZoneAlarmPro3/4 has added provisions for stopping adds/popups,
handling cookies, web bugs, and scripting/ActiveX components in addition to
it's firewall functionality. Not free, but I have used it with my other
AdBlocking stuff (AdShield, etc.) turned off as a test, and it appears to be
very good indeed. So far I've experienced no problems at all with it set in
its High Security modes for Ads although others have reported the need to
temporarily turn it off to reach some sites. Also, Agnitum's Outpost
Firewall supports a plug-in for this: "Pre-configured to block most banner
advertisement. Can be configured manually or by simply dragging and dropping
unwanted banners into the Ad Trashcan." I have no experience as to how
effective it is, but I have received a favorable report.

There's good information about hijacking in general and fixes available for
specific hijackers here: http://www.spywareinfo.com/hijacked.html
http://gmpservicesinc.com/Articles/hijack.asp
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm#pop_up
http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/

bc_acadia's list:

"Some popup blockers.
All of these are 100% pure freeware, no trial periods. Some of these
do more than just handle popups.

Pow!: http://www.analogx.com/contents/down...etwork/pow.htm
NoAds: http://www.southbaypc.com/NoAds/
PopupEraser: http://www.webknacks.com/popuperaser.htm
Stop-the-Pop: http://www.bysoft.se/sureshot/stopthepop/index.html
Internet Organizer: http://www.sf.yucom.be/wdprojects/
PopKi: http://ranfo.com/popki.html
PopUpPopper: http://www.bayden.com/Popper/default.asp
PopUpKiller: http://sourceforge.net/projects/puk/
AdCruncher Proxy: http://home.sprintmail.com/~dtrout/A...er/ReadMe.html
KillAd: http://www.wplus.net/pp/fsc/
ClickOff: http://www.johanneshuebner.com/en/download.html
PopupBuster: http://www.popupbuster.com/PopUpBuster/
Free Surfer: http://www.kolumbus.fi/eero.muhonen/FS/
Window Shades: http://www.g-m-m.com/Software/WindowShades/index.php
AdShield (my personal favorite): http://www.adshield.org/
PopupStopper: http://www.panicware.com/popupstopper.html
Proxomitron (has learning curve): http://www.proxomitron.org/
For those who don't want third party stuff, your own pc's built-in
host file:
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm and
http://www.smartin-designs.com/ and http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/


Here is a review of 61 popup killers, not all of them are free:
http://www.popup-killer-review.com/index.htm"

NOTE that this site also contains a good, comprehensive series of popup
killer tests. Some good additional tests are also available here:
http://www.webknacks.com/aptest.htm


Finally, there's a new class of hijacker using Window's Messenger Service
(not Instant Messaging, BTW). See: Messenger Service Window That Contains
an Internet Advertisement Appears http://support.microsoft.com/?id=330904
which identifies reasons to keep this service and steps to take if you do.
You can test your system and follow the 'Prevention' link to get additional
information here: http://www.mynetwatchman.com/winpopuptester.asp Unless
you have very good reasons to keep this active, it should be turned off in
Win2k and XP. Go here and do what it says:
http://www.itc.virginia.edu/desktop/docs/messagepopup/ or, even better, get
MessageSubtract, free, here, which will give you flexible control of the
service and viewing of these messages:
http://www.intermute.com/messagesubtract/help.html Recommended.


Perhaps these will help.


--
Please respond in the same thread.
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP



In news:3f71d30c_1@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com,
highlander <kevin_anderson84@tiscali.co.uk> typed:
> can anyone give me a link to get a free good popup stoper
>
> thank you in advance

[YoKenny]

highlander wrote:
> can anyone give me a link to get a free good popup stoper
>
> thank you in advance

In addition to Jim's post I recommend the Google Toolbar. It has a great
built in popup stopper.

[siljaline]

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 23:10:54 GMT, "YoKenny" <YKnot@home.invalid> wrote:

>highlander wrote:
>> can anyone give me a link to get a free good popup stoper
>>
>> thank you in advance
>
>In addition to Jim's post I recommend the Google Toolbar. It has a great
>built in popup stopper.

But the Google Toolbar has an auto-update feature that can't be disabled...
Give me a plain vanilla popup stopper any day


--
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_

[flan]

highlander wrote:
> can anyone give me a link to get a free good popup stoper
>
> thank you in advance

Hard to beat the free Popup Manager from http://www.endpopups.com/

[General Mailbox]

Wasn't there something written, not too long ago, about Google directing
results back through +1 servers to record your requests to 3rd parties?
Kevin

"siljaline" <siljaline@invalid.com> wrote in message
news:nvq4nv83e35rf76qa0j37d6dh78fmtkipk@4ax.com...
On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 23:10:54 GMT, "YoKenny" <YKnot@home.invalid> wrote:

>highlander wrote:
>> can anyone give me a link to get a free good popup stoper
>>
>> thank you in advance
>
>In addition to Jim's post I recommend the Google Toolbar. It has a great
>built in popup stopper.

But the Google Toolbar has an auto-update feature that can't be disabled...
Give me a plain vanilla popup stopper any day


--
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_

[siljaline]

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 20:37:41 GMT, "General Mailbox" <keepspam@away.com> wrote:

>Wasn't there something written, not too long ago, about Google directing
>results back through +1 servers to record your requests to 3rd parties?
>Kevin

Not aware of that, sorry.

Knowing Google's tactics, though, that wouldn't surprise me.



--
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_

[Tim Smith]

In article <3f71d30c_1@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com>, highlander wrote:
> can anyone give me a link to get a free good popup stoper

One option is to use a browser that has one built in. Mozilla Firebird
is a very good browser, and stops pop-ups.


www.mozilla.org

--
Evidence Eliminator is worthless: www.evidence-eliminator-sucks.com
--Tim Smith

[General Mailbox]

Ok. I know I read something on this Google thing. I found it. Copy is as
follows:
Kevin
--------------------------------------
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vanguard" <rztqf6v02-nix@sneakemail-nix.com>
Newsgroups: alt.privacy.spyware
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 4:36 PM
Subject: Is the Google Toolbar spyware (tracks your navigation)?


I was having problems getting to some web sites, like
http://www.creative.com. IE6 would time out with a page not found or
DNS error. Going through http://www.anonymizer.com proved the site was
up and responsive. A DNS lookup worked okay, too. A local traceroute
showed that I could reach that site. I cleared my firewall's logs and
then tried another connect. What I saw for the URL for the connect was:
http://216.239.37.104/search?client=...ative%2Ecom%2F

This showed that I was first getting sent to the IP addressed site which
then redirected me to the URL that I had specified. The IP address
often changes but a check on them at ARIN's WhoIs showed they were
allocated to Google. I used BHO Demon to disable the Google toolbar BHO
(browser helper object) but the URL still showed that I was going
through Google's host first. I then uninstalled the Google Toolbar and,
voila, the URL used for the connection as evidenced in my firewall log
showed the URL that I had entered instead of going through Google's
hosts.

Originally I thought the problem with reaching the web site was caused
by Norton Anti-Virus (NAV) because of the "navclient" in the URL
parameters. Disabling NAV didn't help. As I was searching through the
registry to find references to "google", I found "nav" subkeys. That's
what triggered me to uninstall Google and retest to see if the URLs used
were what I specified instead of getting redirected through their hosts
(and it worked).

I did NOT have the Page Ranking or Categories options enabled. This
incurs privacy concerns as Google mentions in that the sites you visit
will get recorded (so they can update their rankings and determine what
other sites might be like the one you just visited, and why they have to
know where you visited). With these privacy divulging options disabled,
Google should have no idea to where I am navigating, especially when not
using anything of their service.

SpyBot's threat list only mentions that the tracking list leaves you
susceptible to someone else prying on your computer to check the Google
history list to see where you have been. I could not post to their
support forum (because I never got the confirmation e-mail letting me
validate a new registration) but sent the SpyBot folks an e-mail asking
if the Google Toolbar should be updated to reflect that the Google
Toolbar can and will track your web navigation. I uninstalled their
Google Toolbar and now the URLs for the connects are just what I
specified and no longer go through Google's hosts. I can also now get
to sites that were unreachable before (because their host was somehow
screwed up).

So until Google responds as to why my URLs are getting forced through
their servers (when no privacy divulging options are enabled), I
consider their toolbar as spyware in that it lets them record where you
have navigated. I'll still use Google for searches but only by opening
a page to their web site and NOT by using their toolbar. I used their
toolbar for a long time and found it quite handy. It's still handy if
you don't mind them recording everywhere that you navigate.

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"siljaline" <siljaline@invalid.com> wrote in message
news:tgq6nvsmabf7vi2d9566gca7m8bueaae4a@4ax.com...
On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 20:37:41 GMT, "General Mailbox" <keepspam@away.com>
wrote:

>Wasn't there something written, not too long ago, about Google directing
>results back through +1 servers to record your requests to 3rd parties?
>Kevin

Not aware of that, sorry.

Knowing Google's tactics, though, that wouldn't surprise me.



--
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_

[YoKenny]

General Mailbox wrote:
> Ok. I know I read something on this Google thing. I found it. Copy
> is as follows:

And in his follow-up posting:
"So my suspicion of the Google Toolbar has somewhat been calmed"

> Kevin
> --------------------------------------
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vanguard" <rztqf6v02-nix@sneakemail-nix.com>
> Newsgroups: alt.privacy.spyware
> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 4:36 PM
> Subject: Is the Google Toolbar spyware (tracks your navigation)?
>
>
> I was having problems getting to some web sites, like
> http://www.creative.com. IE6 would time out with a page not found or
> DNS error. Going through http://www.anonymizer.com proved the site
> was
> up and responsive. A DNS lookup worked okay, too. A local traceroute
> showed that I could reach that site. I cleared my firewall's logs and
> then tried another connect. What I saw for the URL for the connect
> was:
>
http://216.239.37.104/search?client=...ative%2Ecom%2F
>
> This showed that I was first getting sent to the IP addressed site
> which
> then redirected me to the URL that I had specified. The IP address
> often changes but a check on them at ARIN's WhoIs showed they were
> allocated to Google. I used BHO Demon to disable the Google toolbar
> BHO (browser helper object) but the URL still showed that I was going
> through Google's host first. I then uninstalled the Google Toolbar
> and,
> voila, the URL used for the connection as evidenced in my firewall log
> showed the URL that I had entered instead of going through Google's
> hosts.
>
> Originally I thought the problem with reaching the web site was caused
> by Norton Anti-Virus (NAV) because of the "navclient" in the URL
> parameters. Disabling NAV didn't help. As I was searching through
> the
> registry to find references to "google", I found "nav" subkeys.
> That's
> what triggered me to uninstall Google and retest to see if the URLs
> used
> were what I specified instead of getting redirected through their
> hosts (and it worked).
>
> I did NOT have the Page Ranking or Categories options enabled. This
> incurs privacy concerns as Google mentions in that the sites you visit
> will get recorded (so they can update their rankings and determine
> what
> other sites might be like the one you just visited, and why they have
> to
> know where you visited). With these privacy divulging options
> disabled,
> Google should have no idea to where I am navigating, especially when
> not
> using anything of their service.
>
> SpyBot's threat list only mentions that the tracking list leaves you
> susceptible to someone else prying on your computer to check the
> Google
> history list to see where you have been. I could not post to their
> support forum (because I never got the confirmation e-mail letting me
> validate a new registration) but sent the SpyBot folks an e-mail
> asking
> if the Google Toolbar should be updated to reflect that the Google
> Toolbar can and will track your web navigation. I uninstalled their
> Google Toolbar and now the URLs for the connects are just what I
> specified and no longer go through Google's hosts. I can also now get
> to sites that were unreachable before (because their host was somehow
> screwed up).
>
> So until Google responds as to why my URLs are getting forced through
> their servers (when no privacy divulging options are enabled), I
> consider their toolbar as spyware in that it lets them record where
> you
> have navigated. I'll still use Google for searches but only by
> opening
> a page to their web site and NOT by using their toolbar. I used their
> toolbar for a long time and found it quite handy. It's still handy if
> you don't mind them recording everywhere that you navigate.
>
> --
> __________________________________________________ __________
> ** Share with others. Post replies in the newsgroup.
> ** If present, remove all "-nix" from my email address.
> ---------------------------------------------
>
> "siljaline" <siljaline@invalid.com> wrote in message
> news:tgq6nvsmabf7vi2d9566gca7m8bueaae4a@4ax.com...
> On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 20:37:41 GMT, "General Mailbox"
> <keepspam@away.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Wasn't there something written, not too long ago, about Google
>> directing
>> results back through +1 servers to record your requests to 3rd
>> parties?
>> Kevin
>
> Not aware of that, sorry.
>
> Knowing Google's tactics, though, that wouldn't surprise me.