OT: I need a free Pop Up Killer

[BachelorOfComix]

Can anyone recommend a free pop up killer?

[12c_Comic]

Well you should avoid going to any porn sites...but seriously goto cnet and D/L Pop-Up Stopper Free Edition 3.1.1

[sckao]

Can anyone recommend a free pop up killer?

 

The key is to stop the programs that initiate a lot of the pop-ups.

 

You should run Ad-Aware and Spybot Search and Destroy on your machine.

 

Lavasoft (Ad-Aware)

 

SpyBot Search and Destroy

 

After that, I'd recommend loading the Google Toolbar. This has a built-in blocker and it will also allow you to do faster searches.

 

 

Google Toolbar (Near the bottom of the page)

 

Hope this helps....

 

 

 

[Jagull]

the Mozilla web browser

 

built in popup blocker & google search bar

[Aces]

What kind of pop-ups?

 

The grey boxes?

[BEAUMONTS]

How do you get rid of the "grey boxes"?

[Rickdogg]

I use spybot. I hardly ever receive anymore pop ups!

[Aces]

A copy/paste from my useful info files!

 

These look like windows dialog boxes, they are plain gray boxes with just black text. These are coming right from Windows XP or Win200 or some other versions of windows. They are not coming from the internet.

You basically need to disable the messenger service. (This is not the same as msn messenger.)It only really serves a purpose if you're on a network (particularly at work). If you get those Messenger popups at work, raise it with your own helpdesk - don't just go ahead and disable the service.

To disable it:

 

In Windows NT - go to Control Panel and Services

In Windows 2000 - go to Control Panel, Administrative Tools and then Services

XP - (see below)

 

You simply need to disable the service. No more of those alert boxes claiming that they can stop all kinds of spam! Just do it yourself

 

To disable in XP:

 

Click on the Start button and open the control panel•

Open the Performance and Maintenance control panel and go to Administrative Tools.•

double-click on COMPONENT Services•

pick services local, then scroll to Messenger•

Double-click Messenger and click Stop to stop the service•

 

You also need to right click on it's startup type (automatic or manual) select properties, change the startup type (on drop down) to Disable. be sure to click on apply changes.

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This is how I did it with XP Home Ed:

 

How to stop Messenger popup Spam - FREE:

 

These 4 easy steps will turn off the messenger service used to send messenger service popup ads. The Messenger service is not related to Windows Messenger or MSN Messenger:

1) Go to Start, then Run and type in services.msc Click Ok

2) Scroll to Messenger, select it, right click it and choose Properties.

3) Under startup choose "Disabled", then choose Stop.

4) When stopped, click Ok.

 

To reverse click atoumatic and start, then OK.

 

No more grey pop-up boxes!

 

[Smokinghawk]

http://www.bayden.com/popper/ is free and works REALLY well. No adware or spyware, either.

 

What it does is detects any popup, and then gives you this simple control panel:

 

 

 

[delekkerste]

Thanks...installed the pop-up killer program yesterday and it's working great!

 

I just started getting spam today in one of my e-mail accounts that had been spam-free for over a year. It's the account I get from my ISP (cable modem) which I access through Microsoft Outlook Express. Any suggestions on how I can stem the tide before it gets out of hand? I'd also like to cut the balls off whatever nard got me on a spammer list...

 

Gene

[RTBrandy]

Easiest I've ever found was using the Google toolbar. Free and WAY easy.

[BachelorOfComix]

Thanks for all the suggestions guys. I still haven't decided which one to go with........

[supapimp]

Can anyone recommend a free pop up killer?

 

The key is to stop the programs that initiate a lot of the pop-ups.

 

You should run Ad-Aware and Spybot Search and Destroy on your machine.

 

Lavasoft (Ad-Aware)

 

SpyBot Search and Destroy

 

After that, I'd recommend loading the Google Toolbar. This has a built-in blocker and it will also allow you to do faster searches.

 

 

Google Toolbar (Near the bottom of the page)

 

Hope this helps....

 

 

 

hey folks, sckao advice REALLY works, i followed his tips and procedure and now NO more pop ups! plus my scanner works again, i guess my computer was really WAY fooked up! but thanks to sckao, it's almost ALL good!