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I have a friend that I'm trying to help out. Her computer was a mess. It was loaded with a virus, spyware, Malware and Ad-ware. I have it back in pretty good working order. I cannot update it because she doesn't have validated software. I cannot load sp2 software. She now has a stream of pop-ups. Does anyone have suggestion on how to stop these. This was all caused because she didn't have any Anti-virus protection for some time. I now have have her provider anti-virus on her system. She would like to keep this computer for a a few months until she can get a new one. I know what I would do with it!!! I need to get the pop-ups stopped or it will load up again.
The computer is an 2002 sp1 xp version.
- Evermore
Try this free software. It's been on my system since I got it.
http://www.southbaypc.com/NoAds/ - The reason it has unvalided software is : I think she had a problem sometime back and someone installed a different harddrive and motherboard. I have know idea what was installed and I'm sure she was unaware what they were installing. I just thought someone might have a solution to halting pop-ups without reinstalling new software.
GioAguilar
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Posted January 6th, 2008 17:00
And why is not validated... :smileysurprised:???- From:
http://www.download.com/NoAds/3000-7786_4-10139685.html
Editor's review of NoAds
In spite of a few pluses, this pop-up blocker performs poorly. To NoAds's credit, it does support quite a few browsers beyond Internet Explorer, including Firefox, AOL, and Netscape. It comes loaded with a list of common pop-up ads to target, such as those that come from Angelfire home pages. Still, it lets through most pop-ups you might encounter in an average surfing session. Although NoAds lets you add new targets to its databases, most users will abandon this complicated and inconvenient process before completion. The app offers no white list or options for allowing pop-ups, and it's utterly powerless against banner and Flash ads. Besides its support for multiple browsers, the best news about this application is its freeware price. Because of that, we can cautiously recommend NoAds to very occasional Web surfers, but everyone else will find it an unacceptable solution.
I'm looking forward to your report on how it works for you. If the system is unpatched, the pop-ups may be trojan-related and living on the machine. It sounds as if you have taken on quite a project.
tommyo1954
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Posted January 6th, 2008 14:00