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.
Chuket thanks. Thats what I was looking for. I have down loaded it on my friends computer and I already caught a couple of pop-ups. I will use it and see how it works. Thanks.
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.
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Try this free software. It's been on my system since I got it.
http://www.southbaypc.com/NoAds/
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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.