Porn pop-ups

[Julie]

How can I get rid of porn pop-ups when I am in Internet
Explorer? I never had this problem when I was on Netscape!

[JethroUK]

i'm amaaaaaazed this hasn't been covered by Internet Explorer 6.......you
can get 3rd party software that suppress pop-ups..although i cant point you
to one at the moment........do a search for 'pop-ups' here:

http://www.tucows.com/

--
"Stop following Jethro's uninformed, incomplete, and possibly dangerous
(IMHO) advice." - PA Bear

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[B]

Another method to this is a firewall which you can make a rule to suppress
ads. You'll still get the popups but they'll be empty. I'm sure Microsoft is
quite aware that people are getting fed up with popups and hopefully
incorporate this as a new feature just as Opera has with beta 2 version 7 of
their browser.

regards

B
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[sLIVER]

"Julie" <sl...@baldwin-telecom.net> wrote in message
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> How can I get rid of porn pop-ups when I am in Internet
> Explorer? I never had this problem when I was on Netscape!

The problem has nothing to do with IE. You've installed a spyware program
on your computer by mistake or unawareingly by visiting a webpage. On a
hunch, goto your control panel, and open add/remove programs. Scroll down
and see if you have any of the following programs installed : Rapidblaster,
savenow, new.net, commonname toolbar, web toolbar, etc, etc,. Rapidblaster
is nasty for causing many popups.

You could download a spyware scanning program like adaware or spybot, scan
your system and it'll clean out the spyware.

Wouldn't hurt to do an virus scan either. Make sure your definitions are
up-to-date.

Again, this has nothing to do because of IE alone.

[lsbest]

I use PopUp Killer, works like a charm. Go to Google and do a search for
Popup Killer.

doug

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[Larrylamb]

"Julie" <sl...@baldwin-telecom.net> wrote in message
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> How can I get rid of porn pop-ups when I am in Internet
> Explorer? I never had this problem when I was on Netscape!

Take a look here:

http://www.kolumbus.fi/eero.muhonen/FS/

[Jim Byrd]

Hi Julie - Popups - The best way to start is to get Ad-Aware 5.83 and
the associated Reference Updater 2.01 here: http://www.lavasoft.nu/ or
here: http://www.lavasoftusa.com. Update and run this regularly to get
rid of most "spyware/hijackware" on your machine. When you install the
Reference Updater, be sure to go to 'Options|Preferences' and change the
download folder to point to the folder where you have Ad-aware
installed. (Otherwise, the latest reference file won't be used unless
you copy it there manually).

Another excellent program for this purpose is SpyBot Search and Destroy
available here:
http://security.kolla.de/ I recommend using both.

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.

http://www.adshield.org/ - AdShield
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/winhelp2002/block.txt - Text Block List
for AdShield
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/winhelp2002/block.zip - Zipped Block List
for AdShield for download
http://adshield.briankass.com/blocklist.txt - Text Block List for
AdShield
http://adshield.briankass.com/blocklist.abl - .abl format Block List for
AdShield

There's also a useful list here:
http://yoyo.org/~pgl/adservers/serverlist.php?hostformat=plain&showintro=1
that you can copy/paste into a .txt file for subsequent Import into
AdShield (but you'll have to disable AdShield to view it because of its
name).

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/

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://mywebpages.comcast.net/winhelp2002/hosts.htm, and some of the
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's) about AdShield here:
http://adshield.briankass.com

Lastly, the new ZoneAlarmPro3 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. I no longer use it since I've switched to ZAPlus, however,
since AdShield is sufficient for my purposes.

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

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/download/network/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/AdCruncher/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"

Perhaps these will help. Regards, Jim Byrd

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