alcazar

iTrader: (2)

I keep getting **** pop ups that ask me to click "yes".
When I click "no", they just change to a different box telling me "sorry, but you have to click "yes" to continue".

Sometimes I can be 5 minutes before I can get it to shut down.

I'm running Zone Alarm, Ad-Aware, and Pest Patrol, but still keep getting them.

What do I need to do, and is there a way of shutting down any that arrive, without playing their stupid game?

Thanks, anyone.

Alcazar

Neil Smalley

Not go to **** sites?

Try the google taskbar, it seems to be quite good at stopping all kinds of pop up ads esp the ones that pop up in front of the newspapaer article you're trying to read.

beemerboy

use ALT-F4 !!! (quickly, like ten times)

BB

Edited to say "So I've been told"

[Edited by beemerboy - 12/10/2003 10:31:33 AM]

StickyMicky

click no the 1st time
then drag the next box right upto the button to close the offending window

then click no again and quickly click the close box button


i fooken hate them popups as well

Luke

Alcazar

i had this problem a month ago..mentioned it here. Got to find out about the Alt F4 trick. had all sorts of stuff hiding in the computer.. some of it kid **** adverts.

Iain Young

Another vote for the google toolbar. It allows you to block all of these annoying popups. I use it all the time

(http://toolbar.google.com)

ChrisB

AFAIK, the Messenger Service only provides an OK button, so I don't think it's that.

Chris.

Daz34

Yeah try google toolbar. It is superb. I have used other popup stoppers but find them too effective i.e. they stop my online banking winows from opening!

HHxx

Sounds like an activex control it wants you to install. You get the option of Yes, No and a check box that says something about trusting this company as they are usual signed.

Not sure on a personal pc, but we strip all activex out using a proxy server.

Danny B

Download this pop up killer http://home.rochester.rr.com/artcfox...own/index.html
fantastic programme that you can configure to allow however many windows or boxes you want open at any time.

mynickers

You need to get one of the following bits of free software that searches your system for software, adware, and tracking stuff that has been installed on your system without your concent. You'd be very, very surprised how much there is even, if you're not looking for monkey spanking material.

You can get one called adware, which is pretty good, you can get this from download.com.

But the best one I have found is spybot, as sometimes programs are running, and adware can't remove them while they're running, however, they're running in the background, so you can't kill them. Spybot, however, then reboots your machine, and stops windows from booting while it removes the pest, then boots as normal.

Everyone should have this, I use it at least once a week.

get it from:

http://spybot.eon.net.au/index.php?l...&page=download

Cheers

Nick