pop-ups

[OR Freebird]

I fix computers daily, it's my business. You guys got it right. Ad-aware is great. Update it and run it. Microsoft Anti-Spyware is great, and runs live, so you get alerts when spyware attempts to install itself ... very worthwhile. Also, it auto-updates and scans.

Firefox -- my fav. Plus it's fairly impervious to most of the spyware/adware tricks.

Running Windows XP, get all your updates, esp. SP2 -- that's got all the BIG security fixes.

Getting an infected PC can be tough. Try running your ad-aware in safe mode if it keeps locking up during scanning. You may need several anti-spyware apps if things are really bad. In addition to those already mentioned, Spyboit works okay too -- personally don't like it too much.

Lastly. never click a pop-up ad. If there's no "X", use [ALT]-[F4] to kill it

[Nullific]

Get Linux or BSD, never worry about spyware again.

[Omun]

no popups seen here. I am browsing with mozilla-firefox (see signature) and using a distribution of linux. even with pop-up blocking enabled in firefox some sites can still open popups (cann.com) doesn't seem to have any popups however if i run into a site that seems to be particularly malicious in using pop-ups I just simple disable Javascript and problem solved.

[tokosan]

dude..... u gotta get FIREFOX .... if u dont u will have some problems with libito and heart disease later on....

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

Free and better than IE!!

[dirty raider]

Definitly get Firefox like others have said, its more secure and on my computor at least it tends to run faster than IE.

[ezjim]

fuck is it me or there are a lot of fuckin pop-ups in this fuckin site.

they say the need contribution for this site but with all those fuckin ads they must alrdy be millionnaire jeez

pretty annoying

i use ad muncher it is free and i have never seen a pop up on my rig since installing it you can find it at http://www.admuncher.com/ and is easy to install and use

[Az.]

i have ad-aware and that microsoft antispyware and that stop any shit from getting on my computer.....also if a programme needs to make changes to the registry thingy it will ask if its ok and shit. You gotta get then their both free and work a charm