I tried Ad.ware and spybot and they cleaned out the computer but they still are popping up... GRRRR they are not the grey ads like last time they are now color ads that pop up everywhere ...WTF just got 10 more this 30 seconds..its really pissing me off..NEED HELP ASAP!!! what the hell happened?? IM on dial up can I do anything more!!!!??

 

Make sure you have the most recent versions of the programs. I know Search and Destroy has an update button built in.
My only other advice would be head to mozilla.org .

 

I got Spybot v 1.2 and Ad.ware v6.0

 

I assume you have Windows 2000 or XP.

1. Go to Control Panel.
2. Go to Administrative Tools.
3. Go to Services.
4. In services, find service called "Messenger".
5. Right-Click, select STOP.
6. Right-Click again, select Properties.
7. Under Startup type simply select DISABLED.
8. Click OK and close everything.

 

Checkout spyware blaster. You can find a link on the immunize screen on Spybot in the middle of the page in blue. Download that and update it.

Since I've installed the spyware blaster, spybot picks up virtually nil spyware.

I had those grey boxes before.....what a pita....almost as bad as doing the coolent bypass.

 

I just tried it, and we will see what happens.

I do not have the "mile a minute" pop-ups , but everytime I open a new internet session I get a least one.

My old machine (Windows '98) had the "mad ads disease" - the dam thing would get pop-ups even when the internet was shutdown. (Work machine - high speed access on all the time thru a network.)

They finally wound up redoing the hard drive, and that fixed it, and then like 2 months later - after I got it back the way I wanted it - I got this new machine w/ Windows XP and sound.

I guess it all worked out in the end.

Later!

(And, good luck ! )

Britt

 

Mind you the fix that I posted works when the pop ups are not caused by IE. Sometimes you will get different ALERT messages, even when IE is not open. It was for MESSENGER service, a system service that got exploited. This is what the fix was for.

However, Ad-Aware and Spybot Search & Destroy are pretty much the only apps you need, just as someone posted, be sure they are updated.



And in order to keep this in 5th gen forum...

has anyone seen this concept? It's awesome!
http://www.popularhotrodding.com/fea...camaro05_z.jpg

 

Yeah...5th gen. Cool concept. Never seen it before!

Spyware Blaster.....try it. It's free. It works.

Pretty soon my whole computer will just be spyware, anti-virus, firewall, privacy protection applications.

 

opps I screwed up..I thought it was the lounge..but it could be fore the 5th gen guys, we look at many websites for diffrent pics od concepts and might pick up unwanted pop up crap!...
thanks anyways..I know the guys in 5th gen are pretty computer savy