Re: Pops Ups While Explorer is Idle
From: war17 (war_at_nospam.com)
Date: 03/18/04
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Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 09:57:09 -0800
1. If you have Windows Messenger Service, disable it. The Messenger service
is typically not needed for home users.
Right-click My Computer and click Manage.
Click Services and Applications.
Click Services.
Scroll down to Messenger and right-click.
Stop the Service.
Choose Disable as the Startup Type.
Click OK
2. Use Popup Stopper to get rid of the popups from the Internet.
http://www.panicware.com/product_psfree.html
3. Use the following scanners to find and remove the website.
SpyBot S&D searches your harddisk for so-called spy- or adbots;
http://security.kolla.de/
or
Adaware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
or
CoolWebShredder
http://www.spychecker.com/program/coolwebshredder.html
4. Some porn websites redirects links to their websites using your HOSTS
file. Do a search for the HOSTS (without extension) file and remove the
entry.
5. If still no joy, download HijackThis from Spywareinfo download page
http://www.spywareinfo.com/program/hijackthis.html
Run the program and you will find many entries. Most are OK. Post the log. I
will find the problem for you.
6. For future preventive maintenance, make sure programs cannot just
download on your computer without your permission. From the Internet
Toolbar, go to Tools > Internet Options > Advanced. Make sure "Enable
Install On Demand (Internet Explorer)" and "Enable Install On Demand
(Other)" are unchecked.
-- Warren For additional help, post in http://groups.msn.com/HelpforInternetExplorerorWindowsME/homepage "Nitin" <nitin.mittal@ge.com> wrote in message news:116dbb9a.0403180950.2aef6eba@posting.google.com... > Hello All, > I have a question which may have been answered here [I could not > find an appropriate thread]. > > Pop Up Ads start appearing on my laptop after IE has been idle for > 60 seconds or more. These ads are from reputable names like AOL and > Home Depot as well as others that ask me to download a piece of > software. The ads do not appear while I am actively using IE. > > I have a company firewall, the latest version of Norton Antivirus, > Ad-aware V6.0, and a couple of others that I have tried but none has > detected this particular file that triggers these benign pop ups > whenever IE is idle. > > Does anyone have any suggestions on how to find and remove the > software causing this? > > Thanks, > Nitin
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