Re: Best popup blocker?
From: Ricky (rsjoiner_at_no_spambellsouth.net)
Date: 09/10/04
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Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 23:11:47 -0500
Here's a couple of links to check..
http://www.spybot.info/en/index.html
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
"JMSuser" <JMSuser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:700E535E-A2E0-4C7D-9201-F734C86A0AC1@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the quick reply... I unchecked the 2 'Enable Install On
> Demand'
> options quite some time ago hoping that it would have a positive
> effect.
> Seems that this tvm.exe from TV Media is immune to those settings.
>
> Do Spybot and/or Spyware Blaster prevent the installation of the
> malicious
> code, or do they allow the install but then prevent the popups? I'm
> also
> experiencing some indiscriminate Explorer abends when navigating
> sites when
> the tvm.exe is running. I'm worried that just stopping the popups
> will not
> prevent the Explorer abends.
>
> Thanks again...
>
> "Ricky" wrote:
>
>> Spybot has an immunize feature that blocks a lot of things. So does
>> Spyware blaster. You can also go to internet options..advanced tab
>> and
>> uncheck the 2 enable install on demand check boxes (if you have
>> 2..sometimes only one).
>>
>> "JMSuser" <JMSuser@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:871D7F31-01E1-48BB-8147-DD4E2940A8DF@microsoft.com...
>> > I'd like to expand on LittleMrJ's question a bit and sift through
>> > the posted
>> > reccomendations. My biggest annoyance are the adware programs
>> > that
>> > silently
>> > install themselves and run at startup. I know how to extract
>> > these
>> > buggers
>> > from the registry while in safe mode, but I'm sick and tired of
>> > doing that
>> > over and over and over. Is there anything out there that detects
>> > and
>> > prevents their installation? Seems that many of the proposed
>> > solutions will
>> > remove them after they've installed themselves, but it just keeps
>> > happening
>> > the next time you visit the offending site.
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance for any aditional info...
>> >
>> >
>> > "LittleMrJ" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Last time I logged-in to this newsgroup site, I was
>> >> looking for spyware. I was told by dozens that Spybot was
>> >> about the best there was (as well as free). I loved it.
>> >> Now I'm looking for the popup blocker that everyone uses
>> >> (you know, the one that stands above the others). I did a
>> >> search for "best" blockers, but got hundreds of diffrent
>> >> articles and lists from YEARS ago. I've downloaded many
>> >> demos, only to find that they all work a little diffrent,
>> >> and many dont work too well. So, out of the thousands...
>> >> which blocker is the most popular or most effective and
>> >> reliable (best)?
>> >>
>>
>>
>>
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