OpenMind5 Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 PLEASE SOMEONE PASS ON YOUR KNOWLEDGE TO ME!!!!I need to find some free, but good, spyware/adware dector and destroyer...AHHHHHHHHHHHHH! the Pop-ups...they shouldn't be seen by a good boy!ARGH ITS EVERYWHERE>>>HELP! ;) I hate these stupid spy programs.... With much frustration and anger... Op5 ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishteacher73 Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 If you switch to Mozilla as a browser, pop-ups wont work...Its freeware too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tormod Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Yeah. Get yourself Firefox from http://www.mozilla.org/ and you'll be all set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tormod Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 BTW, Hypography serves a popunder ad every 12 hours. I hate it as much as everyone - but it pays for our server hosting and software. I recommend installing Ad-aware from Lavasoft to make sure you get no spyware or other nasties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffy Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 When you upgrade XP to SP2, you'll get the new version of IE that blocks popups. My company recommends either Mozilla or Firefox for all platforms (and I'm sure alexander will chime in in agreement any moment now....). Safari on Mac is not quite ready for primetime, and it has no popup blocking yet. If you're on an older version of IE and can't/won't move, download the google tool bar and turn on popup blocking (altough if you have the new IE, LEAVE IT OFF!). Cheers,Buffy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tormod Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 One problem with some browsers can be that some popup blockers also block redirect scripts and new windows. So if anyone installs a popup blocker and have problems using Hypography, you might need to add "hypography.com" to your "trusted sited". I know I had to - but that was before SP2. I use Firefox on both PC and Mac, BTW. Like Buffy says, Safari is not quite there yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgrmdave Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 I use three programs - Ad-aware, Spybot, and Spywareblaster - only with all three being used am I able to be mostly free of spyware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpenMind5 Posted February 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 ok, provided that tormod is the only one with the link...i think he wins...lolThanks everyone! But are there any others that are better and "free" (since i am a small boy with no cash) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tormod Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 OP, Lavasoft's ad-aware SE personal is free for personal use: http://www.lavasoft.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpenMind5 Posted February 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 wait, i need just a program, not a whole new browser...somthing that locates the spyware and KILLS! Op5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpenMind5 Posted February 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 hmmm, this lavasoft is lookin' pretty good right now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpenMind5 Posted February 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Tormod, u say its free? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tormod Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Yes, the personal edition is free. I use it myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpenMind5 Posted February 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 yahooo! I found it...thanks again Tormod and everyone else...Its just great how friends come to the rescue! Op5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpenMind5 Posted February 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 well...i found the site, not the place to DOWNLOAD it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpenMind5 Posted February 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! MAN PROVAILS OVER MACHINE!Thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freethinker Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 When you upgrade XP to SP2,Much of your software might suddenly stop working and you will ahve numerous firewalls fighting for control! We got lots of billable hours fixing customers' PC's that turned their autoupdater on and got SP2. Thanks again M'soft for selling badly written software and forcing people to use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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