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I keep getting popup blockers on my computer?

March 29th, 2009 Leave a comment Go to comments
  1. Samuel Adams
    March 30th, 2009 at 20:22 | #1

    Your machine is infected. Pop-ups are mostly caused by adware, spyware, and other malicious and unwanted software and using pop-up blocker won’t help an infected PC. No single program can detect and eradicate all spyware and I recommend using Ad-aware and Spybot (they are free). Other great free anti-spyware programs would be Super anti-spyware and AVG anti-spyware (formally Ewido).

    Running these programs in Safe Mode (tap F8 as the computer boots up and choose to boot to safe mode) can be more effective.

    If you do not have an updated anti-virus program always running, you need to get one. Install only one, but you can get AVG, Avast! or AntiVir for free.

    I strongly recommend using FireFox, it’s a far better and safer alternative to Internet Explorer. I also recommend CCleaner which is a free system optimization and privacy tool.

  2. MLM
    April 2nd, 2009 at 07:30 | #2

    No one product is foolproof so you may want to download, check for updates and run these in Safe Mode should you prefer. To get to Safe Mode, reboot your computer and hold down the F8 key while it is starting up. A screen will appear after a few seconds where you can choose Safe Mode. To exit Safe Mode all you have to do is reboot. You should also re-run your antivirus product while in safe mode.
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    SuperAntispyware
    Spybot S&D (free version requires manual updating)
    AVG AntiSpyware
    Adaware from Lavasoft (free version requires automatic updating)
    (These programs can be run in Safe Mode after installation and updating)
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