Guest mavisdavis Posted June 12, 2005 Report Posted June 12, 2005 Im not sure how I've got this bloody pop up. It name in the top left corner is -Only The Best and it keeps showing me spyware adverts. Ive doen a search but I cannot find and easy solution to stop it. Ive always been really carefull with cookie prompts and firewall active. So I think my son has clicked on something somewhere. Any advice will be taken gratefully regarding the rwmoval of this pesky popup
Guest mike-oh Posted June 12, 2005 Report Posted June 12, 2005 Sounds like you have spyware. Do a google for adaware and spybot search and destroy. Both are free aps. Download, install and do a full system scan with each app and fix whatever it finds. Also you may want to switch to firefox as your web browser it's more secure for starters but with an additional patch you get NO poppups at all!!
Guest mike-oh Posted June 12, 2005 Report Posted June 12, 2005 http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Person...ubj=dl&tag=top5 http://www.download.com/Spybot-Search-Dest...4-10122137.html I'm too kind!
Guest mavisdavis Posted June 12, 2005 Report Posted June 12, 2005 Your are too kind Mike ;) I have ad-aware already and thats not found anything. I'll give spybot a blast. Cheers.
Guest Vector Posted June 12, 2005 Report Posted June 12, 2005 You could also give the Microsoft AntiSpyware Beta a go, i find it to be really good ;)
Guest mike-oh Posted June 12, 2005 Report Posted June 12, 2005 Yeah, MS antispyware is pretty good though it won't be with us for much longer until M$ want us too pay for it! http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/s...re/default.mspx Also be sure to use the immunize feature in SpyBot which stops I.E. from d/loading nasties in the first place!
Guest Paul [MVP] Posted June 12, 2005 Report Posted June 12, 2005 I think MS have already stated they plan it to stay free? P
Guest mike-oh Posted June 12, 2005 Report Posted June 12, 2005 (edited) Oh?! Have they? I got a reminder when i opened the program the other day saying i had 18days left or something. I'll go look it up. Edited June 12, 2005 by mike-oh
Guest Paul [MVP] Posted June 12, 2005 Report Posted June 12, 2005 That's the beta expiry, not when you have to pay ;) P
Guest Disco Stu Posted June 12, 2005 Report Posted June 12, 2005 Here's another good one - it won an award recently for finding stuff the others missed. CounterSpy
Guest Paul [MVP] Posted June 12, 2005 Report Posted June 12, 2005 That looks suspiciously similar to MSAS? P
Guest Disco Stu Posted June 12, 2005 Report Posted June 12, 2005 I haven't installed the MS one yet, but got the CounterSpy recommendation from the Guardian's Online section, which reported PC World's tests : http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,a...572,pg,2,00.asp
Guest mavisdavis Posted June 12, 2005 Report Posted June 12, 2005 Cool thanks guys. Ive opted for one called Adsgone. Its solved my problem straight away. its got rid of teh 2 that were bothering me. Ill try the other recomendations soon.
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