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Re: Need help with annoying pop-ups in WinXP
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Fri, 11 Feb 2005 16:40:09 GMT
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I forgot to mention that the pop-ups occur even when I'm not online.
Dave
"Mark" <snowleopard@foxinternet.net> wrote in message
news:IBqCty.MwB@lugnet.com...
> Using a good, non-microsoft web browser will help a great many of these • woes. I
> personally like <http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ Firefox>. It's • free,
> installs in seconds, MUCH faster than some other browsers, has tabbed • windows,
> built in protective measures. Yeah. Just try it. The mozilla crowd that • does
> Firefox also does Thunderbird, the associated email client. Also • reccomended.
>
> Why do I reccomend all this? Because I gave up my spy bot [AND] I still
have no clue what you are talking about with annoying pop-ups. Every now
and again I check for spy-ware on my other machine (also on Firefox).
Funny thing is I don't find much.
>
> Mark Neumann
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| (...) Another reason to avoid IE whenever possible. (Disclaimer: the following info was given to me by an IT pro friend of mine, he's smarter at this stuff than me, that's why I listened to him. Why? Because he can hack, and occassionaly, does) (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
| | | Re: Need help with annoying pop-ups in WinXP
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| (...) Some more Googling yielded this: -*-*-*- One thing you do not want to do is click on any of those fake popup "notices" about "spyware found on your computer" You may have the Windows Messenger service which apparently is where you are (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| Using a good, non-microsoft web browser will help a great many of these woes. I personally like (URL) Firefox>. It's free, installs in seconds, MUCH faster than some other browsers, has tabbed windows, built in protective measures. Yeah. Just try (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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