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[lilac_one]

Can anyone recommend a good, free, pop-up blocker? I'm getting a ton from pop-up blocking sites that want me to pay to get them to stop harassing me. And they're coming on my computer when I'm not running IE. Losers.

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[mjstone]

erm... if it's coming up when you're not on IE, it might be adware - programs that are on your computer that pop them up automatically. Do you run Kazaa or have you downloaded any games from yahoo (or any such entity) ?

[lilac_one]

nope. haven't downloaded much of anything except the driver for my printer.
Don't have kazaa and haven't dl'ed any games.
It wouldn't suprise me if they came with the freaking computer.

[chrismm]

Probably is adware or spyware. Um, go to http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/ and download, install and run the free version of AdAware--it'll clean that stuff up for you.

Then, Pop-Up Stopper has a free version here: http://www.panicware.com/product_psfree.html

Good luck!

*grin* Hi. Cruising the friendsfriends and I do tech support, so I can never pass this kinda thing up.

[lilac_one]

Muchly, muchly appreciated. That's why I posted. I was hoping someone out there would actually read and have a solution.

[chrismm]

Anytime. I love your icon, by the way. Heh.

[lilac_one]

thanks. itwas a gift from a friend.

[tinkerchele]

Hi there. Random person just reading a friend's friend page. I saw this and I thought of another suggestion in addition to the other comments.

Since you mentioned that the pop-up are coming even when you don't have IE open, it could be windows messenger. Not to be confused when MSN Messenger. It's just a "feature" is Windows turns on by default and if spammers can guess your IP address, you get spam. Oh joy, right? That's pretty sleazy, spamming asking for money to stop spam.

To find out more out it and how to disable it, go here. It's painless. I hope this or the other suggestions helps. :)

[lilac_one]

I love lj. I can get answers to all my questions. Thank you so much!