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| Posted by: CelticRose 08-May-2004, 04:53 PM |
| Can anybody recommend a good pop-up killer? One that is free, preferrably! I have the Google toolbar on my computer which kills some of them, but not most of them and these things are driving me crazy! I have Spybot Search and Destroy and Lavasoft Ad-aware on my computer which I am having to scan all the time...which does help.........some! Try posting when these things keep popping up all over the place! I am about to throw this out the window! |
| Posted by: stevenpd 08-May-2004, 05:05 PM |
| Try Panicware's Pop-Up Stopper. There is a basic version that does quite well for free. (I'm currently using it) http://www.panicware.com/ |
| Posted by: faolin 08-May-2004, 07:58 PM |
| I personally have spyhunter instaled on my computer, and it came with enigma popup stop which seems to be working quite well. Before I endup shelling out $20 for it, I had Popup Stopper, which worked decently well. You can download it at http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,8060,00.asp Hope it helps - there's nothing more annoying than popups which slow down your computer! |
| Posted by: A Shrule Egan 08-May-2004, 08:49 PM | ||
Rosemary, I thought you had Norton Anti-virus and Security on your computer. The Security handles all that pop-up crap. |
| Posted by: CelticRose 08-May-2004, 09:27 PM |
| Mike I have Norton anti-virus on my computer now. I also used to have NIV with popup and firewall, but I got rid of it because the firewall was preventing me from getting on the computer and my server told me to disable the firewall as I have dial up. The popup killer was also preventing me from using javascript, so I went to just simple NIV instead. Maybe I should reinstall my NIV with popup killer! This is getting really annoying and slowing me down greatly. However, I have heard really good things about the panicware so maybe I will try that first! Thanks Steven! I just wanted to try a free version first before as my NIV and security is a 2003 version. Thanks so much guys! |
| Posted by: A Shrule Egan 08-May-2004, 09:32 PM | ||
I have dial-up and have no problems at all. You must have your settings to high. might want to check that first. |
| Posted by: CelticRose 08-May-2004, 09:46 PM |
| well I just checked panciware and they want to charge me, so forget that. I am not forking out $20.00 when I have Norton security with pop-up killer. I would rather reinstall my Norton Security 2003 and update it and re-enact the pop-up killer! I will look into popup stopper too! Mike, I could have had my settings up to high too! Right now the Ad-aware watch is keeping everything at bay! |
| Posted by: A Shrule Egan 08-May-2004, 09:49 PM | ||
If your Norton subscription has run out, you may have to pay for another year to be able to update it. Good luck. |
| Posted by: stevenpd 10-May-2004, 09:56 AM | ||
Let me assure you that you don't need to shell out $20.00 for Panicware's Pop-up Stopper. There is a free version. |
| Posted by: gtrplr 10-May-2004, 10:16 AM |
| May I suggest a different approach? Change browsers! Go to www.mozilla.org and download Firefox. It comes with a pop-up stopper installed, and it's free! Better browser than IE, too, IMHO. |
| Posted by: CelticRose 10-May-2004, 05:26 PM | ||||
Hi Steven! I installed the free version of panicware popup killer and OMG! That program has worked wonders! I cannot even believe it! A few days ago I was ready to throw this computer out the window and now I can post and surf the internet without any problem! Thank you so very much!  |
| Posted by: stevenpd 10-May-2004, 05:57 PM | ||||||
You're welcome!  |
| Posted by: CelticRose 11-May-2004, 02:12 AM |
Stevenpd! I am still raving about this popup killer you recommended. It is sooooo wonderful. It is not affecting my javascript and yet I have no pop-ups and hardly, if ever, any ad-aware in my computer now! I cannot thank you enough! I am still jumping up and down over it! Thank you, thank you, thank you!  |
| Posted by: stevenpd 11-May-2004, 10:49 AM | ||
You're welcome again. Is it not funny how the small things make life so much easier?  |
| Posted by: mingkee 11-May-2004, 07:36 PM | ||
I am using mozilla which has excellent popup control browse with peace of mind for IE users, there'll be SP2 update, which adds popup control |
| Posted by: CelticRose 12-May-2004, 04:47 PM | ||
Yes! Yes! I am still so excited! Before this I was getting spyware like crazy and could not even post without being interrupted by a stupid popup! I am telling everybody about it! |