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Title: Computer help needed please
Post by: sirius on Friday 02 June 06 18:57 BST (UK)

Can anyone advise me on how to stop the adverts keep popping up, not to hot on computers
so please keep it simple.

I have Zonealarm antivirus, mostly the ads are for betting which I have never done online or even offline!

Thanks

Sirius
Title: Re: Computer help needed please
Post by: willow2670 on Friday 02 June 06 19:09 BST (UK)
Are you on Internet Explorer?
Title: Re: Computer help needed please
Post by: sirius on Friday 02 June 06 19:25 BST (UK)
Hi Willow2670

Iam on BT Yahoo Broadband I don't get loads of ads, but they are so annoying.

Thanks
Title: Re: Computer help needed please
Post by: willow2670 on Friday 02 June 06 19:29 BST (UK)
Check the Tools Menu on the address bar.

It should have a 'Pop-up Blocker'

Then click 'Turn on Pop-up Blocker'

This should do the trick.

Sue

Title: Re: Computer help needed please
Post by: Ticker on Friday 02 June 06 19:32 BST (UK)
If your screen looks like the picture below then if you do what willow suggests (as shown in my picture) then it should work.

Best wishes

Ticker
Title: Re: Computer help needed please
Post by: sirius on Friday 02 June 06 19:39 BST (UK)
The pop-up blocker is already enabled, but when you look at blocker history the window is blank ?
Title: Re: Computer help needed please
Post by: downside on Friday 02 June 06 20:35 BST (UK)
You have some kind of spyware on your computer.

If you have Windows Defender then I suggest you run it.

If not there is anti spyware available free on the internet.

downside
Title: Re: Computer help needed please
Post by: RJ_Paton on Friday 02 June 06 20:42 BST (UK)
As said you may have some adware or spyware which has hit your machine
Adaware from lavasoft a free anti spyware program can be downloaded from
Download from here (http://www.download.com/3405-8022-5153545.html?part=dl-ad-aware&subj=dl&tag=top5) click on free download.

spybot S & D can be found at  click to download page (http://www.download.com/Spybot-Search-Destroy/3000-8022_4-10122137.html)
Title: Re: Computer help needed please
Post by: biglou on Saturday 03 June 06 04:37 BST (UK)
Don't forget to regularly update Spybot if you use it.  You have to do it manually, I usually "check for updates" weekly.

Paul
Title: Re: Computer help needed please
Post by: sirius on Saturday 03 June 06 18:58 BST (UK)

Thankyou everyone I have downloaded spybot it found 72 items, seems better now

Kind regards

Sirius
Title: Re: Computer help needed please
Post by: Michael72. on Saturday 03 June 06 19:38 BST (UK)
72 Items eh?.. ;D....So much for ZoneAlarm looking after your interests....

Personally I would dump it and load:

Outpost Firewall..Free..

Ad-Aware SE Personal..

A2 Squared (Anti-Trojan)
Title: Re: Computer help needed please
Post by: biglou on Sunday 04 June 06 00:53 BST (UK)
AVG, ZoneAlarm and Spybot do entirely separate functions.

ZoneAlarm is a personal firewall - it is not an anti-virus or an anti-spyware tool (the professional version does include an anti-spyware add on but you need to pay for this version).

Computer viruses are entirely different animals to computer spyware and require different tools.  You need to have an anti-viris, a firewall and anti-spyware software.

Without all 3 you are at serious risk on the internet!

Paul