Unwanted Pop-Ups

[Wooglin]

I am just wondering why this crap continues to pop up on my PC, when it never happened before. It is pretty unfair that I have to purchase something to keep them from getting onto my PC.

Anyone know of any free software that can help this??

[Wooglin]

Figured you guys might like this site:

http://www.internetprivacyfordummies.com/

There are directions on here to turn off your messager....

[EARLE]

there are a number of things you need to do;
1: administrative tools/services
stop messenger service [THIS IS NOT IM !]
this is an OPEN port by default that you need to close [UNLESS YOU'RE ON A NETWORKED SYSTEM]. CLOSES BACK DOOR POP UPS.

2: SET YOUR COOKIES SO THAT ACCEPT 1ST PARTY,ALLOW SESSION COOKIES AND BLOCK 3RD PARTY COOKIES.

3: download AD-AWARE,ADD/REMOVE PRO,VCATCH,REGISTRY CLEANER & AVG [anti-virus],all of which are FREE!

run AD-AWARE for spyware removal,run REGISTRY CLEANER and ADD/REMOVE PRO to remove any unwanted files.
you can also use REGISTRY CLEANER to remove files from start up list [will NOT remove files from hard drive] by clicking on START UP listing.
this speeds up your upload to internet.

click on RUN
empty the search box
click on browse
click on cookies
remove any porn,pop up related cookies or simply go to I.E./OPTIONS/TEMP FILES and delete cookies there.


VCATCH:
http://www.vcatch.com//download.html
Welcome to VCatch

Dear new VCatch user.

We would like to thank you for installing and registering VCatch and give you some information on this free Virus Catcher program.

When VCatch is running, you should see VCatch icon in the tray bar of your windows indicating VCatch is quietly protecting your system from web viruses. Whether you use an Email application, Web based Email, ICQ, or one of the file-sharing programs; VCatch is monitoring all incoming files and e-mail attachments and checks for suspicious files.In the event that VCatch detects that a file is suspected to be a virus, the software automatically deletes the file and notifies you.

VCatch has a unique automatic update mechanism. When a new virus is detected in the Net, VCatch automatically updates its virus definitions list in your computer. So once you install VCatch, you don't have to do anything else to be constantly protected.

VCatch was designed to use as little computer resources as possible. The software is very small and uses your computer resources only when one of the applications listed in the VCatch settings screen is running.

VCatch can run at the same time with any other antivirus program , without any conflicts or interruptions. VCatch detects viruses, but it won't clean infections. In other words this software prevents viruses from entering your computer rather than correct the PC once it is infected.

ADD~REMOVE PRO:
http://www.superwin.com
Maybe no one is like me, but you should see my Windows Add/Remove Programs list. It is full of
broken links. The only way to remove them is to open up the Registry and try to figure out where the
Uninstall entries are. I'm too lazy to do this more than once a year, so I wrote Add/Remove Pro.
Just run Add/Remove Pro and it will show you which links are bad. Press the Remove Entry button to
remove the entry. If you would like to uninstall a program, press the Uninstall Program button.


BOOKMARK WIZARD:
http://www.moonsoftware.com/freeware.asp
CLICK FREE UTILITIES

Bookmark Wizard is a little program with a simple wizard-like interface that generates an HTML page with all/selected links from your Internet Favorites folder. The links in the resulting page are grouped and sorted in ascending order like they are in your Favorites folder. You can specify colors for links and backgrounds, title, caption, etc., for your page. Also, you can exclude certain folders from being listed. Advanced users are able to edit the entire page template to customize it further. The resulting web page can be used as a links page on your homepage; you can send it to a friend or use it just as a startup page for your web browser etc.

Please note this program is not a HTML to Favorites converter, it can only create a HTML page from Favotires.

Bookmark Wizard 2.0.1, released on Saturday, July 10, 1999
Download: Bookmark_Wizard_201.exe (401 KB)




WEBKEY:
http://www.geocities.com/viperucla/

WebKey2000 allows you to visit your favorite websites at the touch of a keyboard button. With one-touch access, you can also launch your default email client using an email template, execute any applications (even with shortcuts), open any registered documents, and a whole lot more. With the new features added to version 1.2, WebKey2000 can be an extremely useful utility. Now you can do things such as hide or show a series of active windows on your desktop, execute an action command from the clipboard buffer, and open a default browser with an url using the existing opened window. WebKey2000 has a very nice GUI interface to let you define a hotkey and the action associated with it. Using modifiers like Ctrl, Alt and Shift, you can specify a variety of hotkeys and duplicate entries will be detected. The program runs as a convenient icon in the system-tray area of the windows taskbar and can automatically run at windows startup. A context menu can easily be accessed from this tray-icon to allow you to enable or disable all the hotkeys quickly. This simple freeware program is easy to use and could be a great time-saver if you have a handful of websites that you frequently visit, program or files that you constantly open, or even friends that you often send emails to.




GOVERNMAIL:
http://www.governmail.com/

GovernMail is an application by AcroVista Software which links people to government representatives around the world. The program features specialized sections for the US Senate and House. Users can view representative home pages or email Senate and House members from GovernMail's complete listings. The program also includes support for group emails by allowing users to select all representatives or representatives by party to email. Users can also store their contact information within GovernMail and add it to individual messages, so that representatives can reply. GovernMail also monitors the AcroVista Software website for updates to representative listings, and will download updates when available to make sure users always have the latest contacts.


MyImager:
http://www.myimager.com/

an image management website. optimize,edit images in many ways here.


GROUP MAIL FREE:
http://www.infacta.com/gmdifferences.asp

Group Mail Free Cost: Free - Download Now
Ideally suited to the home user who only intends to send to smaller groups. This version of Group Mail has all the features you will need to get you started with group messaging. Powerful, yet easy to use, and if you ever need to upgrade your data will be maintained and ready to use in the Pro or Plus edition.
Personal Send Mode only
Limited Address Book Import support
No Plug-in support
Send to a maximum of 100 recipients at a time



SNIP URL:
http://www.snipurl.com

NOT A DOWNLOAD AND WEBTV COMPATABLE

cut those bulky,url's [specially pagebuilder's] to a more manageble size.
register [FREE] and have your own snip url center wher you can customize your url's and read how many hit's each url has received through the autoresponder built into each url header.

ECAPTURE:
http://www.analogx.com/contents/down...em/capture.htm

capture desktop or window screenshote.
this app saves your screenshot in a very large format [often 350 to 500,000 bytes].
it is STRONGLY reccomended that you download 602PRO to work with this software to downsize those screen captures to a more manageble size.


FOTKI:
http://www.fotki.com/
NOT A DOWNLOAD AND WEBTV COMPATABLE
$30 A YEAR AND WELL WORTH THE MONEY!
a complete photo storage center. each photo gets it's own FOTKI web url


602pro:
http://www.software602.com/products/pcs/tour3.html

602Photo's effective and easy-to-understand user interface makes it an unbeatable graphics editor for beginners and experienced users alike. It is designed for accessing graphics files directly, through a digital camera or scanner. Simply load your picture into 602Photo and then rotate, flip or resize it. You can decrease or increase number of colors or convert your picture to black and white. Then apply the built-in effects and finally print it with fill-to-page feature. With 602Photo you have full control of your picture resolution and file format.

All Popular Image Formats Support


Convert images between different file formats with ease (over 15 image formats supported: BMP, GIF, JPG, PCD, PSD, TGA, TIFF, WMF, MSP, PCT and more). Gain control over the DPI (Dots Per Inch) resolution for True Scale Printing





EPROMPTER:
http://download.com.com/3302-2369-8986018.html?tag=mta
import your yahoo [pop3] mail with this software. yes! it works and can accept up to 15 other e-mail accounts. send/receive from this. text only,no images [they're stripped].

HIDE OUTLOOK:
http://www.webattack.com/download/dlhideoe.shtml
put an outlook express icon into tasktray

FREE ANTI-VIRUS [AVG]:
http://www.grisoft.com/html/us_dwnl2...7305f9930bdf9f


QUICK SHUTDOWN:
http://www.winutility.com/qsd/
SET UP ALT-KEYSTROKE TO COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN QUICKLY,NO FUSS,NO MUSS

Quick ShutDown™ - fast and easy-to-use shutdown tool that allows you to shutdown, reboot, hibernate, logoff, standby or lock your computer with the one mouse click. When QSD is running, an accurate miniature icon appears on the taskbar on the end opposite the "Start" button. You can choose to click or double click it with the left mouse button, and it shutdowns or reboots your computer. You can set a keyboard shortcut for any action - shutdown, reboot, hibernate, standby, lock, logoff and media eject. Quick ShutDown allows you to set your own tray icon to be displayed. Click it with the right mouse button to view the context menu. Also, QSD can automatically terminate applications if they are not responding making shutdowns both quicker and safer. In addition, Quick ShutDown can eject removable media drives at shutdown preventing you from losing your disks and CDs by leaving them in the drive when you leave.




WEBKEY:
http://webkey.virtualave.net/webkey.html

WebKey2000 allows you to visit your favorite websites at the touch of a keyboard button. With one-touch access, you can also launch your default email client using an email template, execute any applications (even with shortcuts), open any registered documents, and a whole lot more. With the new features added to version 1.2, WebKey2000 can be an extremely useful utility. Now you can do things such as hide or show a series of active windows on your desktop, execute an action command from the clipboard buffer, and open a default browser with an url using the existing opened window. WebKey2000 has a very nice GUI interface to let you define a hotkey and the action associated with it. Using modifiers like Ctrl, Alt and Shift, you can specify a variety of hotkeys and duplicate entries will be detected. The program runs as a convenient icon in the system-tray area of the windows taskbar and can automatically run at windows startup. A context menu can easily be accessed from this tray-icon to allow you to enable or disable all the hotkeys quickly. This simple freeware program is easy to use and could be a great time-saver if you have a handful of websites that you frequently visit, program or files that you constantly open, or even friends that you often send emails to.

AD-AWARE:
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/fil...id,7423,00.asp

spyware with the latest version of this free tool. Ad-aware scans your system--including removable drives--for the most common types of advertising spyware and safely removes offending software. The program works through intuitively designed wizards. Currently, the utility detects small ad programs from Adware, Aureate/Radiate, OnFlow, Comet-Cursor, Cydoor, Doubleclick, EverAd, Flyswat, OnFlow, TimeSink 5.0, and others.

Version 6.0 offers improvements (like a redesigned user interface) and safeguards for users who may be overzealous in removing adware/spyware components. Because many ad-supported programs won't function if you remove their ad modules, you may occasionally want to overrule an earlier decision to remove one of these components. Version 6.0 addresses this problem in two ways: It stores adware components in your Recycle Bin, where you can later retrieve them; and it provides a backup archive viewer for reviewing--and if necessary, restoring--components you've removed

REGISTRY CLEANER;
http://www.vtoy.fi/jv16/shtml/regcleaner.shtml

Brief Introduction
RegCleaner is the most advanced registry editor and cleaner yet it's very easy to use.

Introduction
RegCleaner is an easy to use program. With RegCleaner you can easily get rid of those old and obsolete registry entries created by software that you have destroyed ages ago. And by easily, I mean easily. You don't have to be any expert to use this program.

[ProfessorU]

your instinct to not pay anything to avoid these ads is correct. That is one huge post by earle. I would recommend starting with just zonealarm, free, from www.zonelabs.com, and if that doesn't work try posting back. Cookie handling and cleaning out your add/remove programs list (which can be done for free with tweakUI from microsoft) isn't going to stop popups.

[Wooglin]

Curiously, do you know where you can download that software for free? You had mentioned it was a free download, however, I couldn't find it on that site.

Thanks!

[ProfessorU]

Zone Labs makes money by selling their high-end products, so they make sure those are the ones that get the extra visibility on their website. The free Zone Alarm can be found here or by going to the zone labs' website, clicking on download&buy, the 'zone alarm' link, and 'download'.

[Wooglin]

Thanks! I have it downloaded and running....just another test I guess. I am beginning to lose hope....H...E......L.........P............

Hopefully it works!

[Wooglin]

Hi everyone, been a while so I figured I would share my status. The popups have been pretty much killed, which is good. I have RoadRunner, so my connection is supposed to be fast, however, it seems to be really slow lately (even cannot keep up with my typing sometimes??!!??) and I don't know if anything has gotten onto my PC again, or if it is something to do with ZoneLabs (Zone Alarm - has been working great). Please check out this scan log and let me know what you think.

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Logfile of HijackThis v1.96.0
Scan saved at 9:58:25 PM, on 8/3/2003
Platform: Windows XP (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 (6.00.2600.0000)

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\LEXBCES.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\LEXPPS.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\System32\PackethSvc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\DRIVERS\dcfssvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VS7Debug\mdm.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\nvsvc32.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\pctspk.exe
C:\Program Files\KODAK\KODAK Picture Transfer Software\PTSsvc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\Program Files\Compaq\Easy Access Button Support\StartEAK.exe
C:\Program Files\MusicMatch\MusicMatch Jukebox\mm_tray.exe
C:\Program Files\Adaptec\Easy CD Creator 5\DirectCD\DirectCD.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\LXSUPMON.EXE
C:\Program Files\BroadJump\Client Foundation\CFD.exe
C:\Program Files\Save\Save.exe
C:\Program Files\Compaq\Easy Access Button Support\CPQEADM.EXE
C:\COMPAQ\CPQINET\CPQInet.exe
C:\Compaq\EAKDRV\EAUSBKBD.EXE
C:\PROGRA~1\Compaq\EASYAC~1\BttnServ.exe
C:\Program Files\AIM95\aim.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
C:\Documents and Settings\Casey\Local Settings\Temp\Temporary Directory 3 for hijackthis[1].zip\HijackThis.exe

R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Start Page = http://my.screenname.aol.com/_cqr/lo...triedAimAuth=y
R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = C:\WINDOWS\system32\search.html
R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page = C:\WINDOWS\System32\blank.htm
O2 - BHO: (no name) - {06849E9F-C8D7-4D59-B87D-784B7D6BE0B3} - C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 5.0\Reader\ActiveX\AcroIEHelper.ocx
O2 - BHO: WinShow module - {6CC1C918-AE8B-4373-A5B4-28BA1851E39A} - C:\WINDOWS\winshow.dll
O3 - Toolbar: &Radio - {8E718888-423F-11D2-876E-00A0C9082467} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\msdxm.ocx
O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [CPQEASYACC] C:\Program Files\Compaq\Easy Access Button Support\StartEAK.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [Microsoft Works Update Detection] C:\Program Files\Microsoft Works\WkDetect.exe
O4 - Global Startup: ZoneAlarm.lnk = C:\Program Files\Zone Labs\ZoneAlarm\zonealarm.exe
O12 - Plugin for .mov: C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\PLUGINS\npqtplugin.dll
O19 - User stylesheet: C:\WINDOWS\Web\oslogo.bmp

[usil]

Here are some important steps I did to get rid of ALL unwanted pop-ups.
1. The minute I connected to cable broadband and installed XP, I got XXX pop-ups unrelated to internet explorer. I turned off the Windows Messaging service, and it stopped (haven't had one of those since).
2. I have zonealarm (free version) firewall running.
3. Spywareblaster
4. Spybot S & D
5. Ad-aware
6. Google toolbar version 2 Beta. Apart from being the best search engine around, it also includes the best pop-up killer I have ever used. HIGHLY recommended!