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Posted by Jim Watt on July 10, 2005, 11:04 am
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>T R wrote:
>> I am running both the Google toolbar pop-up blocker and the one that I am
>> pretty sure is part of Internet Explorer. I am running Spybot S&D, Ad Aware
>> and just bought ScanSpyware and ran it. I am still having terrible trouble
>> with pop ups even with all of this in place. Just closed 15 windows. I have
>> not had this problem until recently so I must have accidentally allowed
>> something in that is giving ,me trouble. Someone please help!!! What
>> should I do????
>>
>> TR
>>
>>
>Have you used the BHO feature in Spybot advanced mode? it may be there,
>hard to tell from nfo provided.
>
>Check loaded ActiveX controls with Spybot advanced mode, make sure you
>know what controls are loaded.
>
>There are a number of system checks and fixes in Spybot that require
>advanced mode. I suspect it is one of the two above. I saw a new
>www.web.search yesterday on a friends machine that utilized a BHO
>(browser helper object (You feel helped?))
>
>Have you run an AV scan? There are some worm and Trojan exploits that
>also do this.
>
>Best bet however is not to use IE as default browser. Firefox
>www.mozilla.org doesn't do ActiveX and avoids many of those type
>exploits. Do not try to uninstall IE as it is needed by the system, but
>firefox will avoid such things usually.
>
>Winged
There is also a useful boc in the advanced setup of IE which
should be unchecked that says
'Allow third party extensions'
That gets rid of a lot of problems in one click
--
Jim Watt
http://www.gibnet.com
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