Hi I know this is OT but I hoped more people go here than than the OT forum. I have a problem which is getting me down...... Well you all know we get spam (don't start singing yet!) ok so we get it on e-mail, now I get it on my mobile but what is getting me down is Spam Pop UPs when I log on to the net. The sort of thing that says 'to play this game press ok' or 'to contact Saucy Susan hit the OK button!' I have saved several of these as screen prints some have telephone numbers on them to call. Does anyone know what to do about this? I may have posted something about this before if I have I apologise but this is getting me down...I can see one of these days my missus or myself hitting the 'OK' button by mistake (instead of the close X) and getting zapped with a virus. Either that or I'll have some explaining to do about Saucy Susan's services. Lol thanks (sorry about the rant) Dave

There are several free pop-up stopers out there..do a google search!

Hi,

Are you using WinXP? If so it's apparently something to do with the built-in "messenger service". Try this ...

1. Open Windows.
2. Go to "My Computer"
3. Go to "Control Panel"
4. Go to "Performance & Maintenance"
5. Go to "Administrative Tools"
6. Go to "Services"
7. Scroll down to "Messenger" and select it (highlight it by clicking once) Read the description that shows up on the left side of the screen. At the top left side of the little rectanglar window, select the "stop the service" link. The status of "Messenger Service" can be seen on the right as disabled.
8. Close the window and exit to desktop. You do not need to restart.

It seems to work but you have to do it each time you restart, which is rather annoying, as Windows turns it back on by default.

Hope this helps!

Steve

I have Zonealarm Pro which gives you the option of blocking ads on webpages and popups. I too was getting very annoyed with this problem, until I installed Zonealarm. My Pc never runs without it now. And just to be sure, I also have a Trojan hunter program I run every day or so and Adaware, as well as Norton Antivirus. I too live in the UK :-)

I think if you set the service to Manual it won't turn on unless you go in and start it up, thus saving you from having to turn it off each time you start the computer up.

Netscape 7.2 has a pop-up blocker that you can turn on in the Privacy and Security portion of their preferences. You can even allow certain pop-ups if you like. I've totally shut down the pop-ups and am loving it.

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Attached Link: http://www.panicware.com

Cybia's right : these are not pop-ups. Pop-ups are HTML pages which appear while you are surfing. Their code is embedded in the page you are visiting. Pop-ups killers mentionned above won't do against them. The messages you get with a "OK" button are network messages (if you click on OK nothing happens). This is a facility that is given to network masters (in a firm for instance) to send a message to all connected users at once. They appear when you are connected, wether you are surfing or not. Actually, it is some firm that scans open connections and send you these messages without you doing anything. If you want to get rid of them, you have 2 options : 1- If you're not in a network (or don't need this facility for your home network), then do as Cybia says. 2- If you're at work, ask the sysop. He/she will know what to do.

If your on a Mac, Safari has a built in web blocker. Works like a charm.