Pop-up ad filtering

I have Windows ME. In the past week I have had a flood of
pop-up ads, some of which are very offensive. We are using
Comcast broadband for Internet connection. In one answer
to a related question I was informed some versions of
Windows have an Admin Tool called Messenger than can be
turned off to discourage these pop ups. I can't find
Messenger on my system.
*Is there something in Windows that I can adjust to fix
the problem or am I going to have to buy a pop-up filter?
*If the latter, which ones do you recommend?

kdbookie
Sat Jun 28 15:55:43 CDT 2003


>-----Original Message-----
>I have Windows ME. In the past week I have had a flood
of
>pop-up ads, some of which are very offensive. We are
using
>Comcast broadband for Internet connection. In one answer
>to a related question I was informed some versions of
>Windows have an Admin Tool called Messenger than can be
>turned off to discourage these pop ups. I can't find
>Messenger on my system.
>*Is there something in Windows that I can adjust to fix
>the problem or am I going to have to buy a pop-up
filter?
>*If the latter, which ones do you recommend?
>.
>

Try http://www.panicware.com/ they have a free
download - been using it I think it is great.

Shenan
Tue Jul 01 01:39:23 CDT 2003

fp <> wrote:
> I have Windows ME. In the past week I have had a flood of
> pop-up ads, some of which are very offensive. We are using
> Comcast broadband for Internet connection. In one answer
> to a related question I was informed some versions of
> Windows have an Admin Tool called Messenger than can be
> turned off to discourage these pop ups. I can't find
> Messenger on my system.
> *Is there something in Windows that I can adjust to fix
> the problem or am I going to have to buy a pop-up filter?
> *If the latter, which ones do you recommend?

Advice on Popups and their elimination:

http://www.fracas.net/newsgroups/generaladvice.html#popups
or
http://tinyurl.com/el9s

You may want to look over the whole page.

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Sandi
Tue Jul 01 07:02:27 CDT 2003

Your computer may have been hijacked. For information about pop-up windows,
how to get rid of them, and prevent them in the future have a look at the
link below:

http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm#pop_up

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"fp" <jfpilmer@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I have Windows ME. In the past week I have had a flood of
> pop-up ads, some of which are very offensive. We are using
> Comcast broadband for Internet connection. In one answer
> to a related question I was informed some versions of
> Windows have an Admin Tool called Messenger than can be
> turned off to discourage these pop ups. I can't find
> Messenger on my system.
> *Is there something in Windows that I can adjust to fix
> the problem or am I going to have to buy a pop-up filter?
> *If the latter, which ones do you recommend?