Pop ups gone wild

Please help!

Ok, here's the story. I let my daughter download Kazaa on
a computer with Windows ME and I think we started to get
some pop-up annoyances, though not terrible. At some
point, I was on the computer and saw a Windows dialog box
that said the computer was becoming overwhelmed with pop-
ups and did I want to install a pop-up protector. I am
not an idiot who believes everything he sees but this
appeared to be an official windows dialog box. To my
knowledge, I successfully downloaded and installed that
program, though I may not have been successful loading it.
Does anyone know if Windows sedns this kind of dialog box?

Anyway, I noticed that, sometime after that, it seemed
like the pop ups got worse. I then noticed that my
default internet site was not yahoo and so I changed it
back, thinking that would probably solve the problem But
it is not. The only program I am using, fight now, is
Norton AV and as it is scanning I am still getting pop ups.

First of all, with Windows ME, can I restore my registry
to what I had say three days ago and undo all the Kazaa
installation and possibly phony anti-pop up installation
I've done?

Secondly, I see a bunch of programs that I don't know what
they are. Can you folk, tell me which are likely to be
the problem causing the pop ups? They are as follows:

Bargain Buddy, BDE, Eboles Moe Money Maker, IMesh, Imesh
ads support, Lycos Sideserver, MySearch Bar, New net
domains 5.48, p2p networking, peer points manager, sanity
media master, Top Text Ilookup, Viewpoint media player
(remove only), Web Hancer Customer Companion, webHancer
Survey Companion.

Thanks,
Deana

Jupiter
Tue Nov 25 00:44:45 CST 2003

Try System Restore but you should use one or both of the spyware
detection applications on the bottom of this link:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/Security.htm

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"DeanaLT@aol.com" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:089501c3b31d$116ee690$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Please help!
>
> Ok, here's the story. I let my daughter download Kazaa on
> a computer with Windows ME and I think we started to get
> some pop-up annoyances, though not terrible. At some
> point, I was on the computer and saw a Windows dialog box
> that said the computer was becoming overwhelmed with pop-
> ups and did I want to install a pop-up protector. I am
> not an idiot who believes everything he sees but this
> appeared to be an official windows dialog box. To my
> knowledge, I successfully downloaded and installed that
> program, though I may not have been successful loading it.
> Does anyone know if Windows sedns this kind of dialog box?
>
> Anyway, I noticed that, sometime after that, it seemed
> like the pop ups got worse. I then noticed that my
> default internet site was not yahoo and so I changed it
> back, thinking that would probably solve the problem But
> it is not. The only program I am using, fight now, is
> Norton AV and as it is scanning I am still getting pop ups.
>
> First of all, with Windows ME, can I restore my registry
> to what I had say three days ago and undo all the Kazaa
> installation and possibly phony anti-pop up installation
> I've done?
>
> Secondly, I see a bunch of programs that I don't know what
> they are. Can you folk, tell me which are likely to be
> the problem causing the pop ups? They are as follows:
>
> Bargain Buddy, BDE, Eboles Moe Money Maker, IMesh, Imesh
> ads support, Lycos Sideserver, MySearch Bar, New net
> domains 5.48, p2p networking, peer points manager, sanity
> media master, Top Text Ilookup, Viewpoint media player
> (remove only), Web Hancer Customer Companion, webHancer
> Survey Companion.
>
> Thanks,
> Deana

Mike
Tue Nov 25 07:09:11 CST 2003

Deana,
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/
Download: KazaaBegone
A Kazaa uninstaller which scans and removes all elements of all Kazaa
versions,
as well as all of the bundled software that comes with it.
--
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
____________________________________________________________
Mike Burgess [MVP Windows Shell\User] http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 11-23-03]
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"DeanaLT@aol.com" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:089501c3b31d$116ee690$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Please help!
>
> Ok, here's the story. I let my daughter download Kazaa on
> a computer with Windows ME and I think we started to get
> some pop-up annoyances, though not terrible. At some
> point, I was on the computer and saw a Windows dialog box
> that said the computer was becoming overwhelmed with pop-
> ups and did I want to install a pop-up protector. I am
> not an idiot who believes everything he sees but this
> appeared to be an official windows dialog box. To my
> knowledge, I successfully downloaded and installed that
> program, though I may not have been successful loading it.
> Does anyone know if Windows sedns this kind of dialog box?
>
> Anyway, I noticed that, sometime after that, it seemed
> like the pop ups got worse. I then noticed that my
> default internet site was not yahoo and so I changed it
> back, thinking that would probably solve the problem But
> it is not. The only program I am using, fight now, is
> Norton AV and as it is scanning I am still getting pop ups.
>
> First of all, with Windows ME, can I restore my registry
> to what I had say three days ago and undo all the Kazaa
> installation and possibly phony anti-pop up installation
> I've done?
>
> Secondly, I see a bunch of programs that I don't know what
> they are. Can you folk, tell me which are likely to be
> the problem causing the pop ups? They are as follows:
>
> Bargain Buddy, BDE, Eboles Moe Money Maker, IMesh, Imesh
> ads support, Lycos Sideserver, MySearch Bar, New net
> domains 5.48, p2p networking, peer points manager, sanity
> media master, Top Text Ilookup, Viewpoint media player
> (remove only), Web Hancer Customer Companion, webHancer
> Survey Companion.
>
> Thanks,
> Deana