Any good FREE anti-popup SW?

EvilHorace · Post by **EvilHorace** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 11:29 am

This PC at work is now being plagued by popups and I've added the google toolbar too (as I had here before) but popups are still a problem.

I have a free program at home called Free surfer but it's no longer free.

Anyone?

Cheway · Post by **Cheway** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 11:50 am

Hey. I've been running the Google Toolbar for quite some time, and I have never had a pop-up get past it. Not once. Could there be adware or spyware on that system spawning pop-ups?

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 11:59 am

service pack 2 or firefox.

but with google installed and you are still getting alot of popups you probably have spyware

Greg

DoPeY5007 · Post by **DoPeY5007** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:28 pm

once I started using FireFox, no more pop ups and very little spyware!

I say get firefox, much better then IE

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 4:19 pm

i have found a few pages here and there that still dont wotk with firefox...but no biggy. worth it. and I have had No spyware since firefox and spyware blaster. every adaware run returns "0"

Greg

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 5:42 pm

I strongly recommend you switch to Firefox and leave IE behind. Maybe .1% of the websites you'll come across will require you to go back to IE. I'd never go back to IE.

IE is such a dangerous application. I just posted a message the other day about a website that has a script on it that allows IE to disable Window's clipboard in ALL applications while that web page is open. That's NUTS. You browser shouldn't be able to have that much control of your OS.

Firefox's built-in popup stopper is excellent, and 2 minutes in the customizer can make Firefox's toolbar look and feel exactly like IE.

If you stay with IE, then right now the Google Toolbar is just about the best popup stopper I can recommend.

wvjohn · Post by **wvjohn** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 6:07 pm

try spysweeper from webroot - that is what i use

if it get's past google then its coming in through the back door

EvilHorace · Post by **EvilHorace** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 12:14 pm

Thanks! Spysweeper worked

I've got Firefox on this (work) PC too but it's not technically allowed here so IE has to stay. I think I'll be OK with both Spysweeper and the google toolbar in IE.