I am looking for some good antivirus software or freeware that is good at preventing these horrible popups. I have ThreatFire that is my current antiviral software, but these popups keep getting through. I also have spybot which is good at getting rid of malware/spyware, but what is good at preventing these stupid popups?
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Firefox browser + Addblock Plus add-on
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
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Well, that depends. What popups are you seeing, and when do they appear?
If you run full/thorough system scans with both ThreatFire and Spybot, do they find anything?If cameras add ten pounds, why would people want to eat them? -
If you are using IE6 or IE7, the third party add-on "IE7Pro" has the capability to prevent, filter, white list/black list, and much more.
http://www.ie7pro.com/
It's completely free and adds a flash blocker, crash recovery, and much more.
If your problem is being caused by spyware, you're problem is more complicated and can possibly be eliminated by using Superantispyware and Malwarebytes. I recommend the free versions of both and they are available for download here
http://fileforum.betanews.com/
and here.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/
Good advice from deckard8; Firefox with AdBlock Plus; it's a much safer browser than IE. If you use Firefox, also employ the "NoScript" add-on.
You can cross-transfer bookmarks, history, and other information between IE and Firefox.
I hope this helps.THREADKILLER !
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I also use a hosts file.
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All of my browsers do it. Can't do much about popunders. Things that show up when you close your browser.
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Originally Posted by deckard8
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722"To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research." - Steven Wright
"Megalomaniacal, and harder than the rest!" -
1.Don't visit malicious websites(porn,bittorrent,etc).
2.In IE6 or 7 set the popup filter to High or use Firefox.
3.Use SuperAntiSpyware to check your OS for malware,the pro version will prevent a malicious website from taking over your browser.
Here's a good test: http://www.popuptest.com/ -
1.Don't visit malicious websites(porn,bittorrent,etc).
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I have tried many many peces of protection software, here is my 2 cents worth.
For the home user the paid for software does not seem better than the free.
I recently , stupidly, got the copy-book malaware. Nothing spotted it on install.
Only Malawarebytes got rid of it but I had to download the software and updates on another computer then using a usb stick install the stuff on the infected computer as it had been stopped from installing anything on line ! even updates.
I disconnected the infected PC from the Internet first.
After 5 scans and re-boots it went.
So having said all that I use:-
Spybot
Winpatrol
Avira anti virus
Set IE to only allow pop-ups on holding the crtl key is another thing I do.
Also regular use of lavasoft and ca anti spy.
I did try to set IE to ask me everytime is wanted to store a cookie but it gets boring. -
I use Firefox and it's been so long ago that I received a popup (many months) I just thought the whole popup thing was something that didn't happen anymore. Maybe I'm just lucky,but Firefox seems to stop all the popups without me even thinking about it.
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The one important thing which some people still not do, is create a backup (especially having a computer connected to the internet). What is so damn hard about spending a short time (5-10mins?) creating a system backup which will save your arse sooner or later and give you flexibility.
As for the topic in question, i use firefox and adblock+, which since using them i have not seen a single pop up/under. Also using the browser with sandboxie can help if the website tries to install (more like force) items on your machine. -
preventing these horrible popups
.Don't visit malicious websites(porn,bittorrent,etc).
porn is a big money maker. Any porn site that hands out malware is most likely a rogue site set up just for that purpose. Plenty of scam torrent sites to, otherwise malware would come via a download off of a network that you chose to install to your machine.
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