how can i identify & remove the program that's launching popup ads in my PC. i used xoftspy & yahoo anti-spy.
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Yes, Adaware and Spybot are good.   But you could also try the Free version of Microsoft Anit-spyware.  Oddly enough to my extreme surprise, this Microsoft product caught spyware the other two didn't.
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look for a button on your internet explorer that says blocking popups, then press it to allow. If there is none look in the bottom right hand side of the monitor to see what programs are running in the background. If you see the popup block right click on it and deactivate.
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Try going to a section in your computer called, "My Computer," and deleting the programs you do not want.  It would also benefit you to download a "POP UP" protector.  If my answer doesn't help you, then put your question in the Internet Section of this Q&A group.
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Anti spy removes spyware, adwares & cookies picked by your computer from various websites, only when you run it. Pop-up blocker is different, it remains active all the times. If you need to install a pop-up blocker simply download yahoo toolbar, it has a pop up blocker installed in it. \n\nhttp://toolbar.yahoo.com
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You should try one of the following free sources :\n1) Ad-Aware (www.lavasoft.com)\n2) Spybot search and destroy \n3) windows defender (microsoft.com)
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Would suggest doing a search for a program called "Adaware" which is a free spyware removal tool.\n\nAlso look into downloading the newest version of Yahoo! Companion toolbar with the Pop-up blocker AND Anti-Spy spyware search feature.\n\nLook into purchasing a virus scan program that detects spyware (most of them do now a days) and also you'll want a firewall if you do a lot of online searching and shopping, this stops a lot of spyware.\n\nAlso look into downloading the Mozilla Firefox web browser. It's an amazing alternative to Internet Explorer. Firefox is faster, safer, and has loads of more features built right in INCLUDING spyware protection and pop-up blocking.\n\n\nSimply put, if's it's not a spyware problem. The Yahoo Companion toolbar catches 95% of them for me, and that would the simplest solution. But you may already be using that as your pop-up blocker.
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Download Yahoo! toolbar , run the anti-spy from it , itll detect it and give you an option to remove it. It has always detected all the ad wares and spy wares on my PC , I hope it gets yours too.\n\nDownload it from the link below:\nhttp://toolbar.yahoo.com/config/slv4_page?.p=featureantispy&.cpdl=iy\n\nHave a nice day\n\n:)
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HI friend,\n     I have always come across those popups that popup unwantedly when you visit some unknown or sometimes even well known websites.\n     If you are using a Windows XP Operating System, then try to install Service Pack 2, which can easily solve the problem.\n     If you dont have WIN XP Operating System or even face problems after installing WIN XP SP2, then its good to have a search engine toolbar, I am talking about the best toolbar to use, the Google Toolbar, can easily solve the problem as it has many inbuilt features including popup blocker.\n     And my last preference for blocking popup is a third party Hitware Popup Killer software tool, which can easily block popups, I think its a freeware.\n\n     Thats it, have a good time\n          warm regards,\n            K.A.G.S.
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If you like using Internet Explorer, get the Yahoo! or Google toolbar, both have pop-up stoppers.\n\nI personally like Mozilla Firefox with the adblocker  plugin. With it you get next to no ads, not even the normal banner ads.\n\nAlso get Spybot Search and Destroy, and Adaware. These two programs are great for searching your computer and removing existing spyware, helping lower your pop-ups.\n\nLinks are in the Sources section.
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for removing ad-aware and spyware the following is the best free program to use:\n\nhttp://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/\n\nFor pop up blocking you could use the in-built pop up blocker that comes with service pack 2 for windows, otherwise do what i do and use a different browser.. i use FireFox, get hardly any pop ups with this.\n\nTo be honest, once you have removed all the spyware and stuff from your computer you will barely get any popups so may not need a blocker
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Yahoo!   My Yahoo!   Mail     \n  Welcome, pslfloridaprinces...\n[Sign Out, My Account]\n   \n Toolbar Home \n\n \nYahoo! Toolbar Help \nYahoo! Toolbar > Toolbar Help > Pop-Up Blocker Help > \nRelated Links \n·  Yahoo! Help  \n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n \nFurther Reading \n·  More on Yahoo! \n \n \n   Why do I still see pop-ups even though Pop-Up Blocker is enabled? \nSpyware and adware authors are very persistent, making it is almost impossible to block all pop-ups all the time. Blocking pop-ups is an ongoing process, with pop-up authors constantly looking for ways to get around current pop-up blockers, and pop-up blockers finding those new ways and blocking them. If Pop-up Blocker is enabled, you have followed all the steps below, and you are still seeing unwanted pop-ups, web developers may have discovered a new way to get around the current Pop-Up Blocker. \n\nThere are 5 known types of pop-ups that you might still see even with Pop-Up Blocker enabled:\n\n1. Pop-up ads from adware \n\nThis is the most common reason you are still seeing popups, especially ones for adult sites. These may look like this: \n\n\n\nIf you are still seeing pop-ups that look like this, especially ones promoting explicit web sites, most likely some web site or program has installed adware on your system without your knowledge. You can stop these popups by removing these programs from your system. Yahoo! Toolbar 5.5 and higher for Internet Explorer, and Yahoo! Toolbar 0.4b and higher for Mozilla Firefox contain Anti-Spy, a spyware and adware remover. Run Anti-Spy by clicking on the Anti-Spy icon () in the Yahoo! Toolbar and selecting "Run Anti-Spy". \n\nIf you do not have Anti-Spy, install the latest version of Yahoo! Toolbar available at http://toolbar.yahoo.com. For more information about Anti-Spy, please visit the Anti-Spy help page. You can also learn more about spyware and adware by searching on Yahoo! Search. \n\nMost adware and spyware is installed on your computer without your knowledge due to operating a computer on the Internet without any protection from people trying to take over your computer. For more information about protecting your computer online, please visit the Yahoo! Security Center. With proper precautions you can greatly reduce the likelihood of this happening again. \n\n2. JavaScript debugger windows \n\nThese will look something like this: \n\n\n\n\nIf you are seeing Run-Time error windows for JavaScript, click here for help. \n\n3. Windows Messaging service \nThese will look something like this: \n\n\n\n\nIf you are seeing unwanted Windows Messenger pop-ups, click here for instructions on how to stop them. \n4. User-requested popups \n\nOne type of popup we cannot block are user-requested popups. If you click on a link and that link is supposed to open a new window, Pop-Up Blocker has no way of knowing the type of window about to be displayed but has to assume that if you clicked on the link, you wanted the pop-up. A common example of this would be a new mail compose window that might appear after clicking on a link in your web-based email. Pop-Up Blocker cannot block those sorts of pop-ups without breaking many popular web sites. \n\n5. Yahoo! Feature Tips \n\nIf you are seeing a purple and gray panel sliding down from the top of your Internet Explorer window, that is not a popup. It is a Feature Tip provided by the Yahoo! Toolbar. See the Toolbar Help pages for more information on Yahoo! Toolbar Feature Tips, including what they are and how to disable them. \n \n \n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n \nWas this information useful?  \n   \n   \n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nClick to contact Customer Care for further assistance  \n   \n     \n \n\n\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nCopyright
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I would recommend using TrendMicro's (formerly SpySubtract) Anti-Spyware.  You can download a trial version here:\n\nhttp://www.trendmicro.com/download/trial/trial-as.asp\n\nI used to use Spybot, Yahoo Anti-Virus, Ad-Aware,... you name it, I tried it.  Anyway, TrendMicro's product worked for me!!
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It was probably it's own form of spyware.  that happened to me on my last computer.  I kept getting these horrible pop-ups and windows that would open when I turned on my computer telling me I had viruses and trojan horse programs, but the only crappy program I had was that self-replicating impossible-to-get-rid-of annoying pop up.  It was a virus program (the repair guy said) and it (the pop up) wanted money to buy it's removal service.  Taught me to be careful of clicking on any unknown link.  I have no idea how I ended up with that thing on my computer or why my security program didn't catch it.
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if you are using windows XP, then go to TOOLS>>POPUP BLOCKER>>TURN OFF POPUP BLOCKER. But if you're using a software like yahoo! toolbar, or google tool bar or which ever toolbar, then you can click on the popup blocker icon and switch it off, otherwise you can go to control panel and uninstall the software or whichever toolbar you have, you can also try clicking VIEW>>TOOLBAR>>AND UNCHECK THE TOOLBAR That you think contains the popup blocker. GOOD LUCK
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You got adware Download adware removal from http://www.download.com
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You have spyware/adware installed on your computer..\nDownload a freeware antispyware prog like spybot search & destroy (which you can find at www.download.com) and scan your computer to remove the spyware and adware=]\n\nand i suggest you download a popup blocker too..
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Try some of these:\n\nSpyware, Adware, Trojans, Malware, Dialers, Keyloggers, Popups:\nhttp://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3003-8022_4-10399602.html?tag=tab_rev\nhttp://www.ewido.net/en/download/\nhttp://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html\nhttp://www.download.com/Bazooka-Adware-and-Spyware-Scanner/3000-8022-10247782.html\nhttp://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sgdownload.html\nhttp://www.safer-networking.org/\nhttp://www.download.com/HijackThis/3000-8022_4-10379544.html\nhttp://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/download/\nOnline Scanners:\nhttp://www.webroot.com/consumer/products/spysweeper/freescan.html?\nhttp://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx\nhttp://www.pandasoftware.com/products/activescan.htm\nhttp://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html\nhttp://www.windowsecurity.com/trojanscan/\nhttp://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner\nhttp://www.spywareguide.com/onlinescan.php\nhttp://housecall65.trendmicro.com/\nSpyware, Adware, Trojans, Malware, Dialers, Keyloggers, Popups Lists:\nhttp://www.softpedia.com/catList/104\nhttp://www.download.com/Adware-Spyware-Removal/3150-8022_4-0.html?tag=dir\nhttp://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html\nhttp://www.filehippo.com/software/antispyware/setarea\nhttp://www.soft32.com/s/Windows/Security/AntiSpyware/3-9-0-0.html\nAntivirus:\nhttp://free.grisoft.com/doc/avg-anti-virus-free/lng/us/tpl/v5\nhttp://www.avast.com/\nhttp://www.free-av.com/\nhttp://www.bitdefender.com/PRODUCT-14-en--BitDefender-8-Free-Edition.html\nAntivirus Lists:\nhttp://www.softpedia.com/catList/1\nhttp://www.download.com/Antivirus/3150-2239_4-0.html?tag=dir\nhttp://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads29.html\nhttp://www.filehippo.com/software/antivirus/\nhttp://www.soft32.com/s/Windows/Security/Antivirus/3-1-0-0.html\nFirewall:\nhttp://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp?dc=12bms&ctry=US&lang=en&lid=staticcomp_za\nFirewall Lists:\nhttp://www.softpedia.com/catList/97\nhttp://www.download.com/Firewalls/3150-10435_4-0.html?tag=dir\nhttp://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads34.html\nhttp://www.filehippo.com/software/firewalls/\nhttp://www.soft32.com/s/Windows/Security/Firewalls/3-5-0-0.html\nIP Blocker:\nhttp://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/peerguardian/pg2-050918-nt.exe?download\nBrowser:\nhttp://www.mozilla.com/firefox/\nEmail, News, RSS:\nhttp://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/\nSystem Cleaner:\nhttp://www.ccleaner.com/\nSystem Cleaning List:\nhttp://www.softpedia.com/catList/98\nhttp://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads12.html\nhttp://www.filehippo.com/software/cleaning/\nSystem Info:\nhttp://www.softpedia.com/catList/92\nhttp://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads9.html\nhttp://www.soft32.com/s/Windows/System_Utilities/System_Tools/3-50-0-0.html