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  • From: "Colleen McCarthy" <cmccarthy1 AT nc.rr.com>
  • To: "'Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/'" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [internetworkers] Re: Pop Ups
  • Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 11:09:30 -0400

Thanks much for all the feedback (and for dealing with the dyslexia DSL,
not DLS)! Colleen

Colleen McCarthy, MT(ASCP), BSEE, MBA, PMP
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-----Original Message-----
From: internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Bill
Geschwind
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 10:00 AM
To: 'Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/'
Subject: RE: [internetworkers] Re: Pop Ups


If she's using Windows, she can use Ad-aware
(http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/) or Spybot Search &
Destroy (security.kolla.de/) to find and remove adware and spyware on
her computer. If she's using Windows 2000 or XP, she should also disable
the Messenger Service, which will also prevent certain types of pop-ups
from appearing.

HTH,
Bill


-----Original Message-----
From: internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:internetworkers-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of James
Manning
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 8:54 AM
To: Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/
Subject: [internetworkers] Re: Pop Ups

> Has she installed any programs lately? Some "free" utilities out there

> install popupware that stays on your computer and puts up ads every 10

> minutes that look like popups but really aren't.

The P2P file sharing entities are usually high on that list.

FWIW, as a possible solution, there's the google toolbar

http://toolbar.google.com/
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James Manning <http://www.sublogic.com/james/>
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