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		Gallstaff	Oct 19, 2003
		I use the google toolbar for blocking popups but i've been getting a lot of them lately anyway and i didnt seem to have this problem before. Also they'll just popup randomly when i'm typing or whatever like one just did now and i have no other programs open even. Any suggestions?

		mal	Oct 19, 2003
		Maybe a virus?

		IceDigger	Oct 19, 2003
		Go grab a program called ad aware and also spybot.

		Gallstaff	Oct 19, 2003
		I got ad aware and I enjoy it on a most daily basis but it isn't helping. What does spybot do?

		IceDigger	Oct 19, 2003
		Same thing just more thorough.

		Djidjo	Oct 20, 2003
		Another Solution : stop using Internet Explorer and use : - Opera 7 with the option "open only requested pop-ups" - Mozilla FireBird with the checkbox "block popup windows" checked <_< and add sites in the list which are allowed to put popups. And f**k IE and MS.

		Gallstaff	Oct 20, 2003
		Bah more shit to clutter up my computer with. I swore I wouldn't junk it up this time with downloads and whatsis I dont need are you sure theres' no othere wya?

		racketboy	Oct 20, 2003
		Just use Firebird -- you won't regret it

		Gallstaff	Oct 22, 2003
		Ok I completely uinstalled IE and all is good. But now I get popups that aren't like popup windows they are popup boxes. For example something like Click YES to install wintools easy search installer! and if i click no it'll go through 5 more inwows telling me why I should click yes.

		racketboy	Oct 22, 2003
		disable the windows messaging service google for it. make sure you disable, not just stop

		Gallstaff	Oct 22, 2003
		gah I'd be on linux so fast if I wasn't a gamer

		racketboy	Oct 22, 2003
		windows is fine once you tweak it. trust me, if you can't handle this stuff, you won't handle setting up Linux

		Gallstaff	Oct 22, 2003
		No it's not that but messenger is already disabled i've had thius problem in the past and i thought i solved it but this crap keeps happening.

		racketboy	Oct 22, 2003
		not windows messenger the MESSAGING SERVICE it's different

		Gallstaff	Oct 22, 2003
		hehe my bad i hope this works

		Gallstaff	Oct 22, 2003
		aw it doesn't work

		gameboy900	Oct 23, 2003
		Those boxes that look like regular dialog boxes that ask you to click yes to install this or that are in fact a javascript thing. It's not something that can't be disabled in any browser I'm aware off and switching to a different OS won't help either. The only sure fire way of getting rid of them is to disable javascript completely. Though that would endup breaking ALOT of legit websites.

		racketboy	Oct 23, 2003
		I'm telling ya --- I don't use IE and I turn off the messaging service -- I have no popups of any sorts -- period

		Scared0o0Rabbit	Oct 23, 2003
		The ones that look like normal boxes that pop up with javascript can also be caused by the messanger service. In particular the ones you get even when you don't have a browser open. Between disabling messenger, running firebird, and hte occasional run of adaware you should get approximately no unwanted popups(or unders for that matter (/jab at x10)).

		racketboy	Oct 23, 2003
		Originally posted by Scared0o0Rabbit@Oct 24, 2003 @ 02:09 AM (/jab at x10)). who, BTW, is going out of business

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