hi how do i get rid of popups on my pc they are really irritating
pop ups on my pc
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Do they pop up when ever you visit the web? What do they pop up windows of? You may have inadvertently installed malware by visiting a site which prompted you to o.k installing something.
Have you got an Anti virus product installed?
If it's for occasional pop ups when you visit sites, you can install free pop up blockers, broswers now days have them built in too - you'd want to do the opposite to the insytructions here as you'd want to enable the blocking http://www.wikihow.com/Disable-Popup-Blockers
Have you got an Anti virus product installed?
If it's for occasional pop ups when you visit sites, you can install free pop up blockers, broswers now days have them built in too - you'd want to do the opposite to the insytructions here as you'd want to enable the blocking http://www.wikihow.com/Disable-Popup-Blockers
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As above and I'd also off get the following:
Malwarebytes from malwarebytes.org
Install that, update it and run a full scan.
If it finds something then perhaps you need to invest in some other apps to prevent malware getting onto your system.
Run it once a month, update it and perform a scan. Schedule it. Better still buy the full version and have it protecting you 24/7.
Spywareblaster (free) blocks a lot of the holes in the system to stop it coming in, in the first place.
Superantispyware is similar.
If you have an AV program like Nortons/McAfees then consider that its not done its job so maybe its time to find something better (the above 2 have a bad reputation now).
If your popups are purely web browser based then its time for AdAware to be installed, this stops the popups because it knows them from its database so prevents you seeing adverts and popups.
Consider also what web browser you use, Windows Internet Explorer is so full of holes its a joke, try Firefox or Google Chrome or both.
Malwarebytes from malwarebytes.org
Install that, update it and run a full scan.
If it finds something then perhaps you need to invest in some other apps to prevent malware getting onto your system.
Run it once a month, update it and perform a scan. Schedule it. Better still buy the full version and have it protecting you 24/7.
Spywareblaster (free) blocks a lot of the holes in the system to stop it coming in, in the first place.
Superantispyware is similar.
If you have an AV program like Nortons/McAfees then consider that its not done its job so maybe its time to find something better (the above 2 have a bad reputation now).
If your popups are purely web browser based then its time for AdAware to be installed, this stops the popups because it knows them from its database so prevents you seeing adverts and popups.
Consider also what web browser you use, Windows Internet Explorer is so full of holes its a joke, try Firefox or Google Chrome or both.
Spybot [free] will also shift anything adaware may miss.