HELP ME, Please?

[FrenchieCat]

Pop up Monsters have taken over my computer. I can no longer read my emails from my yahoo mail box....cause the pop up Monsters keep taking me for a ride as soon as I log on. My screen is being taken to place it doesn't want to go.

Does anyone have a good "reliable" pop up blocking program that actually works and is "free"? I am running on Window XP. If so, I would be so ever grateful if you could provide a link.

Thank you all in advance.....

Merci, et Joyeux Noel et Chanukkah!

[pdx_prog]

1. Do a search for pop up stopper

I believe it is free....

[Metatron]

2. Two free programs that you need:

Lavasoft Adaware and Spybot Search and Destroy. They will get pretty much all the malware on your computer. I also recommend Mozilla Firefox (also free) as your browser instead of using Internet Explorer.

Lavasoft: http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
Spybot: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html

[TlalocW]

3. Also once you've downloaded and installed them

You might run both after re-booting into Safe Mode. I've done that and found that it greatly increased the number of problems found.

TlalocW

[City of Mills]

4. Download Windows XP Service Pack 2

And enable the popup blocker (Tools - Popup Blocker - Turn On Popup Blocker). If you get popups whether you're surfing the net or not, I recommend downloading Ad-Aware and updating it. Boot your pc in Safe Mode (if you know how)and run Ad-Aware.

Windows XP Service Pack 2:
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com
or
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=049C9DBE-3B8E-4F30-8245-9E368D3CDB5A&displaylang=en

Ad-Aware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

[giant_robot]

5. I use "POW" and cookiewall

http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network.htm

Everything here is freeware. Scroll down to "Browser Add-ons". POW is a pop-up blocker. I also reccomend cookiewall for managing unwanted cookies.

[EstimatedProphet]

6. Not only popups

You have a homepage hijacker too, sounds like. Get HijackThis!