Pop ups??

leatha_g · January 31, 2005

Am I the only one getting pop ups when I come here now?? This makes it very troublesome, especially if I''m on my company laptop.

Iluvharleys · January 31, 2005

I haven't gotten any yet! I don't want any either!

donali · January 31, 2005

No pop-ups here... Sorry, Leatha...

Alexandra · January 31, 2005

Uh oh, sounds like you got a little virus. Do you have anything that can rout them out for you? It's not related to this website, I'm positive of that.

La_madam · January 31, 2005

Yes No Pop-ups here but then again I have 3 pop up blockers loaded on this computer.

vinesqueen · January 31, 2005

update your anti-virus signature files, it shouldn't be more than just right clicking on the AV icon in your systray, and then choose "update." Since it is a company laptop, you might need to call your help desk, or if your security people are on top of things, your sig file should be updated automatically everytime you connect to your network.

When you get random pop-ups, you probably have a bunch of spyware on your system. Ad-Aware from lava soft is good, www.lavasoftusa.com/ as is Spybot security.kolla.de/

Your AV will not detect or clean up sypware. Why? well, that is a little complicated, and there are currently debates on why this is in the security community. I can go on adnasium on security, it's my passion!

paula · January 31, 2005

no pop-ups for me either!

leatha_g · January 31, 2005

update your anti-virus signature files, it shouldn't be more than just right clicking on the AV icon in your systray, and then choose "update." Since it is a company laptop, you might need to call your help desk, or if your security people are on top of things, your sig file should be updated automatically everytime you connect to your network.
When you get random pop-ups, you probably have a bunch of spyware on your system. Ad-Aware from lava soft is good, www.lavasoftusa.com/ as is Spybot security.kolla.de/

Your AV will not detect or clean up sypware. Why? well, that is a little complicated, and there are currently debates on why this is in the security community. I can go on adnasium on security, it's my passion!

Yes. My reason for asking. I have lavasoft and I'm having to run it daily and I have NAV which was updated yesterday(and does get updated automatically). I clean this thing out and I'm still getting them. I went ahead and downloaded Yahoo's Spyware tool, which I hesitate to do. Seems to me like those things attract more than they get rid of. lol.

La_madam · January 31, 2005

I have the Yahoo spyware and so far so good..make sure you check the box where it says Scan for tracking Cookies before you run your scan...

Jammin & Losin · February 1, 2005

I get popups constanly it is SOOOO irritating!!!

vinesqueen · February 1, 2005

unfortunately, not every AV or spyware killer catches every little bit of malware. We have found that Ad-Aware and Spybot both catch things that the other missed. There are something like 4K new bits of malware released everyday, and it is very important to do frequent scans.

A software company I used to work at uses no less than 9 different AV packages to test their software before it is relased to the public.

Using a pop-up blocker works well, I currently use the Google bar, and I have switched from IE to FireFox, and while I have lost some usablility, I don't have any anoying pop-ups to deal with since making the switch. Letha, you may not have that option since you are using a company box.

Please don't heasitate to ask me any questions about computer security, it is what I live for.