A relative has a Dell PC running XP. They have an ad that pops up
when they try to go online.

I have downloaded Free Adaware. But you need to pay for the
registration that will enable you to get rid of the problem.

Is there a similar free program that does it all without charge ?

Seems Adaware used to be entirely free.

I go over there tomorrow and thought I was ok with this but then
decided to install it to make sure it works.

Any ideas will be appreciated.

Regards,

Bill Watt
Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/

Lavasoft Adaware is still free, it appears you downloaded something else.
The 'Free Adaware' might be a trojan
http://www.lavasoft.nu/single/trialpay.php - NB Free version, on the left,
not the trial on the right.

SpyBot Search & Destroy is also free
http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html

As is MS Defender
There are others

"Bill Watt" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> A relative has a Dell PC running XP. They have an ad that pops up
> when they try to go online.
>
> I have downloaded Free Adaware. But you need to pay for the
> registration that will enable you to get rid of the problem.
>
> Is there a similar free program that does it all without charge ?
>
> Seems Adaware used to be entirely free.
>
> I go over there tomorrow and thought I was ok with this but then
> decided to install it to make sure it works.
>
> Any ideas will be appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bill Watt
> Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/
>

Bill Watt wrote:
> A relative has a Dell PC running XP. They have an ad that pops up
> when they try to go online.
>
> I have downloaded Free Adaware. But you need to pay for the
> registration that will enable you to get rid of the problem.
>
> Is there a similar free program that does it all without charge ?
>
> Seems Adaware used to be entirely free.
>
> I go over there tomorrow and thought I was ok with this but then
> decided to install it to make sure it works.
>
> Any ideas will be appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bill Watt
> Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/
>

Where did you download it from ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaware

When I downloaded the "free" version, I got

Ad-AwareAE.exe 37,452,296 bytes
MD5sum = 6bea12e8024eff1bba7f8bf40293d7ea

I installed it in my "throw away environment", a copy of
Win2K in a VirtualPC session. It installed, then an
Updater thing ran, which downloaded more stuff. Then
the OS did a reboot, my Win2K started again, and a
Ad-Aware window appeared. When I checked the License,
it said the "Free" version was installed. So it
appeared to be registered.

I don't know if that matches your experience or not.
Could it be you had some other version of Ad-Aware
on the system, and some license key in the registry
has the software confused over what version is
supposed to run ?

Paul

go here http://download.cnet.com/windows/ and download malewarebytes I found
it to be
a pretty good program. It is free
"Bill Watt" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> A relative has a Dell PC running XP. They have an ad that pops up
> when they try to go online.
>
> I have downloaded Free Adaware. But you need to pay for the
> registration that will enable you to get rid of the problem.
>
> Is there a similar free program that does it all without charge ?
>
> Seems Adaware used to be entirely free.
>
> I go over there tomorrow and thought I was ok with this but then
> decided to install it to make sure it works.
>
> Any ideas will be appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bill Watt
> Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/
>

Use my Remove-it software, it will remove that malware from your system.
Choose yes for all options when prompted. Download it here
http://www.ms-mvp.org/

--
The Real Truth http://pcbutts1-therealtruth.blogspot.com/
*WARNING* Do NOT follow any advice given by the people listed below.
They do NOT have the expertise or knowledge to fix your issue. Do not waste
your time.
David H Lipman, Malke, PA Bear, Beauregard T. Shagnasty, Leythos.




"Bill Watt" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> A relative has a Dell PC running XP. They have an ad that pops up
> when they try to go online.
>
> I have downloaded Free Adaware. But you need to pay for the
> registration that will enable you to get rid of the problem.
>
> Is there a similar free program that does it all without charge ?
>
> Seems Adaware used to be entirely free.
>
> I go over there tomorrow and thought I was ok with this but then
> decided to install it to make sure it works.
>
> Any ideas will be appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bill Watt
> Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/
>

Why do you continue to tempt posters with your worthless trash?
"Leythos" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:XTcSl.16707$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Use my Remove-it software, it will remove that malware from your system.
> Choose yes for all options when prompted. Download it here
> http://www.ms-mvp.org/
>
> --
> The Real Truth http://pcbutts1-therealtruth.blogspot.com/
> *WARNING* Do NOT follow any advice given by the people listed below.
> They do NOT have the expertise or knowledge to fix your issue. Do not
> waste your time.
> David H Lipman, Malke, PA Bear, Beauregard T. Shagnasty, Leythos.
>
>
>
>
> "Bill Watt" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>> A relative has a Dell PC running XP. They have an ad that pops up
>> when they try to go online.
>>
>> I have downloaded Free Adaware. But you need to pay for the
>> registration that will enable you to get rid of the problem.
>>
>> Is there a similar free program that does it all without charge ?
>>
>> Seems Adaware used to be entirely free.
>>
>> I go over there tomorrow and thought I was ok with this but then
>> decided to install it to make sure it works.
>>
>> Any ideas will be appreciated.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Bill Watt
>> Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/
>>
>

Use the DOWNLOAD button on the /left/ side of this page:
http://www.lavasoft.com/single/trialpay.php ...which should redirect you to
http://download.cnet.com/Ad-Aware-An...bj=dl&tag=top5

Lavasoft (Ad-Aware) Support Forums
http://www.lavasoftsupport.com/
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002


Bill Watt wrote:
> A relative has a Dell PC running XP. They have an ad that pops up
> when they try to go online.
>
> I have downloaded Free Adaware. But you need to pay for the
> registration that will enable you to get rid of the problem.
>
> Is there a similar free program that does it all without charge ?
>
> Seems Adaware used to be entirely free.
>
> I go over there tomorrow and thought I was ok with this but then
> decided to install it to make sure it works.
>
> Any ideas will be appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bill Watt
> Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/

On May 24, 2:01*am, Bill Watt <nobw...@ptd.net> wrote:
> A relative has a Dell PC running XP. They have an ad that pops up
> when they try to go online.
>
> I have downloaded Free Adaware. But you need to pay for the
> registration that will enable you to get rid of the problem.
>
> Is there a similar free program that does it all without charge ?
>
> Seems Adaware used to be entirely free.
>
> I go over there tomorrow and thought I was ok with this but then
> decided to install it to make sure it works.
>
> Any ideas will be appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bill Watt *
> Win98 Computer Help & Other Information *http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/

If "online" means using a web browser like Internet Explorer to visit
web pages and "ads the pop up" means advertisements from places that
you don't care to know about or see...

Internet Explorer (the default Windows browser) has a built in pop up
blocker that will prevent some ads. This is under Tools, Pop-up
Blocker. It is either on or off. It does a fair job.

To get arguably the best ad free browsing experience, consider the
Firefox browser. It also blocks ads and lets you manually block (and
add to your list) ones that slip through.

Firefox also has an "add-on" called Adblock, that does a very good job
and gets updated regularly. All this is free and has a good
reputation and loyal following.

You can have both IE and Firefox installed and take your pick.

I have not seen a pop-up ad in a long time.

Don't confuse this with malicious software scanning tools. Free
scanning software is available and certain feature are disabled, so
you just update and run them manually at your leisure.

Here are some good free malware tools:

Download, install, update and do a full scan with these three free
malware detection programs:

Malwarebytes (MBAM): http://malwarebytes.org/
SUPERAntiSpyware: (SAS): http://www.superantispyware.com/
AVG (AVG): http://free.avg.com/

Sometimes when you see an ad, you can right click it and choose to
block it manually

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The headers from the Usenet posts prove that the message was not posted
by myself, Leythos. The Usenet troll/unethical hack, PCBUTTS is posting
impersonating myself, proving all the bad things that this group has
posted about him and proving just how unethical he is.

You should avoid following any advice from impersonation based posts.

Complaint filed with (E-Mail Removed), (E-Mail Removed)


--
You can't trust your best friends, your five senses, only the little
voice inside you that most civilians don't even hear -- Listen to that.
Trust yourself.
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I've downloaded Free Adaware and tested it on my XP notebook. It
looks good. I also installed Free AVG and tested it . It looks good
also.

I'm supposed to get over there tomorrow, I'll post the result.

Thanks to all.

Regards,

Bill Watt
Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/
____________________________________________________________

On Sun, 24 May 2009 02:01:17 -0400, Bill Watt <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>
>A relative has a Dell PC running XP. They have an ad that pops up
>when they try to go online.
>
>I have downloaded Free Adaware. But you need to pay for the
>registration that will enable you to get rid of the problem.
>
>Is there a similar free program that does it all without charge ?
>
>Seems Adaware used to be entirely free.
>
>I go over there tomorrow and thought I was ok with this but then
>decided to install it to make sure it works.
>
>Any ideas will be appreciated.
>
>Regards,
>
>Bill Watt
>Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/