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Anyway to prevent popups for spyware installation?

 
 
Gazorp
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      8th Apr 2005
Like for the IBIS software? Is there a setting within IE to stop this
before they start?


 
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Don Varnau
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      8th Apr 2005
Hi,
If using XP SP2, IE has a built in pop-up blocker. Otherwise, the Google
toolbar and the MSN toolbar both have a pop-up blocker function.
http://toolbar.google.com/?promo=mor-tb-en
http://toolbar.msn.com/default.aspx
or
http://www.panicware.com/product_psfree.html
http://www.emsproject.com/FS/fs.htm

Also consider these security measures:
Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
SpywareBlaster: http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
IE Spyad: https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/ehowes/www/resource.htm

More security tips at
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
and
Aumha.org- The Parasite Fight: http://www.aumha.org/a/parasite.htm

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE/OE]


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      8th Apr 2005
Do you have your firewall turned off?

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