address webpage problems

[Pete]

recently I began having problems with getting to webpage
I typed in address nav bar. I will type the webpage I
want to go to but end up getting pornographic webpages
instead of webpage I entered that has nothing to do with
porn sites. I have run Norton antivirus scan on IE-6
folders & there is no virus present. What can I do to
stop these porn sites from poping up instead of web sites
I am wanting to go into? (ie, bank website, google
website, etc).

 

[H. S.]

recently I began having problems with getting to webpage
I typed in address nav bar. I will type the webpage I
want to go to but end up getting pornographic webpages
instead of webpage I entered that has nothing to do with
porn sites. I have run Norton antivirus scan on IE-6
folders & there is no virus present. What can I do to
stop these porn sites from poping up instead of web sites
I am wanting to go into? (ie, bank website, google
website, etc).

The problem is with IE6. It allows external sites to open popups or run
javascripts. After having enough of it, I just installed
MozillaFirebird, as I have mentioned in my many other posts to everybody
who is having popup problems. MozillaFirebird (if you want everything,
install MOzilla), gives me full contor over popups and many other
things. It is free. It gives tabbed browsing. It also gives me full
contorl over font size (CTRL and + keys to increas, and CTRL and - keys
to decrease):
http://texturizer.net/firebird/download.html

HTH,
->HS

 

[YK]

The problem is with IE6. It allows external sites to open popups or
run javascripts. After having enough of it, I just installed
MozillaFirebird, as I have mentioned in my many other posts to
everybody who is having popup problems. MozillaFirebird (if you want
everything, install MOzilla), gives me full contor over popups and
many other things. It is free. It gives tabbed browsing. It also
gives me full contorl over font size (CTRL and + keys to increas, and
CTRL and - keys to decrease):
http://texturizer.net/firebird/download.html

HTH,
->HS

Having to change to Mozilla is not necessary. The new Google Toolbar has a
good pop-up blocker.
http://toolbar.google.com/index-beta.php

Font size can be changed with a wheel mouse by Ctrl wheel up or down.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

recently I began having problems with getting to webpage
I typed in address nav bar. I will type the webpage I
want to go to but end up getting pornographic webpages
instead of webpage I entered that has nothing to do with
porn sites. I have run Norton antivirus scan on IE-6
folders & there is no virus present. What can I do to
stop these porn sites from poping up instead of web sites
I am wanting to go into? (ie, bank website, google
website, etc).

Get and run these four programs:
Ad-Aware:
http://lavasoft.element5.com/support/download/
and
Spybot - Search & Destroy -
http://security.kolla.de/index.php?lang=en&page=download
http://spybot.eon.net.au/
http://www.tomcoyote.org/SPYBOT/
and
BHO Demon: http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads/bhod/
and
SpywareBlaster:
http://www.wilderssecurity.net/spywareblaster.html