adware spyware?

[Guest]

Im having pop ups and adware the last 2 weeks and i have windows defender and
a good virus checker. I use mozilla and im sick of it. The boxes pop up
saying golden casino, or that i have adult tracks of my computer and i should
teat and then starts to rest with out asking. Are spyware and adware the same
and do i need to different programs to get rid of them? I got the new version
of mozilla and its still giving me pop ups, so im getting linux im told its
very good, please hellllp

 

[db]

use ie7
Im having pop ups and adware the last 2 weeks and i have windows defender and
a good virus checker. I use mozilla and im sick of it. The boxes pop up
saying golden casino, or that i have adult tracks of my computer and i should
teat and then starts to rest with out asking. Are spyware and adware the same
and do i need to different programs to get rid of them? I got the new version
of mozilla and its still giving me pop ups, so im getting linux im told its
very good, please hellllp

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Im having pop ups and adware the last 2 weeks and i have windows defender and
a good virus checker. I use mozilla and im sick of it. The boxes pop up
saying golden casino, or that i have adult tracks of my computer and i should
teat and then starts to rest with out asking. Are spyware and adware the same
and do i need to different programs to get rid of them? I got the new version
of mozilla and its still giving me pop ups, so im getting linux im told its
very good, please hellllp

To find and/or deal with issues caused by any sort of "adware"
and/or "spyware," such as Gator, Comet Cursors, Xupiter, Bonzai Buddy,
or KaZaA, and their remnants, that you've deliberately (but without
understanding the consequences) installed, two products that are quite
effective (at finding and removing this type of scumware) are Ad-Aware
from www.lavasoft.de and SpyBot Search & Destroy from
www.safer-networking.org/. Both have free versions. It's even possible
to use SpyBot Search & Destroy to "immunize" your system against most
future intrusions.

Additionally, manual removal instructions for the most common
varieties of scumware are available here:

PC Hell Spyware and Adware Removal Help
http://www.pchell.com/support/spyware.shtml

More information and assistance is available at these sites:

Blocking Ads, Parasites, and Hijackers with a Hosts File
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

The Parasite Fight
http://www.aumha.org/a/parasite.htm


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[Guest]

wow ty for the fast reply,i dont use ie as i never liked it as it had to many
pop ups. Although im sure now it has a built in blocker i havent used it in a
few yrs. Why does it say exploiter when i open it instead of explorer it
makes me feel its unsafe to use. how do i know what version i have as in
mozilla i just rt click help and hit about mozilla. I just opened ie and a
pop up came on again about scanning my puter and just started it on its own
so useing it will be same problems as mozilla, can someone help with my
adware question above ty

 

[Alias]

use ie7

Don't use HTML in newsgroups. It's tacky.

Alias

 

[db]

sure,
first of all what you are experiencing
and irritated with has been incurred by
everyone in the world. so you are not
alone. further, there has been many
advances with combating these irritants
as well.

if you get a message referring to
exploiter instead of explorer, then
this is a 100% guarantee that
your operating system has been
compromised.

what you need to do is to primarily
use as many Microsoft products as
possible firstly. since all of the
attacks and hacks has been against
Microsoft, then it has been Microsoft's
primary task to defend and make all
of it's products safe as possible.

after you have set up a pc with
pure Microsoft products and have
set up your defenses and recovery
methods, then you can install third
party software that may or may not
be safe.

if i'm not mistaken mozilla based software
has always been ad sponsored. but then
there is other software that prevents the
pop ups.

since it has been years for you, it might
be worthwhile to re evaluate your situation
and make a change for the better. with
regards to likes or dislikes with Microsoft
products, it really should be of no consequence
for you and you should simply get on the Microsoft band
wagon and make your pc safe from outsiders
and your computer experience enjoyable. This
should be what is important here......

- db
wow ty for the fast reply,i dont use ie as i never liked it as it had to many
pop ups. Although im sure now it has a built in blocker i havent used it in a
few yrs. Why does it say exploiter when i open it instead of explorer it
makes me feel its unsafe to use. how do i know what version i have as in
mozilla i just rt click help and hit about mozilla. I just opened ie and a
pop up came on again about scanning my puter and just started it on its own
so useing it will be same problems as mozilla, can someone help with my
adware question above ty

 

[Galen Somerville]

"db" <databaseben.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
sure,
first of all what you are experiencing
and irritated with has been incurred by
everyone in the world. so you are not
alone. further, there has been many
advances with combating these irritants
as well.

if you get a message referring to
exploiter instead of explorer, then
this is a 100% guarantee that
your operating system has been
compromised.

what you need to do is to primarily
use as many Microsoft products as
possible firstly. since all of the
attacks and hacks has been against
Microsoft, then it has been Microsoft's
primary task to defend and make all
of it's products safe as possible.

after you have set up a pc with
pure Microsoft products and have
set up your defenses and recovery
methods, then you can install third
party software that may or may not
be safe.

if i'm not mistaken mozilla based software
has always been ad sponsored. but then
there is other software that prevents the
pop ups.

since it has been years for you, it might
be worthwhile to re evaluate your situation
and make a change for the better. with
regards to likes or dislikes with Microsoft
products, it really should be of no consequence
for you and you should simply get on the Microsoft band
wagon and make your pc safe from outsiders
and your computer experience enjoyable. This
should be what is important here......


Yes, that's important but so is not using HTML in a newsgroup.

Galen

- db
wow ty for the fast reply,i dont use ie as i never liked it as it had to
many
pop ups. Although im sure now it has a built in blocker i havent used it in
a
few yrs. Why does it say exploiter when i open it instead of explorer it
makes me feel its unsafe to use. how do i know what version i have as in
mozilla i just rt click help and hit about mozilla. I just opened ie and a
pop up came on again about scanning my puter and just started it on its own
so useing it will be same problems as mozilla, can someone help with my
adware question above ty