Annoying ads

[Gregg]

I just upgraded to XP and since then these "messages" pop
up on my screen (even when I'm not online)asking me if I'm
tired of these annoying ads. If I go to their website and
buy their product they will go away. The first message I
received by them indicated that because I'm using Windows
XP it allows them to get in and send these. I'm sick and
tired of them. What can I do? Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Gregg

 

[siljaline]

I just upgraded to XP and since then these "messages" pop
up on my screen (even when I'm not online)asking me if I'm
tired of these annoying ads. If I go to their website and
buy their product they will go away. The first message I
received by them indicated that because I'm using Windows
XP it allows them to get in and send these. I'm sick and
tired of them. What can I do? Any suggestions?

Offline popup ads are more than a nuisance, they are Spyware!

Removal Tool, your choice, novice users, Lavasoft's Ad-aware,
http://www.lavasoft.de/res/aaw6.exe
Lavasoft/Ad-aware home: http://www.lavasoftusa.com

Advanced users, SpyBot Search & Destroy,
http://studserver.uni-dortmund.de/~su1669/spybotsd12.exe
SpyBot home: http://security.kolla.de/
SpyBot How-To: http://www.tomcoyote.org/SPYBOT/

Install either but both are not necessary, reboot, read FAQ and overview, use
online update feature to obtain the latest reference files, scan for Spyware
much like you would with your pre-installed anti-virus scanner.
Rid your machine of unwanted Spyware pests.

HTH


--
siljaline

"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_