/Ruth/ said:
How can I block those annoying popups that come in on my
windows taskbar? I have Windows xp,9.0, with popup
blocker. This blocks popups from coming in on my screen,
but I still get them on my windows taskbar. They are
always headed with the Explorer logo-Microsoft Internet
Explorer.
If these are "Messenger" pop-ups, they can be banished by enabling the XP
built-in firewall (which should be done anyway). See HELP & SUPPORT for
easy instructions.
If this is a program that has been inadvertently installed on your PC,
running ADAware may enable its removal.
http://www.lavasoftusa.com
Read the instructions, download, install and run the program. The basic
utility is free. Or try Spybot from
http://www.safer-networking.org/
If the pop-ups are site-related - the page that is being visited - then a
pop-up blocker may help.
http://google.com Search for "ad blocker".
Or install and use a new-generation browser that has pop-up blocking,
such as the Mozilla suite from
http://mozilla.org.
It will selectively block pop-ups and images, and is much more customizable
than I.E. For more, check in with these groups…
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