On some sites I visit I keep getting pop ups which is a pain but it has now started on Outlook express. can I get rid of them anyway. thanks
Sue

You can dowload the Pop-Up Killer that I use and this gives you the option of killing any , some or all pop ups on sites that you visit. You can d/l it here : Pop-Up Killer

As to Outlook Express ..are these normal pop ups or do they appear to be a small grey window with writing on? If they are the latter then you have a port on your PC open and available to be targeted.

HTH

Melody :)

Is it safe, Melody? I'm always very nervous about downloading anything, just in case.....!

Are you serious?

:o Yes, I'm afraid so! :o I'm a coward, I confess.

Not that I think you'd suggest anything risky for my computer, don't think I'm suggesting that....but how can you tell if things are genuine or not?

:)

JG , I would never give out an URL of a download to anyone if there was any risk to someones computer. Its all very well being safe , but if you can't trust your friends then there is summat wrong somewhere ;)

I know, please, don't be offended, I don't mean that at all. I'm just a Luddite who's only recently come to terms with the 20th Century...then it changed, so I'm struggling again. :)

Hi J/G - yep, its perfectly safe. I don't think Mel would be downloading anything that wasn't :)

In fact, its better than safe - its blissful not having to look at and close down pop ups. Download away!

Chloe , it was you that I emailed the url to before wasn't it? :D

Melody :) - Pop up free for 3 months now ;)

Yeah - its good. I like it that you can ban pop ups forever from certain sites, like my bank who use a really annoying one... It also works well with ad-aware as you say.

Melody - I have reccently started getting those grey ones, and I thought it was something to do with having downloaded MSN messenger. I have searched my PC to find where it is saved so that I can delete it, I don't use it, but can't find it :(

Would you happen to know how to stop the grey ones, oh wise and knowledgeble one :)

Thanks Mel, I`m going to download it now. :) I`ve never been bothered by the pop ups since the men unistalled evrything a while back but yesterday I was nosing round & they started coming back! Not for long tho eh :D
Christine, Spain.

Hi,
How do you close the port that's causing the grey pop-ups???? Thanks,Beth.x

Beth and Reefer ..these are a new thing that has been recently developed ..I have set Hubby on to finding out how to stop them (He is the All Knowing One ;) ) ...in the meantime , a firewall should go some way to stopping them

Melody :)

that's spooky - i often get the grey pop-ups and just close them because i don't know what to do. anyway, just decided to try looking in search/help after reading this topic and a pop-up popped-up saying that my p/c is at risk because a port is open. i'll hang on to hear what the 'all knowing one' finds out. your help and advice is much appreciated melody.
val

Val , do you have a firewall? I think that is the safest bet for the time being ....as we are networked in my house (4 PCs :rolleyes: ) we have to fork out lotsa dosh for a networking Firwall ..but if you are on a single PC you can download one free on the 'net , just visit Tucows or Google :)

HTH

Melody :)

Thanks.
i tried downloading it but still got the pop ups (not grey ones) When I came back to CD and tried your link again it literally made a 'pop'noise and would not connect to it. Guess I did something wrong!!!!!!!!!!!:(
sue

LOL ..it asks you if you want to allow a site to pop up or not ..at some point you have said NO! to Champdogs ..it can't decide on its own ;) I suggest reading the help section first then playing with it ;) You can always open the programme up and remove a site from the banned site section :)

Melody :)

never heard of 'firewall' but will look into it. thanks for help

Try Zonealarm. There is a free firewall download available on the righthand side of the homepage

Thanks admin well I have downloaded it, actually it's quite scarey, I've already been invaded once and it blocked it, sometimes I think ignorance is bliss :rolleyes:

thanks - yes i've downloaded it now too. nothing has popped up yet but i'll catch the little monkey if it does !!

val

To some degree ignorance is bliss... ;) I was unaware of people trying to access my computer until l installed "Norton Firewall", now it lists how many attacks, how recent the attacks and by which route they attempted to access my computer On two occasions I have been warned someone was trying to access my bank account details!
But a "Firewall" is a must, it works brilliantly, if you are hell bent on finding out who is "hacking" into your computer you can trace their "IP" addresses.

Ged

Hello you lot, I'm sure my almost new computer has a firewall in its files, but thicko me can't find it to enable it. I've got Win xp, can any of you boffins tell me how to access it???? Thanks Beth x

hi beth - i have found out how to access it (i'm xp too). let me know if you still want details - might be easier to e.mail it to you. let me know.

val

Could you e-mail me details how to access the firewall on XP to please.

jaynealpe@pipruda.fsnet.co.uk

have found the details to set up firewall on xp. click on start, go into the 'help & support' section and just type in 'firewall'. this will give you all you need. hope it helps. i wish i knew it was in help & support earlier - i spent ages sorting it out this afternoon !

val

Zone Alarm is awful Admin :( I had no end of problems on my pc with it. I use a free firewall now from Agnitum Outpost and find it's much better :)
Lara x

Nice to hear someone else had problems with Zone Alarm, it sent my PC haywire, & guess what Lara I to use Outpost now.

Ingrid

Thank you for that tip Lara. I will check it out :-)

Please let us know the final decision - what should I upload/download/side-to-side load? ;)

I think it all depends on your operating system JG. I have run zonealarm alongside other AVP and had no problems. Give one a try and see how you get on. If it does not suit you, try the other :-)

now i've got a firewall, how or can i tell if anybody tries to hack into my computer ?. would be interesting.

val

Read the help section :)