Help with popups, please!

I hope all you smart people can help this dumb chick out. I have my popup blocker set on it's highest level and cannot figure out why some popups still get through. The only ones that get through are always from "NSIS Media". And it always happens the same way: one little box pops up for a second, then goes away. Then one second later, a second little box pops up and goes away. Then, one second later the third and final box containing the ad pops up and stays until I close it. It drives me nuts! When I'm on a website that I WANT a popup from I have to use my control key or "temorarily allow" popups from that site. But somehow NSIS has figured out how to slip one past the goalie and I don't know how to stop it.

Any ideas how I can get rid of it? Thanks!!

 

I actually have Firefox installed. Just got so used to ie. (I used to work at Microsoft, which I'm reluctant to tell you, lest you never speak to me again.) :hide:

But I'll try it.

 

No kidding. I love flashblock.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/433

 

You'll also hate the number of sites it b0rk3s up!

Please stand by for the Browser Religious Wars that are about to ensue. They are fun to watch and contribute to the economy by increasing sales at the ABC store.

Mr. Linux - her problem sounds more like a Torjan or virus than a pop up problem - yes? No? Maybe?

Any way - get a decent virus package on your PC and see if that picks anything up. I highly reccomend Avast - it's free and finds things that Sym & McAf miss.

http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

 

OK this is strange... I just clicked to open firefox and got the following dialog box:

"Firefox is already running but is not responding. To open a new window you must first close the existing Firefox process or restart your system."

Huh? I'll reboot now and see what happens.

 

Kaos... I have a full McAfee package... if I download what you suggest will it interfere, or just run right over the top?

 

I just rebooted and tried to open Firefox and got the same dialog box. (So I'm here on ie again right now) Then I saw this message and looked at my Processes... no Firefox on that list. Might it be called something else?

 

Don't keep me in suspense... How do I find out? And get rid of the blasted thing??????

 

You've probably already done this, but check your browser options for popups and make sure that nothing you don't want is listed in the "exceptions" type window.

I also recommend Firefox if you can get it working. In the processes window it would be labeled Firefox but you can check the applications tab, too and see what's running.

 

I've checked my exceptions, and the only ones there are ones that I've allowed. And I don't see Firefox on the processes or applications tab. Maybe I need to remove and reinstall it.

 

Here's the link to download the latest version of Firefox in case you want to just start fresh with a new install.

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/?from=getfirefox

 

Firefox has an add-on that they recommend called Adblock Plus that you can try if you want even fewer ads.

I use the Flashblock add-on to give me the option of viewing flash videos/ads instead of them just starting automatically.

 

'very nice' - is that technical term?

I'm downloading Windows Defender. If half of Southern Walk blows up you''ll know I did something wrong.