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ken thomas


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Is it just me or is everybody getting those annoying pop ups ?? especially those saying I have an email telling me I have won something

 

Not only on this forum

Ken



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You are the lucky one I certainly don't get any..
What OS are you using and what protection do you have and is your firewall turned ON..

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You can turn Pop Ups  off in Internet Options in Internet Explorer.  Are you using  Internet Explorer and are you using Windows ? If yes, windows XP; Vista or the latest Windows 7 or 8 ?



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ken thomas


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Hello Bob
Yes the firewall is on and have Titanium security os dont know what is happening
Green writing is in just about every post and is about a facebook survey, getting very annoying
Ken

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native pepper


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Never have pop ups, use open source distro's and lxquick on the tor system

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ken thomas


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Hello Ken
I am using google and my facebook and favourites columns and the blockup was on medium so I went to high and will see what happens
Ken

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G'Day Ken

 

what browser are you using ?

If you use Mozilla Firefox try this

 

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/.../adblock-plus-pop-up-addon/

I'm sure it will help you a lot

 

Cheers John



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The only place I get popups is when I open the Vic Fire Info site.
Not getting them anywhere else. No green writing and no surveys.

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ken thomas


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Still getting pop up and green writing
using google
What is "Never have pop ups, use open source distro's and lxquick on the tor system ??
Ken

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03_troopy


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he uses Linux and a search engine called lxquick, so is irrelevant to your problem I'm afraid.

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I had this problem for the last week or so.

 

Re installed Firefox ..  no good

Changed my browser to Google Chrome  .. no good.

Went through the process of telling browsers to block pop ups  .. ... no good.

 

Found that the source was Lyricsay   ...

Switched Lyricsay adds to 'OFF'  ... no good

 

So I went to the control panel & uninstalled Lyricsay ....  FIXED!!!

 

The problem now is .. Do I stay with Google Chrome or go back to good old Firefox?



-- Edited by Cupie on Monday 13th of January 2014 06:01:51 PM



-- Edited by Cupie on Monday 13th of January 2014 06:27:16 PM

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03_troopy


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Stay with what you're comfortable with. I use both Chrome and firefox browsers and both seem to be better than IE of whatever breed. It seems like the Lyricsay is a problem though and plenty of references when you google "Lyricsay popups"

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I use Bing and not google, also Malwarebites clear any malware , and Advanced Windows Care will also clean the system ( all Free) a mate of mine that owne`s a computer store recommended them as that's what he uses.

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Hi ken we seem to only get popups when i read newspapers online, plenty of offers for russian brides, but i am to old and tight to have two wives.
I do make sure i download all of the important windows updates and scan reguarly.
will message you when we hit SA late feb /march.
vic and jill

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Bing, Google, just more search engines. There are plenty of others out there too, or sites that offer your choice in preference of a multitude of engines on the one page. Having said that however, keeping track of what devious methods any of them employ to serve up the most appropriate answers to your searches can be a bit of a worry.

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This is a very handy program increases your privacy and blocks tracking it becomes an add on to your browser.

It shows you, who is attempting to track you and blocks them if not legit

https://disconnect.me/

Cheers

David



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If you block popups there may be a chance the popup window that is needed when you do banking at some sites might not come up too.



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Hylda&Jon wrote:

If you block popups there may be a chance the popup window that is needed when you do banking at some sites might not come up too.

 I use Firefox,with Ad block Plus,it allows you to turn off The Popup

blocker,on any page,or site you like



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Big Gorilla


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Hylda&Jon wrote:

If you block popups there may be a chance the popup window that is needed when you do banking at some sites might not come up too.

 With Internet Explorer you can turn off Pop Ups but allow certain sites to use Pop Ups, such as your Bank. With my Bank, a little window pops up across the bottom of the screen asking if you will allow pop ups for this site. It also gives Options. Allow once or always allow. This is for Internet Explorer and I am not familiar with other operating systems although I do have Google Chrome which I use occasionally...



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