Help Irritating Pop Ups

I have Windows Vista on my laptop and I use avast antivirus downloaded free from the internet.

I also have my popup blocker on but keep getting these irritating popups almost every 2 minutes when using my internet explorer. I have to keep deleting them. I have tried to delete all my history and cookies but this does not work either. I notice that when I use another user profile on my computer it does not happen.

Please help this is driving my mad.

msparrot said:

I have Windows Vista on my laptop and I use avast antivirus downloaded free from the internet.

I also have my popup blocker on but keep getting these irritating popups almost every 2 minutes when using my internet explorer. I have to keep deleting them. I have tried to delete all my history and cookies but this does not work either. I notice that when I use another user profile on my computer it does not happen.

Please help this is driving my mad.

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msparrot

I think you are going to have to tell us more about the pop ups. are they warnings, what app is generating them? tell us asmuch as you can



Ken

Sorry I didn't give more information. The popups that come up are new windows that open up from different websites like dating websites, eshopping websites, gambling but to name but a few. Also websites advertising slimming pills. Acia berry (I think is one of them)

Hope you can help.

You said you have your Pop-Up Blocker on, but didn't mention the specific settings within the Pop-Up Blocker. Try this: go into Internet Explorer, Tools, Pop-Up Blocker, and Pop-Up Blocker Settings.

In Pop-Up Blocker Settings, at the bottom of the screen, open Blocking Levels, and select either Medium or High.

At the very bottom of the same screen is a link entitled: "Learn more about Pop-Up Blocker" that has a lot of additional information from Microsoft. You can read it all at your leisure, but here's some relevant info from that page that might help:

"I turned on Pop-up Blocker but I still see some pop-ups. Why?"


The following are some common reasons why you might still be seeing pop-ups:

• You might have software, such as adware or spyware, on your computer that is opening pop-up windows. To stop these pop-ups, you will have to identify the software that is opening them and then remove it or change its settings to stop it from opening pop-up windows. For information about detecting and removing adware and spyware, see Spyware: frequently asked questions.
  Some windows with active content are not blocked.
• Internet Explorer will not block pop-ups from websites that are in the Local intranet zone. If you want the pop-ups from these websites to be blocked, you have to remove the websites from this zone. For more information, see Security zones: adding or removing websites.

P.S. You might also try raising your Security and Privacy levels in the Internet Explorer, Tools Security and Privacy sections.

Thanks Imperfect1. I will try this and see if it works.