Although I am no Gates fan, he is doing a lot of good humanitarian work.
I consider my "donations" to him as charity, to bad the IRS does not see it that way. Thanks all for the tips. Last night I downloaded Norton 360 for a 30-day
trial. I'll be looking into your other suggestions as well. Thanks again.
I actually had a dream this morning that someone on the list got after me for posting this off-topic question in the first place. Lost his name in the dream, though. Wish I could dream Bill Gates out of existence.
Kim
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Dave Gary Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 4:03 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] OT: Firefox and Windows Explorer help
Kim,
I'm not familiar with AVG. I use Avast for my antivirus needs on the windoze emulators I use on my MacBook Pro. I use ESET Cybersecurity on the MacBook. Avast has a free version (it's the only one I've ever used for my windoze stuff) and it seems to have a powerful engine under the scan function. It's picked up and disabled a few things from my emulators. It can't hurt to try it.
Dave On Apr 20, 2011, at 4:34 PM, Kim Hyatt wrote:
I'm not trying to be cheap but I just can't keep buying new software. I've been using AVG but obviously it isn't correcting this particular problem. I'll look into what you suggest - and thanks.
Kim
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of William Lockman Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 4:28 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] OT: Firefox and Windows Explorer help
Get some other brand of anti malware software. Trend Micro Internet Security does both regular virus protection and malware protection.
On 4/20/2011 3:04 PM, Kim Hyatt wrote:
Thanks for the tip, but I'm hesitant to use a site that immediately caused yet another explorer pop up with its own add as soon as I went to it. It also doesn't warn you that its use is not free until after you download a trial that only partly completes its task until telling you that you now have to buy the product. (I absolutely hate this kind of online deception. HATE IT!) Other suggestions?
Kim
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces+kimharch=cut.net@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces+kimharch=cut.net@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Jared Smith Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 3:51 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] OT: Firefox and Windows Explorer help
You almost certainly have some Adware (basically a virus that forces advertisements on you). I'd recommend downloading and running Ad-Aware -
http://download.cnet.com/Ad-Aware-Free-Internet-Security/3000-8022_4-1004591
0.html and/or IObit - http://download.cnet.com/IObit-Security-360/3000-8022_4-10967594.html
Chances are that it is IE that has been compromised, but there are some cases where add-ons or other compromises in Firefox can result in continual pop-ups. These programs should find and solve the problem.
Jared
On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 3:36 PM, Kim Hyatt<kimharch@cut.net> wrote:
I apologize for bothering this list, but I don't' know anyone else as knowledgeable as this group who might be able to help me. A few months ago I had to replace my computer and I have had a nagging problem with my newer computer that I never had with my old one. I'm sure it's just a setting somewhere. I use only Mozilla Firefox for all of my internet use, except email. I am constantly barraged with Explorer pop-up windows even when I'm using Firefox. I've tried disabling Explorer altogether, but without success. Setting Explorer's pop-up blocker to "high" just isn't working. How can I get rid of Bill Gates et. al. constant hacking into my internet use, especially from Mozilla? Any ideas would be appreciated.
Kim
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