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I have AOL and am trying to get rid of those popups. I have searched google, yahoo, and so on, but only found a program that stop popups from a web site. But thats not what am looking for and i don't know the name of what am looking for is. so if you know any programs or downloads to stop this annoying problem. Thanxs
Sorry misread your post but I am currently looking for a program that will do just what you are looking for.
Not a popup but those things that popup and ad messages on em. can you please add a link if you know of any program.
I searched every site I could think of and I couldn't find any free programs only shareware with time trials
I'm not really sure specifically what you're talking about, the only thing I could think of was spamming via the Windows Messaging system in the form of popup advertising:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/spam/messenger.php
Thanx GreekGoddess thats it
Are you using the AOL browser? If you are, that could be your 1st issue.
It's especially a problem if you have Kazaa installed. I didn't really find a big association with the messenger popups when I was using AOL any more than any other browsing system, but Kazaa made a huge difference in the amounts of messenger related popups I received before I turned it off.
You want to get rid of pop-ups...? Download Mozilla from www.mozilla.org and use AOL just for your connection to the internet... and Mozilla as your browser...
go to contrpl panel >> administrative tools >> services.
double-click Messenger. Click on the button to stop the servive and on the drop-down menul select disable.
Yes that is what i was looking for thankyou Tedob1.
"Are you using the AOL browser? If you are, that could be your 1st issue."
Still will not matter, i will still have to have AOL running so therefore i will get em even if i change my browser. and how was the going to help me?
A) If you don't browse the internet using the AOL browser, you won't be sent any pop-ups unless their using Messenger..
B) Mozilla can't open up new windows, it has a pop up killer that works.
It' don't matter what browser you use it's a messenger serviceQuote:
If you don't browse the internet using the AOL browser, you won't be sent any pop-ups unless their using Messenger..
That's why I said 'unless their using Messenger.. '
Messenger service comes with Windows xp all you have to is disable it. It don't matter if you got.
Mozilla, AOL browser, IE, etc
You can also get a router and stop it all. Thats what I do.
*xmaddness hugs his router
/me knows.. thats why he include the big except...Quote:
Originally posted here by cdkj
Messenger service comes with Windows xp all you have to is disable it. It don't matter if you got.
Mozilla, AOL browser, IE, etc
i used to have a prog named SPYBOT that could stop ads on allot of progs incl DOWNLOAD ACCELERATER,etc.
try that(i dont know where u gonna find it ,try asking mrs.GOOGLE);
You don't say what version of AOL you are using, I have AOL 8.0 which has a built in pop up blocker. At the bottom of a web page is a little icon message saying "Allowing pop ups", click on that and you can block them, or allow them from certain web sites. So my suggestion is to upgrade to AOL 8.0. This blocker does not work when using IE though. I hope this helps.
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No offense...but do people actually read through a thread before posting to it? I answered the question in post #5 of this thread and in Post #6 was told that's exactly what was needed.
And we're still talking about pop-up blockers that are completely irrelevant to the messenger service in which the intial post of this thread was about. I don't mean to be anal...well, maybe I do...BUT damn, how many times do you intend to beat a thread to death?