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[Boosted LS1]

I keep getting this pop up despite using Norton A/v. It says 'from my computer, rollocks. I can't copy it to the trash can or even click onto it. Anybody know if it's a site I should enter or how I can get rid of it? It's becoming a bit of a pain and I think it's junk.

[hut49]

Download and run SpyBot and AdAware-6 - should fix it. Run both once a week and surprise yourself how much stuff has ended up in your registry and elsewhere.

[Doobs]

Is it a "Messenger" pop up? If it is you need to stop the messenger service in windows.

[Boosted LS1]

Thanks, it could be a messenger pop up. It's grey, bland and starts "your computer could be leaking over the internet" etc.

If it is messenger can you give me a quick outline on how to delete it.

>> Edited by Boosted LS1 on Thursday 9th October 08:45

[polar_ben]

If you're using XP, do what I did & install XP Anti-Spy - www.xp-antispy.org/

The site's in German, but it's easy enough to navigate. Free download & a great bit of software - turns off dozens of things XP does behind your back.

[doobs]

How to get rid of messenger pop ups (I've only tried this on XP, but it worked fine and dandy):

Hit the Start button and get the Run input box up. Type in "services.msc /s" and hit run and it brings up all your Services. Find the one called Messenger, right click and select Properties. Find the drop down labelled "startup type" or similar and it will be set to "Automatic", change it to "manual". Then it wont keep starting the service when you boot up. Now you wanna stop it so it doesn't annoy you before you reboot, and you can normally stop it from here as well, but if not, close the dialog, go back to the messenger service and right click it again, and select stop. Job done.

[dannyboyo]

best thing I've found for getting rid of popups and any other spyware type stuff is Ad-Aware from Lavasoft.

You can download it free from

http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail.php3?fid=965718306

the website for the company is www.lavasoftusa.com

Do an update every now and again as they're always bring out new lists of spyware for the program to search for. Dead easy to use to.

[dazren]

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=48175&f=95&h=0

DAZ

[Boosted LS1]

Daz, that's what I was after. Thanks guys. My system is windows 2000 Pro so the link was spot on.