"Help! I'm still getting Pop-ups" - The solution

craigevil · Post by **craigevil** » August 27th, 2005, 11:29 am

np wrote:I've created a KB article:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Pop-ups_not_blocked

Nice. Short , sweet and to the point.

craigevil · Post by **craigevil** » August 31st, 2005, 4:09 pm

Why did the KB article from np replace this thread in the FAQS?

old np · Post by **old np** » August 31st, 2005, 5:35 pm

craigevil wrote:Why did the KB article from np replace this thread in the FAQS?

craigevil wrote:Short , sweet and to the point.

greenknight · Post by **greenknight** » September 1st, 2005, 4:16 am

Wish I'd known about your KB article sooner, I just gave somebody a link to this thread. Oh, well, that'll still do the job.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » October 3rd, 2005, 12:36 pm

greenknight wrote:Wish I'd known about your KB article sooner, I just gave somebody a link to this thread. Oh, well, that'll still do the job.

This thread is still very usefull : it goes beyond Firefox-only consideratins, by underlining necessery steps to make your PC secured.

Now, an important question : How to choose your anti-virus softwere in regards to your specific needs (for exemaple, if you have a great pop-up blocker and anti-spider installation like an antiSpyware soft, well then you would pay more attention to the capabilities to block most backdoors/trojans/etc.).

From an excellent and objective source:

Anti-Virus comparative tests:

Kaspersky 99.88%
Symantec 99.41%
NOD32 98.31%
McAfee 98.19%

My very mondain comment :

I've tried them all. [url=[url=http://www.kaspersky.com/personal-usa]Kaspersky[/url]]Kaspersky[/url] and NOD32 both use the lesat resources from you computer. Kaspersky is the best (very complete, also checks P2P transmissions). It is intuitive for novices as well as very complete in regards to configuration features for advanced users, by including many features not provided by others. And of course, it is Kaspersky, the one and only

- even referred to by Symantec and many other security resources as some kind of "standard" regarding dicoveries, descriptions and such.

On the other hand, I found NOD32 to be the second best. It has a very slick interface. When you look at the details in terms of discovery (instead of the global results which is an average), considering that my firewall also bloks most of the threats related to net Worms, and also considering the latest ITW list (in the wild viruses), NOD32 would be number one (in regards to protection, usability, update engine, installation and resource allocation).

Guest · Post by **Guest** » October 15th, 2005, 5:15 pm

shahida · Post by **shahida** » November 9th, 2005, 3:21 am

hi Filipp0s
thanxs so much for the information about disabling windows messenger service, the pop ups were going crazy, i followed the instructions and i think its worked, ive had no pop ups in the last half hour

thanxs soo much

shahida · Post by **shahida** » November 10th, 2005, 2:52 am

hi Filipp0s
thanxs for telling how to disable the pop ups from messenger service, i followed the instructions and it worked, thanxs alot

Guest · Post by **Guest** » December 8th, 2005, 11:22 am

Anonymous wrote:Isnt there a bug where we can report popups so that they are blocked in the future?

old np · Post by **old np** » December 8th, 2005, 11:41 am

You can go talk about pop-ups in the Firefox bugs forum and they'll help you see if what you're reporting is valid and whether it's been reported before.