computer question about pop-ups...
 

i have a pop-up blocker, ran spy-bot and mcafee. i still have this one pop-up from 1800- solutions and some other ------ thing. so i went into my program files and bam, there the little ---- was. i went to delete it, and this is what I got:
access is denied
make sure the disc is not full or write protected and that its not currrently not in use.

how can i go in and delete this ----?

Re:computer question about pop-ups...
 

if you click on start..
go to run
type "msconfig"
and then click on the services tag..

you will see all the things running on your computer.

uncheck all but your mcaffe or virus. and then restart your cpu. and then try to delete that 180 solutions. that might work for ya

Re:computer question about pop-ups...
 

i was thinking about restarting it in that one mode, and go in and try to delete ----, do you think that would worK


I will try the other way you just said.
thanks


keep the solutions comming!

Re:computer question about pop-ups...
 

Try downloading Ad-aware, it will pick up a lot of spyware that Spybot misses. (And spybot will catch a few that ad-aware misses, so I run both.) www.lavasoftusa.com

Re:computer question about pop-ups...
 

ad-aware rulez. i highly recommend it. make sure you update it after installing it. good luck.

Re:computer question about pop-ups...
 

holy ----, i just ran this, and i had 1532 unwanted files! this computer is running 100X's better now! knock on wood.


thanks!

Re:computer question about pop-ups...
 

You can't delete it because it's running. I forget the executable name for it, but if you wanna take a screen shot of "Processes" in task manager, we can figure it out.

Unless you're not running XP...

-Tim

Re:computer question about pop-ups...
 

crtl+alt+del, find out what it is you want to manually delete, and end the process, becasue its running, and wont let you delete it, thats why youre getting that message. Once you end the process, then you can delete it. Just dont have IE Explorer open or anything else

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Here's an idea. Dump IE, because it's a security nightmare. Use Firefox and you won't have to worry about on the fly Active X installs due to holes in IE. Otherwise, have fun running ad aware/spybot a few times a week. Trust me, once you start using tabbed browsing, you'll wonder how you ever got along without it.

Re:computer question about pop-ups...
 

:thumbsup:

Also, you can add URLs to HOSTS.TXT on your computer and have bad websites resolve to localhost, and thus not display.

-PHiZ

Re:computer question about pop-ups...
 

i downloaded ad-ware and it took care of everything.

Re:computer question about pop-ups...
 

Awesome. Ad-Aware is awesome.

+1

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just stop looking at so muc porn and clicking on bigmikes links. they contain viruses.

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After getting the Google toolbar and the last Windows update I got came with a built-in popup blocker, I can go to the most fucked up sites and watch my computer kick the popups asses. I run Adware7 or whatever it is like once a week and SpyBot every once in a while, but it doesn't ever seem to find anything. My computer is kicking ass for having so much pron on it. 8)
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thanks for sharing the wealth... :P

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Emule sucka. :P Downloading as I type. 8)

I haven't even watched alot of it.
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Re:computer question about pop-ups...
 

pop-ups and ad-ware are to different things..(right?)

and dont emule it...its already provided at the link above. its like the 2nd post i think.
here it is:
www.lavasoftusa.com
then go to cnet.com and download it. you dont have to buy anything...and the ---- works great!

Re:computer question about pop-ups...
 

I didn't say pop-ups were the same thing as AdWare. ???

I also didn't say to Emule it. ???

Are you drunk? ???
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im not drunk yet :P

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I was talking about the pron. :P
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this cat ownes all
http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96062883/K=bu...y/budlight.jpg

edit
me as a little kid. the old skool PBR :P
http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96062883/K=bu...ud%20light.jpg

Re:computer question about pop-ups...
 

So if you weren't talking about the pron, and you quoted me saying "My computer is kicking ass for having so much pron on it."....then what the hell were you talking about?

You sure you aren't drunk? Just a little? ???

:P
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i meant, you should share the porn!

























sometimes communicating over the net is a little difficult. :P

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Ninja Edit Master. :P

That cat is cool as ----.......but I'd still put a bullet in its head. :)
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my cat is better, i tried to sneek up on him and lay the bottles to look like he passed out, but he woke up and started liking the bottles
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v.../CamPic123.jpg