Microsoft pop ups in xp

[paul.saunders]

can anyone help please. i've bought a second hand computer with windows xp, every time i go onto internet explorer i keep getting these anoying pop up's telling me that there is a registration error or that my computer may have virases and to go to a site and fix the problems. the heading is comes up with Microw soft security manager, i no i havent got a virus as i run AVG i also run spybot, adware and ad ware blaster. can someone tell me how to get rid of these please

[Davy Holt]

Hiya,

 

simple solution.. download the google pop up blocker, if you have SP2 installed, then go into the security centrer icon in your control panel and block pop up s from there.

 

failing that.. go to Mozilla.org and download and instal Firefox, blocks popups automatically and also almost all the rest of the crap that IE let's in.

[paul.saunders]

hi Davy thanks for the reply will do that know

[Jaffa]

What Davy says makes sense but if its a s/h computer, and if you have not put much of your own stuff on it yet, then why not reformat it and reinstall XP ?

[Guest NickInTheNorth]

'cos then re-activating XP is a total nightmare!!

[paul.saunders]

thanks to all for replies have downloaded the yahoo tool bar and the problem is solved

[Peter Sharpe]

But isn't the Yahoo tool bar itself a piece of spyware?

[paul.saunders]

Don't no Peter.

Trouble is never now whats best know days. Still feeling my way through. can you recomend anything. i could use please

[IanR]

http://www.panicware.com/product_psfree.html

 

Cheers

 

Ian.

[peterpikefisher]

get the google toolbar its one of the best popup stoppers and its freeeeeeeeee.