Hi Guys. I AM gettting Messenger pop-ups.. They are annoying, but this morning. I only got ONE.. so I was so happy...
BUT, when I went to my freebie list. and "tried" to order a freebie.. I got the "fist"(which is the symbol from Earthlink. that shows it's a pop-up).. SO,, I went back to my pop-up blocker from Earthlink. and I have YDF(Your Daily Freebies) on my "allow list".. Everything else is now blocked.. This way, I can "decide" which pop-ups I chose to accept.. and right now. it's only the YDF.. on my "allow list".. This morning. I had run a vir** scan.. and also a defrag.. While the vir** scan from McAffee was running. I had gotten the "messenger service pop - up".. I am using Outlook express.. Oh, I did run Ad-aware AND Spy bot. yesterday, and got rid of everything that it said, was there, and could be 'gotten rid of'. Okay, a question about maintenance. Normally..my 'routine'.. is every nite, or every other nite, I go to files & folders, and select "cache" and empty my cache.. I then do a disk cleanup. I have NO CLUE.. what to delete in cache on this machine(Windows XP Professional).. too many files and are afraid to touch them.. So, what I"m doing. is going to disc cleanup and deleting whatever is there.. in the way of temporary internet files..Is this sufficient.?? Also, I wanted to do a scan disk. and there is NO scan disk listed.. I did a defrag this morning.. but where you'd normally find scan disk. it's not there?? any clues where to find it.. with XP?? Thanks. As far as maintenance.. What I do.. is this. Ad-ware and now Spy-bot..every other day?? Vir** scan.. every other day.. Check for updates... daily( but I also have this on.. "get updates automatically). Check the Windows site.. for any critical updates..(every ??? how often, should I do this) Scan disk(when I find it.- every week) Defrag.. every week. Disc cleanup every other day.. (or should that be more often?).. Empy recyle bin.. I'm on dial-up.. and using XP Professional. Any suggestions.. would be greatly appreciated. I'm NOT going to install Norton, (as of now)..Right now. I'll use the 3 months of McAfee. and then "talk to you guys" about what to do..<smile> Thanks , Helene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Moore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 10:07 AM Subject: Re: PCWorks: Need a good pop-up blocker > She may be getting messenger pop ups, Clint. There are a lot of those > running around. > > Helene, what programs do you have open when you get pop ups? Do you get pop > ups when you just have Outlook Express open? > I've heard pretty good things about Mindspring's pop up blocker. I'd give > that a try. > > Ben Moore > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 9:54 AM > Subject: Re: PCWorks: Need a good pop-up blocker > > > > Helene that still doesn't explain WHY you are getting the > > popups. Like I mentioned yesterday; You have spyware or > > trackware of some kind on PC that needs to be removed. > > ===================================================== ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
