I need a free download that prevents pop-ups for Internet Explorer, PLEASE!?

Question

I need a free download that prevents pop-ups for Internet Explorer, PLEASE!?

Answer 1

go to http://www.download.com and look for pop up blocker. It is a good place to find other software program for free, trial, or buy.

Answer 2

No you can not delete IE, The only thing that you can do is to Set Firefox as your default Internet Browser to do that Just Click Start>Set programs Access and Default>click custom>Choose a default web browser>Firefox.Make sure that you disable IE, to do that just unchecked the box thats right next to IE!!!!After doing that you shouldn't get any pop ups!!!!!!

Answer 3

hellOOooooo. haven't you been inundated with the Yahoo Toolbar ads? give it a try. it works pretty well.

Answer 4

I suggest you download Firefox, because it has better add ons, NOT because it is better in security or in any other way! Get it from: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/



It blocks all but 2-3 pop ups. Also you should read the following myths, because I know that you will now bet BS form others about how Firefox is the best thing in the world ( believe me, I only use Firefox unless I need Active X, but still, IE isn't all that great.)



Quote "most virus are spread through IE. IE is not a safe browser. you should use a more secure browser to protect your PC from virus.



i recommand you to use firefox with Google toolbar. firefox can block any any popup and disable any virus and adware, spyware on webpage, so, firefox is much safer than IE browser. as you know, most of virus spread throught internet and webpage.



besides, firefox is much smaller than IE, so it run faster than IE."



Are you crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



I personally prefer Firefox, and use it all the time but if you seriously believe that keep on reading...



A newly uncovered vulnerability in most browsers can allow hackers to spoof the URL displayed in the address bar and the SSL certificate, a security firm warned Monday. The one exception? Microsoft's Internet Explorer.



Danish security company Secunia posted an alert describing the vulnerability--which affects Mozilla, Firefox, Safari, Opera, and Konqueror--as a "moderately critical" problem.



The vulnerability impacts every browser that uses the open-source Gecko browser kernel--nearly all except IE--because of a flaw in handling International Domain Names (IDN). Hackers can register domain names with certain international characters that resemble other commonly used characters, said Secunia, to spoof the address and trick the user into thinking they're at a legitimate site and/or it's secured by SSL.



Such spoofing vulnerabilities are typically exploited by phishers who try to dupe users into divulging financial information at bogus Web sites that resemble real-life banking, credit card, or retail sites.



The vulnerability has been confirmed in the latest version of Firefox, v. 1.0, as well as in Mozilla 1.7.5, Opera 7.54u1, Opera 7.54u2, Safari 1.2.4, Konqueror 3.2.2, and Netscape 7.2. Other editions of these browsers, however, may also be at risk, said Secunia, which posted an online test on its Web site.



Currently, none of the vendors have provided fixes for the flaw.



Hot on the heels of Monday's disclosure of spoofing vulnerabilities in most non-Internet Explorer browsers, a security researcher Tuesday unveiled another trio of bugs in Firefox and its Mozilla cousin.



The flaws, all of which involve some user action, can be used by hackers to drop code onto a PC, muck with the about:config element of the browser, or steal cookies that, for instance, provide instant access to protected Web sites.



"If you create a hybrid of a .gif image and a batch file you can trick Firefox," claimed the German researcher identified only as "mikx" by Danish security firm Secunia, in his original warning of one of the bugs.



"Since the hybrid renders as a valid image, Firefox tries to copy the image to the desktop when dropped. By creating the image dynamically and forcing the content type image/gif, the file can be of any extension (e.g. image.bat or image.exe). Since Windows hides known file extensions by default, a user can only tell that something went wrong by looking at the file icon, which is different of course. If the user does not care or know what this different icon means, a double click to view or edit the "image" he just dropped executes the batch file instead."



The vulnerabilities have been confirmed in Firefox 1.0 and Mozilla 1.7.5, the most current editions of the open-source browser and browser suite, respectively.



While Mozilla Foundation developers have implemented fixes, they haven't been rolled into a patch or a new version that can be downloaded and used without recompiling the code.



Not for Profit



Myth - "Firefox and Mozilla are Not for Profit" - Example



Reality - "The Mozilla Corporation pays its employees from the revenues we receive from our product. We are very fortunate in that the search feature in Firefox is both appreciated by our users and generates revenue in the tens of millions of dollars."



"Now, the Mozilla Foundation, the non-profit entity that develops and distributes Firefox, is forming a for-profit subsidiary that will eventually capitalize on the browser's popularity. The Mozilla Foundation will announce today that it has formed a wholly-owned subsidiary, Mozilla Corp."



"Unlike the non-profit Mozilla Foundation, the Mozilla Corporation will be a taxable entity (that is, a for-profit rather than a non-profit)"



Myth - "Firefox has lower System Requirements than Internet Explorer"



Reality - Internet Explorer 6 has much lower minimum System Requirements than Firefox 2



Recommended to run IE:



486/66 MHz CPU

16 MB of RAM

11.5 MB of free disk space

Windows 98



Minimum to run Firefox:



233 MHz CPU

64 MB of RAM

50 MB of free disk space

Windows 98



Another Myth is than Mozilla is the fastest browser.



WRONG! Opera is the fastest. Go to http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/browserSpeed.html#winspeed

for more details.



Faster than Mozilla



Myth - "Firefox is Faster than Mozilla"



Reality - Ironically Mozilla 1.8 is faster than Firefox 2.x in 5 out of 7 measures of performance.. - Source



Notes - Considering Firefox is supposed to be the lighter, leaner version of the Mozilla suite, this is very surprising.



This is from Mozilla Themselves:



Downloads



Myth - "Firefox Achieved 150 million downloads in January of 2006"



Reality - "Oops. We recently introduced a bug into the counter and it's being fixed. We're not quite there yet. Sorry for the confusion. We accidentally counted the 20 million people who updated from Firefox 1.5 to Firefox 1.5.0.1 this week.



Go to http://www.spreadfirefox.com/node/21923 for the source.



Firefox is anything but Secure with multiple unpatched vulnerabilities allowing exposure of sensitive data to local users. You only need one vulnerability to be insecure. Since Firefox v1.x was released, users have been exposed to over 150 security vulnerabilities and countin



Firefox is the Most Secure Web Browser"



Reality - Opera is currently the most Secure Graphical Web Browser in Windows.



Myth - "Firefox Vulnerabilities are Quickly Patched"



Reality - Multiple vulnerabilities have remained unpatched for a long time. - Source



SA12403 - Unpatched since 08-30-2004

SA12580 - Unpatched since 09-18-2004



OS Integration Security



Myth - "Firefox is More Secure because it is not integrated into the OS"



Reality - "The issue of not being part of the Operating System is an interesting one though that is frequently the subject of misunderstanding. IE is part of the Windows Operating System so that parts of the OS and other applications can rely on the functionality and APIs being present. IE in turn relies on Operating System functionality to do it's job. To be clear there are no Operating System APIs that IE uses that are not documented on MSDN as part of the platform SDK and available to other browsers and any other software that runs on Windows. The security of any browser is irrelevant to if it is part of the operating system. If we are to debate security of browsers then let's bring in relevant arguments and accurate details about different possible attacks rather than rely on the irrational fear that because IE is part of the operating system it must be exposing OS functionality to the web. This is not the case as any software has access to the same set of OS APIs and can therefore expose the same set of OS functionality as IE."





Myth - "Firefox is More Secure because it does not use ActiveX"



Solution to Spyware



Myth - "Firefox is a Solution to Spyware"



Reality - This is very misleading and can lull users into a false sense of security. Use the free Secure XP Guide to properly secure your system and get a REAL solution to Spyware. Firefox is nothing more than a Web Browser. Installing Firefox does not clean your system of existing Spyware infections or protect you from manually installing anything in the future, including Spyware. These can come from Downloads, Email Attachments, File Sharing and by other means. You can still easily get infected with Spyware using Firefox as these exploits demonstrate:



"Earlier this week, I blogged about a site doing a bunch of different exploits, depending on what you are running. One of the things the site will do is detect if you have Firefox, and attempt to exploit it, using the InstallVersion.compareTo() vulnerability. There are actually a number of sites running this exploit, and one of our researchers, Adam Thomas, was kind enough to take some pictures. Going to a site with an older version of Firefox got him just a bucket-load of Spyware." - Source



"Visit the same page in FF and, with the JRE up and running, the below happens. Being a curious soul, I agreed to the install - and quickly wished I hadn't! In a flurry of remote downloads, numerous changes to the registry took place and a sizeable amount of IE specific installs began downloading. Amongst the assortment was DyFuCA, Internet Optimizer, ISTsvc, Kapabout, sais (180 Solutions), SideFind, Avenue Media and something called djtopr1150.exe lurking in the Temp folder."



Reality - "ActiveX gets a bad rap as the cause of all of Internet Explorer's security woes. But it's just not so. Old myths die hard! There's no doubt that Internet Explorer has more than it's fair share of security holes, but very few of them have to do with ActiveX. ActiveX controls are packages of code that can run in the context of the browser. They are installable through a link on a Web page. Exactly how different is this from having a link to an executable file that you have to explicitly run? Essentially not at all, except that the ActiveX version is more convenient. Even with Firefox you can download and run an executable file. Does this make Firefox unsafe? In fact, Mozilla and Firefox's support for XPCOM, a plain text and platform-independent software model, is very comparable to ActiveX once you get the user to click "Yes." The complaint against ActiveX has always centered around the ability to install native code from across the Internet, but this is less unusual than it seems, and ActiveX arguably makes things more secure. When you encounter an object tag referencing a control that you do not have installed, you then have the opportunity to install it. Under the default security settings, you will be warned before this happens and given an opportunity to approve or reject the installation."



Anti-Phishing



Myth - "Firefox 2's Phishing Protection is better than Internet Explorer 7"



Reality - "Internet Explorer 7's Phishing Filter finished at the top of 3Sharp's list as most accurate anti-phishing technology, catching nearly 9 out of 10 phishing sites while generating no warning or block errors on the 500 legitimate websites tested."





Integrated Search



Myth - "Firefox was the first Web Browser to include an Integrated Search feature"



Reality - Opera was the first browser to include an Integrated Search feature in Opera 5 in 2000.



Pop-up Blocking



Myth - "Firefox was the first Web Browser to include Pop-up Blocking"



Reality - Opera was the first browser to include Pop-up Blocking in Opera 5 in 2000.



Blocks All Pop-ups



Myth - "Firefox Blocks all Pop-ups"



Reality - Firefox does not Block all Pop-ups. PopupTest shows the "Drop down Popup" and the "Sticky Popup" are not blocked. Other types of Pop-ups continue to get through.



Also if you want to see something just plain stupid type about:mozilla into the Firefox address bar to get "The Book of Mozilla". FIREFOX IS NOT A RELIGION.



Now. Even though I am currently using Firefox to post this blog, I'm an just tired of people bad mouthing IE.



I rest my case.

Answer 5

http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/downloads/pop_up_blocker_software/



http://www.download.com/3120-20_4-0.html?tg=dl-20&qt=pop%20up%20blocker&tag=srch

Answer 6

http://www.download.com/3120-20_4-0-1-0.html?qt=popup+blocker&author=&titlename=&desc=&dlcount=&daysback=&swlink=&gfiletype=&os=&li=49&dlsize=&ca=



Download.com is a great place to find software that offers free trials or freeware.



I linked you to a bunch of FREE popup blockers all of which work with internet explorer unless they say it doesnt in the description.

Answer 7

most virus are spread through IE. IE is not a safe browser. you should use a more secure browser to protect your PC from virus.



i recommand you to use firefox with Google toolbar. firefox can block any any popup and disable any virus and adware, spyware on webpage, so, firefox is much safer than IE browser. as you know, most of virus spread throught internet and webpage.



besides, firefox is much smaller than IE, so it run faster than IE.



download firefox for free, Just have a try:



http://www.openawindow.info/firefox/



Good Luck !!!

Answer 8

I suggest using Mozilla Firefox.

Answer 9

try google bar or yahoo bar you can turn off the popup blocker or turn them on

Answer 10

Follow these steps to a completely secure computer. Download and install all of these free programs. It’s allright to have more than one anti-spyware, but not anti-virus so make sure you have removed and uninstalled every bit of your old antivirus and firewall as these can cause unwanted conflicts.



AVG Anti-Virus- http://free.grisoft.com/



AVG Anti-Spyware- http://free.grisoft.com/doc/download-free-anti-spyware/us/frt/0



AVG Anti-Rootkit- http://free.grisoft.com/doc/download-free-anti-rootkit/us/frt/0



Spybot Search&Destroy- http://spybot.com/en/mirrors/index.html



AdAware Personal SE- http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-2007-Free/3000-8022_4-10045910.html?part=dl-ad-aware&subj=dl&tag=top5



A-Squared Free Edition- http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/download/



Comodo Firewall- http://www.comodo.com/products/free_products.html





CLEAN UP PROGRAMS

CCleaner- http://ccleaner.com/download/downloadpage.aspx?1



Advanced WindowsCare Personal- http://www.download.com/Advanced-WindowsCare-Personal/3000-2086-10407614.html?part=dl-AdvancedW&subj=dl&tag=button



IObit SmartDefrag- http://www.majorgeeks.com/downloadget.php?id=5318&file=10&evp=3907499a9d91d6d4d70477dfa7628159



Eusing Free Registry Cleaner- http://eusing.com/Download.htm



Registry Distiller- http://www.codeode.com/registrydistiller/index.html



TweakNow Regcleaner Standard- http://www.tweaknow.com/RegCleaner.html



Windows Defender- http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/thankyou.aspx?familyId=435bfce7-da2b-4a6a-afa4-f7f14e605a0d&displayLang=en&hash=EG3dznS7Jd5E9zvCt5ZNZ8nCI7fLawkDMjbsNZAtEWq6G2XsdafpULYMEVfq4BrRNxxc3CvnKhDaOTFrApuKyQ%3d%3d



Now restart your computer twice to ensure all or most of the programs have been properly installed. Make sure to update all these programs everyday. Now that you have updated all your programs go turn off your computer. Now hold on F8 right after you turn on your computer and that will bring you to the menu to go to safe mode. Hit safe mode and log in. Now launch up all the AVG programs and wait about 2 hours as it’s the first scan. If the programs have found anything simply delete the infections. After that, run spybot, adaware, and a-squared free edition, if they detect anything, simply delete those infections too. Then, after those run a full scan on windows defender it shouldn’t find anything by now and if it hasn’t then your computer has been cleaned of bad infections. Now its time to clean up. Run each of the clean up programs one by one. Now you have a safe, healthy, clean computer. And try to download these top internet browsers.



1.) Saffari- http://www.apple.com/safari/download/...

2.) Mozilla- http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/

3.) Opera- http://www.opera.com/

Answer 11

Internet Explorer 7, Firefox, and Opera have perfectly good built in pop-up blockers. They must be enabled to work. After they are enabled pop-ups should be rare.



IE7 : Tools > pop up blocker > turn on

Firefox: Tools > options > content >Check "block pop up windows

Opera: Tools > Quick Preferences > Block unwanted pop-ups



If you get more than 3 pop ups per day with the browser pop up blocker on you are infected with malware. If you follow all the following steps it should get rid of your problem and prevent future problems. All programs listed are free.

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Securing a Personal Machine

http://safecomputing.umn.edu/studentchecklist.html



OS Reinstallation vs. Virus Removal

http://safecomputing.umn.edu/guides/rebuild_repair.html



If you follow all the following steps it should get rid of your problem and prevent future problems. All programs listed are free.

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Update your antivirus and run a full scan



Full Time (Active) Virus Protection

If you do not have active virus protection, install only one. All are excellent.

Try AVG first.



AVG Antivirus 7.5 Free Edition

http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/avg-anti-virus-free/lng/us/tpl/v5

http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Free-Edition/3000-2239_4-10669237.html?tag=lst-0-1

or

Free antivirus - avast! 4 Home Edition

http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html

or

AOL Active Virus Shield (powered by Kaspersky)

http://www.activevirusshield.com/antivirus/freeav/index.adp

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Update your spyware protection and run a full scan.

If you do not have active spyware protection, install one.



Full Time (Active) Spyware Protection



Windows Defender

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/software/default.mspx



or

AOL Automatic Protection Against Spyware and Malware

http://daol.aol.com/safetycenter/spyware

http://daol.aol.com/safetycenter/

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Install the following four programs and run weekly or at least monthly. You need all four. They are not a substitute for full time spyware and virus protection. They will greatly increase your protection. Install and run now.



Ad-Aware SE Personal (update + full scan)

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/products/ad-aware_se_personal.php



Spybot Search & Destroy (update + immunize + scan)

Do not enable Tea Timer and SDHelper

After installation: update + scan + immunize

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirrors/index.html



SpywareBlaster: Update then open and click “enable all protection”.

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html



SUPERAntiSpyware free version: (update + scan)

http://www.superantispyware.com/

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Install:



CCleaner:

http://www.ccleaner.com/

Do not install optional toolbar.

Removes tracking cookies, unneeded files, history

In options.

Set to run when computer starts.

Place cookies you want to keep in save list

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Install either one not both:



McAfee Site Advisor: Internet Explorer and Firefox

http://www.siteadvisor.com/

Indicates if a site is unsafe and can link to a page to explain why it is unsafe.



TrendProtect™

http://www.trendsecure.com/portal/en-US/free_security_tools/trendprotect.php

TrendProtect is a FREE browser plug-in that helps you avoid Web pages with unwanted content and hidden threats.

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Note if a scan detects a problem but is unable to remove, start the computer in safe mode with the internet line disconnected and run a full scan.



In severe cases your system restore files will also be infected. In these cases you will need to turn off system restore to prevent malware hiding in the system restore files and reinfecting the computer during removal or during a future system restore. Turning off system restore deletes the system restore files.



Right click on "my computer"> Properties > System Restore Tab > Check box turn of system restore



After the malware is removed turn on system restore.

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Run this time only:



CWShredder: run

http://www.trendmicro.com/cwshredder/

Roguefix.bat

http://www.internetinspiration.co.uk/roguefix.htm

Shoot The Messenger

http://www.grc.com/stm/shootthemessenger.htm

SmitFraudFix

http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/How_to_use_SmitFraudFix-t109268.html

Vundo Fix and

VirtumundoBegone (if VundoFix does not work)

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic18610.html

VX2 tool for Ad-Aware and run tool (Install and run)

http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/securitycenter/vx2_cleaner.php

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Run this time and monthly:



Microsoft Update:

Run in "Custom Mode". Install everthing, reboot and repeat until nothing is left to install.

http://www.update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/default.aspx?ln=en-us



Microsoft OneCare Live, run “full service scan”

Updates windows, virus and spyware scan, disk cleanup, disk fragmentation (if needed), backs up registry and then cleans registry, and checks for open firewall ports

http://onecare.live.com/site/en-us/default.htm



Malicious Software Removal Tool (run “full scan”)

http://www.microsoft.com/security/malwareremove/default.mspx

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Rootkits Removers

Pick any 2 install and run one each month.



AVG Anti-Rootkit

http://www.grisoft.com/doc/products-avg-anti-rootkit-update-app-art/?ver=1.1.0.29

F-Secure BlackLight

http://www.f-secure.com/blacklight/

Panda Anti-Rootkit

http://www.pandasoftware.com/products/antirootkit/

Sophos Anti-Rootkit

http://www.sophos.com/products/free-tools/sophos-anti-rootkit.html

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Online Free Scanners:

Run Trend Micro, Kaspersky, and Panda Scan now.

Run a different one each month.



Avast! Online Scanner

http://onlinescan.avast.com/

BitDefender Online Scanner

http://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html

CA eTrust® PestScan

http://pestpatrol.com/pestscan/index.htm

eTrust Antivirus Web Scanner

http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx

F-Secure Online Virus Scanner

http://support.f-secure.com/enu/home/ols.shtml

Kaspersky - Free Online Virus Scan

http://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner

McAfee - Free Scan

http://us.mcafee.com/root/mfs

Panda Software - ActiveScan

http://www.pandasoftware.com/activescan/activescan/ascan_2.asp

Symantec (norton) - Security Check

http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp

Trend Micro™ HouseCall

http://www.trendmicro.com/hc_intro/default.asp

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Additional Information:

http://www.techsupportforum.com/security-center/hijackthis-log-help/15968-updated-important-read-before-posting-log.html

http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_Removal_and_Prevention:_Overview

http://wiki.castlecops.com/Malware_Prevention:_Prevent_Re-infection

http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm

http://aumha.org/secure.htm

http://aumha.org/a/parasite.php

http://www.castlecops.com/t102301-Hijackthis_Guidelines_Read_Before_Posting.html

http://forum.aumha.org/viewtopic.php?t=4075&sid=901703d08c2ace31389ffef2d84b6607