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<blockquote data-quote="schporto" data-source="post: 824435" data-attributes="member: 5967">A few points...First - run regedit and look for those keys.&nbsp; Let us know what you found and someone will try to help.Second - find &amp; run some antivirus software if you haven't already.&nbsp; Run ad-aware too, just get the latest updates for both.Third - Well, actually, these popups are normal.&nbsp; They're intended and unfortunately there's little you can do about it without doing something odd.&nbsp; When the first folks put popups into the web browsers they intended them to be used for good - alerting you of errors on that form before you submitted it, that kind of thing.&nbsp; Then, as is bound to happen, the dark side entered.&nbsp; Marketing.&nbsp; They found the power of the popup.&nbsp; And they used it.&nbsp; And ads appeared and all was cluttered.&nbsp; Now the way some folks correct this is to use popup blockers (like cedric suggested).&nbsp; Others (like me) run mozilla.&nbsp; It has a nice feature where whenever a page pops up an ad I right click on the page and select &quot;Block popups from this site&quot;.&nbsp; Poof.&nbsp; No more popups.&nbsp; Its not perfect, a very few pages force you to use IE, a few look bad under mozilla, but at this point I haven't opened IE in about 3 weeks.&nbsp; You can get it at <a href="http://www.mozilla.org" target="_blank">www.mozilla.org</a>-cpd</blockquote>

[QUOTE="schporto, post: 824435, member: 5967"] A few points... First - run regedit and look for those keys. Let us know what you found and someone will try to help. Second - find & run some antivirus software if you haven't already. Run ad-aware too, just get the latest updates for both. Third - Well, actually, these popups are normal. They're intended and unfortunately there's little you can do about it without doing something odd. When the first folks put popups into the web browsers they intended them to be used for good - alerting you of errors on that form before you submitted it, that kind of thing. Then, as is bound to happen, the dark side entered. Marketing. They found the power of the popup. And they used it. And ads appeared and all was cluttered. Now the way some folks correct this is to use popup blockers (like cedric suggested). Others (like me) run mozilla. It has a nice feature where whenever a page pops up an ad I right click on the page and select "Block popups from this site". Poof. No more popups. Its not perfect, a very few pages force you to use IE, a few look bad under mozilla, but at this point I haven't opened IE in about 3 weeks. You can get it at [url]www.mozilla.org[/url] -cpd [/QUOTE]

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