I've downloaded it. I'm willing to try anything cos popups are driving me mad. Theres a casino one that says click yes to install. You click No and it says "Do you want to play these games or not??" CHEEKY FUCKING FUCKERS!!! RAAAHHHH!
Word of advice - DONT download Hotbar if you dont like pop ups. They put dam smily faces and pictures everywhere, and stuff on ur tool bar. Totally nitemare to get rid of.
Google Toolbar + AdAware = A great combo in the fight againts pop ups! They are both free.. www.download.com and search for each. Result!
i got zonealarm but my pro trial expired so im stuck with zonealarm standard now... im also none to keen on cracking firewall software... :spangled:
make sure you get the lavasoft ad-aware, cos there's a few on www.download.com that are jus shit an fuck your computer up altho my laptop gets its hard drive formatted on a regular basis when it has to be sent back to the factory to fix the power socket :evil:
i prefer BlackIce Defender to Zone Alarm. Although Ad-Aware is pretty good - if you've got the most recent reference files for it. Saying that, i did have some spyware installed somewhere the other day that i couldn't find.
McAfee Personal Firewall + AdAware for me.. not had a single popup since i got them... tried zonealarm on someones reccomendation but ive got McAfee VirusScan so the two work quite nicely together.. zonealarm just cluttered it up... had norton first... fucked up no end... - no recycle bin? wtf... Google Toolbar = art.com or somethin adds.. blatently a con..
Ive always found Norton to be a bigger pain the arse than most problems in the first place.... Maybe its just some crap I heard, doesnt AdAware actually contain some spyware itself, or some kinda feature that sends data back? (Its just something I heard on the net)...
It definatley ain't a con like. You have the convenience of Google all the time without having to go to the site, I get no pop ups and it certainly is never the source of any spyware! It's a definate winner
