Comments on: How to (fail, then succeed to) get rid of unwanted adware http://dantwining.com/2009/03/19/how-to-get-rid-of-unwanted-adware/ every day is a school day Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:03:13 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Pete http://dantwining.com/2009/03/19/how-to-get-rid-of-unwanted-adware/#comment-31 Pete Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:37:10 +0000 http://www.dantwining.com/words/?p=180#comment-31 You need to install these extensions: NoScript, AdBlock Plus, and WOT (web of trust). I haven't seen an advert on the internet for years... when I use someone else's computer I remember what it used to be like and I wonder how people can bear it. Once Chrome supports Xmarks though I will probably switch. You need to install these extensions: NoScript, AdBlock Plus, and WOT (web of trust).

I haven’t seen an advert on the internet for years… when I use someone else’s computer I remember what it used to be like and I wonder how people can bear it.

Once Chrome supports Xmarks though I will probably switch.

]]> By: dan http://dantwining.com/2009/03/19/how-to-get-rid-of-unwanted-adware/#comment-33 dan Mon, 06 Apr 2009 10:44:15 +0000 http://www.dantwining.com/words/?p=180#comment-33 In one last throw of the die... <blockquote>I don't know if you got any further with fixing your dad's machine. if not, he might want to try running <a href="http://www.ccleaner.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.ccleaner.com/</a> and <a href="http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php</a></blockquote> ...and got the reply... <blockquote>Brilliant dan, we just ran these two and it all seems to be working a lot faster with no ads.</blockquote> Woohoo! In one last throw of the die…

I don’t know if you got any further with fixing your dad’s machine. if not, he might want to try running

http://www.ccleaner.com/

and

http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

…and got the reply…

Brilliant dan, we just ran these two and it all seems to be working a lot faster with no ads.

Woohoo!

]]> By: dan http://dantwining.com/2009/03/19/how-to-get-rid-of-unwanted-adware/#comment-30 dan Wed, 25 Mar 2009 08:05:21 +0000 http://www.dantwining.com/words/?p=180#comment-30 True, although when I asked him last night how it was going, he said he'd installed Firefox, but that he got the same pop-up ads when he launched that! Urgh. So I said that it "wasn't a machine I'd want to do internet banking on", and told him to reformat. True, although when I asked him last night how it was going, he said he’d installed Firefox, but that he got the same pop-up ads when he launched that!

Urgh.

So I said that it “wasn’t a machine I’d want to do internet banking on”, and told him to reformat.

]]> By: Shahid http://dantwining.com/2009/03/19/how-to-get-rid-of-unwanted-adware/#comment-32 Shahid Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:03:18 +0000 http://www.dantwining.com/words/?p=180#comment-32 Firefox rules! Firefox rules!

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