Dear Bosnianheat26

There are two types of pop-ups, the ones generated by spyware or planted programs and the ones allowed in by Windows Messenger, which is turned on by default (upon installation).

Windows Messenger was originally designed for network administrators to send messages to their network clients but the side effect of being on the internet is that WM sees it as one big network and you as the client. So any miscreant can broadcast an internet message and WM will relay that unwanted message to you.

The way to get rid of these unwanted messages is to switch WM off, which is not clear cut or easy. I downloaded Ad-aware SE, from Lavasoft, and use it's specially made (for the purpose) plug-ins to switch WM off. Now I do not suffer with WM relayed pop-ups anymore.

Hope this helps




UK Bob