Freeper help: Shareware Popup blockers?

Also look at The Proxomitron proxy server, works well out of the box. It's orphaned, but Google for it.

And load up your HOSTS file with all the bad sites. Google for HOSTS Windows or some such. There are lots of URLs with HOSTS prepopulated. Makes drudge tolerable.

Spybot S&D and Adaware work as well as Norton. Take a look at AVG, and it's free to boot.

21 posted on 01/28/2005 11:52:55 AM PST by spudsmaki

Try GuardIE, for Internet Explorer! It's free!

www.guardwall.com

22 posted on 01/28/2005 11:53:33 AM PST by F105-D ThunderChief (That "THUD" you heard was the Collapse of the DemocRats!)

FREE PC PROTECTION:
(Not an exhaustive list. Your results may vary. Void where prohibited. For entertainment purposes only. No wagering, please. Whattayawantfernuthin'.)
(Thanks, but "Buy a Mac" doesn't qualify as "FREE PC protection")

Free Alternative browsers:
Free AntiSpam Tools: MailWasher
Free Antiviral protection: AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition
Free Firewalls:
- ZoneAlarm
- Sygate Personal Firewall (thanx KoRn)
- Test your firewall from without with:
  - ShieldsUP!
  - DSL Reports Port Scan
- Test your firewall from within with LeakTest
Free General Anti-Malware tools:
- Prevx Intrusion Detection (thanx TomGuy)
- WinPatrol (thanx TomGuy)
Free Popup ad killers:
- Bayden Systems Popup Popper: Blocks popup ads well in MSIE
- Shoot the Messenger: Close that friggin' Messenger in Windows XP
Free Spyware removers:
- Spybot S&D
- AdAware
Free System Diagnostics: Everest Home Edition (thanx TomGuy)
Free Windows Update: Windows Update
LAST BUT NOT LEAST: Explore Linux as an alternative OS, without installing it on your hard drive, via a free bootable CD-ROM! Download Knoppix (or one of these other Linux distributions), burn the ISO file onto a CD-ROM, and reboot with the CD-ROM in its drive. If you later want to install Knoppix on your hard drive, here are some tips.

23 posted on 01/28/2005 11:53:34 AM PST by martin_fierro

Windows XP, Service Pack 2 comes with pop-up blockers.

If you have Windows XP, it is a freebie.

24 posted on 01/28/2005 11:53:55 AM PST by shellshocked

been running Mozilla Firefox at home and at work since September
It works like champ...no pop-ups/adware/spyware since install

25 posted on 01/28/2005 11:57:40 AM PST by Robe (Rome did not create a great empire by talking, they did it by killing all those who opposed them)

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