pop-ups

I keep getting popups while not even on the internet. They're not like the pop-ups you get from websites, they're more like when you get an error or something from windows. I probably downloaded soemthing accidently. It's really annoying because all these porn ads always pop up. Is there any way to block them?

Yea there is, Most cost money though. Run a search on google.

And are you running a p2p? like Kazaa? I get pop-ups constantly while running Kazaa...

Doh... ppl get a pop-stopper.

no it's like messenger service or something like that

yeah i get pop ups even while im not in p2p or anywhere else, they just pop outta nowehere.....maybe spyware

My router blocks em.... Including ftp, webserver, pings, etc, unfortuneately even after I turn the dmz off.
So I dont have any problem with that.
But anyway, this one geeky bastard found out how to sell this spam technique to companies. I lost the link though.
It uses Windows Messenger service. To get rid of it, just get linux, or Lindows I hear is good for people who cant learn Linux.

i'm thinking of changing into redhat 8.0

Hm.. maybe you got a spy ware installed , try this program to get ride of them:

'Ad-Aware' made by 'Lavasoft'

www.lavasoftusa.com for Ad-Aware

And to get rid of messenger pop-ups...

Start -> Control Panel -> Admin Tools -> Services
Disable Messenger in there. Won't hurt MSN if you have it installed.