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Pops ups driving you crazy. Redirects driving you mad. Here a generic approach to stopping those unwanted web pages. Ok its obvious but needs to be said for those not technically minded " switch your pop up blocker on" . To turn Pop-up Blocker on or off, follow these steps:
Click Start, click Run, type I netcpl.cpl, and then click OK to open the Internet Properties dialog box. Alternatively, open Internet Explorer, and then click Internet Options on the Tools menu to open the Internet Properties dialog box.
Click the Privacy tab, and then do either of the following: Click to select Block pop-ups to turn Pop-up Blocker on.
Click to clear Block pop-ups to turn Pop-up Blocker off.
The next obvious thing prevention rather than cure i.e ensure your firewall is on and you have a good virus monitoring program. I recommend Microsoft Essentials, a relatively new product that is lite and does not slow your machine down like its competitors. The best bit is it is FREE. http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/
Ok now for the nitty gritty the CURE!. The scenario is one where you already have a computer riddled with unwanted registry keys instructing your computer to provide you with unwanted pop ups and redirects. What to do? Use my systematic approach. Don't worry bout the technical jargon let programs do the work for you and the best bet is you can repair your own computer for FREE. So lets begin.
Switch off system restore. System restore although great for system errors it is not the best application for handling the pop ups and redirects. To do this you want to follow these steps and don't worry you can switch it back on later. What you are doing is ensuring virus malware and registry scans remove issues that might reappear because they are stored in System Restore.
Right-click My Computer, and then click Properties.
On the Performance tab, click File System, or press ALT+F.
On the Troubleshooting tab, click to select the Disable System Restore check box.
Click OK twice, and then click Yes when you are prompted to restart the computer.
To re-enable System Restore, follow steps 1-3, but in step 3, click to clear the Disable System Restore check box.
Ok now lets move on. The next step is change the hosts file. The host file controls redirects:-
The HOSTS file is named 'hosts' and editable with any text editor, such as Notepad or Wordpad. Before editing, backup the current HOSTS file. The exact location of the file is determined by is seen below
'C:Windowshosts' on Windows 95/98/ME
'C:WinntSystem32DriversEtchosts' on Windows NT/2000
'C:WindowsSystem32DriversEtchosts' on Windows XP vista and Windows 7
Ok once you have reached the file location outlined above you want to delete the unwanted host instructions. An example, of un-wanted redirects is, outlined, below. You would simply clear/delete these through note pad. Only leave the local host. i.e. 127.0.0.1 localhost
216.109.118.74 www.google.com ( Remove)
64.233.183.99 wwww.yahoo.com (Remove)
127.0.0.1 localhost ( leave this one)
After deleting these files the job is Done!
Further cleaning of the registry and running an anti malware program would be a good idea at this stage. See my other articles.
Finally turn system restore back on.
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