Are those pop-up ads coming from DG?

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gardenwife Newark, OH(Zone 5b) Aug 24, 2003

No, they're not from DG. If you use Windows 2000 or Windows XP, it could be Windows Messenger Service (not to be confused with MSN Messenger, the chat program). Windows Messenger allows advertisers to cause pop-up ads to come up on your computer, even when you're offline. It can be disabled, however.

To disable Windows Messenger, see this tutorial:
http://davesgarden.com/j/viewentry/29784/

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Calalily Deep South Coastal, TX(Zone 10a) Aug 26, 2003

Thanks GW. I have them stopped with a firewall, but now they are double stopped!
I had looked everywhere for directions on how to do this.

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Shelly221 Denver, CO(Zone 5b) Aug 28, 2003

I use AdAware, it scans your computer, and gets everything that is not suposed to be there, or you didnt know it was put there. Its free to download it. Here is the link for the review http://www.webattack.com/get/adaware.shtml
and here is the link to download it. http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,7423,00.asp

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