Subscriber Russ Alor wrote me recently about popup problems:

Terry:
I have been very satisfied with my virus protections but still
struggle with pop-ups even when Google has implied
“protection” running.

Is there available a popup guard?

Russ Allor

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I wrote back to say:

I’m assuming you mean popups from specific web sites. In that case, you need to try a different popup blocker.

On the other hand, if you’re having popups when using the Internet as a routine issue, you might have an adware problem. I suggest trying the 30-day free trial of CounterSpy — the trial is full-function, not cripple-ware.

Wait a minute — I recommend CounterSpy , period, because of its performance and its always-running control of adware and spyware. I use it on my computers. Give it a try. If you don’t like it, don’t buy a license (which is only $19.95). I also like the their firewall Sunbelt Personal Firewall which is also $19.95. I have individually licensed copies of both on my family’s Windows computers.

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