Ad Mails Popping up

[BagPussAA]

I have always used Stenganos Anti virus and the 2007 edition was great. I have upgraded it to th 2008 version and now I get lots of ad windows appearing whenever I use the internet. It is getting quite bad now and lots of them are for porn sites. How do I prevent this as it never happened with the 2007 version?

[Buenchico]

A pop-up blocker isn't part of any anti-virus software, per se. Steganos Internet Security 2008 combines anti-virus software with a firewall but there's nothing in the product description to say that a pop-up blocker is part of the suite.

If you go to Download.com, you'll find dozens of free programs which claim that they'll block pop-ups but a far simpler solution would be to switch to a decent web browser, which does the job automatically. Like the vast majority of the 'regulars', here in AB's Technology section, I ditched Internet Explorer (which I assume you're using) ages ago. Firefox is much faster, more secure, more stable, more flexible and includes a great pop-up blocker:
http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/products/fire fox/

Chris

PS: While I like Steganos products (and use Steganos Security Suite 5 on my own PC for file-shredding and encryption), there's no reason to pay for any internet security products. See here:
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Technology/Comp uters/Question572051.html

[BagPussAA]

Thanks Buenchico. I am already using Firefox and the same problem is still happening. I just dont understand why it is happening now when it has never happened before. I have used AVG free before as an anti-virus package but found that it was not catching many viruses and my system kept getting infected so that is why I switched to Steganos.