From my work, which is paranoid about garbage getting onto their
network due to the size of the company, we are given "magic decoder
rings" which allow us to access our network from home, but only as
long as we have acceptable protection on our home computers.

To my amazement, they consider free AVG to be acceptable protection.
We have the free AVG (got sick of McAfee and Norton nickle-n-diming us
to death).  And each time we start up the computer, we get the AVG
popup encouraging us to upgrade to the pay version.  But if our 'ever-
so-protective' IT folks think AVG is acceptable, I'm thinking that it
must be at least pretty good.

Someone else in this thread mentioned that some pr*n sites put mal-
ware that's nearly impossible to get rid of.  Sometimes the answer to
a problematical computer is to save one's data, wipe the disk, and
reinstall everything from scratch.

B&S
'87 Westy 'Esmerelda Blanc
SoCal

On Jan 9, 2009, at 8:41 AM, Sudhir Desai wrote:

> Were you using AVG before you had the popup infestation?
> First off, I recommend ditching AVG, and buying an anti-virus program.
> (Check PC Magazine, or your favorite computer publication to figure
> out what to buy.)
> Secondly, in all the browsers currently installed on your computer,
> delete cookies, and if there is an option to delete all personal
> information, use it.
> To prevent pop-ups in the future, use a browser that has a built-in
> popup blocker (per the suggestion of whomever it was -- Google Chrome,
> Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer with Google Toolbar installed)
>
> But I think the major source of the popups is AVG itself.
>
> Just my $.02.
> cheers,
> sudhir