internet explorer how can i disable it?


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How can i disable this web browser i use something better but the explorer pop up and i am not using it or even clicking on this program.

Can you help me please cause pc doing it so my laptop just started acting like this.
 
To be fairly blunt about it, just use a pop-up blocker program and you'll be fine.
 
Pop up blocker program is already running but it wont work
 
By the sounds of it you have internet explorer set as your default browser. This means that any link you click will open in internet exploer because tats what you have set your computer to recognise as your default browser.

To correct this im gonna need to know what other browser you hope to make your default.
 
QUOTE (shinigamii @ Aug 23 2009, 10:24 AM) By the sounds of it you have internet explorer set as your default browser. This means that any link you click will open in internet exploer because tats what you have set your computer to recognise as your default browser.

To correct this im gonna need to know what other browser you hope to make your default.
No i have fire fox as my web browser its my default browser.

But problem is internet explorer keep popping up.
 
Okay, WHEN does IE pop up? Does it pop up randomly (in which case you need to do a virus/adware scan immediately)? Does it pop up when you click links in e-mails? Opening programs? What?

If it's poping up without you doing anything, then I'd say you probably have some malware of some kind on your computer that you need to take care of immediately. If it's when you click links in e-mails, see if there's a setting in your e-mail to change what it opens in. If it's from some other program, more than likely it's intended that way for a reason (or out of stupidity) and can't be changed.
 
QUOTE (dchaosblade @ Aug 22 2009, 06:10 PM)If it's from some other program, more than likely it's intended that way for a reason (or out of stupidity) and can't be changed.
Unfortunately msn messenger is like that because microsoft wants you to use their products.
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QUOTE (dchaosblade @ Aug 23 2009, 11:10 AM) Okay, WHEN does IE pop up? Does it pop up randomly (in which case you need to do a virus/adware scan immediately)? Does it pop up when you click links in e-mails? Opening programs? What?

If it's poping up without you doing anything, then I'd say you probably have some malware of some kind on your computer that you need to take care of immediately. If it's when you click links in e-mails, see if there's a setting in your e-mail to change what it opens in. If it's from some other program, more than likely it's intended that way for a reason (or out of stupidity) and can't be changed.
i have a program that find those type of garbage but it never pick it up

Yeah when i am away from the pc it automaticaly open up and i never open any email indicating popup
 
what kind of popup open up? also post a hijackthis log if you will i will see if you are infected or not lol
 
junk like casino pop up rpg game type virus that said your computer may be infected but it not.
 
well not much can be done about those popup unless you have a stronger popup/web blocker protection.

Just to let you know avira antivirus does well with popup though
 
Just because a browser is default doesn't mean it's opened all the time to see a site. Certain programs specifically search for different browsers. It's likely that you have a program that initiates when you excite a trigger and creates pop-ups. Using IE's poor pop up blocker you get spammed again and again with more and more pop-ups.

All that pop-up blockers do is disable code that's embedded into a page. The html code can be put in places where it can't be detected by the pop-up blocker, which is the problem for pop-ups that can't be stopped. But basically the pop-up blocker detects the code that looks something like:
<META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" content"?; URL=?">
or
ONACTION="javascrip:window.open('?','?', 'HEIGHT=?, WIDTH=?)"
and ignores the action until the unblock button is pressed. Pop-ups are dangerous in that the source site is safe but the pop-up isn't. If it isn't protected, the pop-up can open another pop up and and that pop up another and etc. Such as when you have advertising enabled on this site and it shows you another site to see until you hit the "skip advertisement button". Sometimes those sites revert you another site, sometimes bad.

There are other ways of making pop ups happen, and other ways to use the internet explorer to hack into other peoples computers, which is why it's so scary. Such as with that facebook incident with FTV or those ads that pop up a message saying "are you sure you want to stray away from this offer" You may need a better anti-virus or malware detector...
 
QUOTE (iamdeath @ Aug 23 2009, 05:49 AM)junk like casino pop up rpg game type virus that said your computer may be infected but it not.

What do you use to scan your comp and do these pop ups appear randomly? Do they instruct you to buy anything?
I'd suggest doing a scan with malware bytes free version. Also run super anti spyware. I know these prgrams are good and can be trusted.
if its just regular pop ups then have a search around and find a good pop up blocker.
 
QUOTE (shinigamii @ Aug 24 2009, 01:30 AM)
What do you use to scan your comp and do these pop ups appear randomly? Do they instruct you to buy anything?
I'd suggest doing a scan with malware bytes free version. Also run super anti spyware. I know these prgrams are good and can be trusted.
if its just regular pop ups then have a search around and find a good pop up blocker.
i got Norton anti virus 09 i used blocking pop up on high
 
Well i found program window update ask me i found 88 malware problem on laptop


808 on pc of malware deleted it so now i not having no problem
 
QUOTE (dchaosblade @ Aug 22 2009, 09:10 PM) If it's poping up without you doing anything, then I'd say you probably have some malware of some kind on your computer that you need to take care of immediately.
Huh, fancy that, I already said that it was probably malware and that you should do a scan. Go figure.
 
Well since this is taken care of this thread is now closed.
 
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