Deleting IE?

Psycho Chicken · 17-05-2005, 07:25 PM

Alright, sick of this pop up shit that no pop up blocker will touch, I'm deleting IE. How the hell do I get rid of it?

MAD · 17-05-2005, 07:26 PM

Do yourself a favour and download firefox, then pretend IE doesnt exist, cause unfortunately you cant get rid of it.

M14A-Mclaren · 17-05-2005, 07:29 PM

I use firefox all the time, unless the website is shit and is built for IE or I'm going to Windows Update. Dont think you can delete it, its Windows pride and joy.

Psycho Chicken · 17-05-2005, 07:30 PM

I AM using firefox, I still get IE popping up though.

BlueRaven · 17-05-2005, 07:31 PM

This is true. It depends very much on what Windows version your runing though.

Technically it is possible to not have IE, period, if you have Windows 98, a copy of 95 and a copy of 98lite. That program can fuse together some files from Windows 95 into 98 and make it so that you don't have IE at all.

Unfortunately, every other version of windows above that has Internet Explorer built into the operating system - its not just a program, its part of the shell.

Therefore, updating IE or downloading XP service pack two will give you an ad blocking feature - or as MADXF said, just download Firefox. Its better anyway ;)

BlueRaven · 17-05-2005, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Psycho Chicken

I AM using firefox, I still get IE popping up though.

Well in that case, download spybot or adaware and scan your computer.

You have spyware installed.

Psycho Chicken · 17-05-2005, 07:39 PM

I know I do, nothing will get rid of it.

outside · 17-05-2005, 07:42 PM

i have been using FF for awhile now and find little problems with it , i also use spydoctor and ad-aware as my wife will only use IE .

M14A-Mclaren · 17-05-2005, 07:45 PM

If only you could get in there and kick the **** out of it, I installed something weird and i got 188 odd peices of spyware, lol thankfully adaware and all my other spyware programs have assisted in getting rid of it.

Psycho Chicken · 17-05-2005, 07:47 PM

I'm using spydoctor, ad-aware and about 20 bazillion programs, still getting this shit.

As if seeing that ****ing retarded frog with the pin dick on tv didn't make me want to beat the living shit through whoever came up with it....argh the only animal that shits me more is that fu*king Jar Jar binks, if they kill that ***** off in episode 3 I'll be at movies all next week reliving that moment!

I've got the same frickin ad 3 times while I was typing this!

MAKE THAT FOUR!

paul7v7 · 17-05-2005, 07:52 PM

try using a program called IERADICATOR. I don't recommend uninstalling it no matter how much i hate it. There are some programs that use it.

outside · 17-05-2005, 07:53 PM

has this just started happpening or is it something thats allways been going on ?
have you just downloaded something ?
if you are using XP you can do a restart back before it started (if you know the date) via systerm restore .

Psycho Chicken · 17-05-2005, 07:55 PM

It's only just happened, no doubt something my ******** brother has put on or looked up.

A rather abusive phone call (and futile, eh what can you do) to that company that brings us that retarded frog has made me feel somewhat better.

Psycho Chicken · 17-05-2005, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by paul7v7

try using a program called IERADICATOR. I don't recommend uninstalling it no matter how much i hate it. There are some programs that use it.

Is there a version that works with XP, I've only found one for 9x?

Panda · 17-05-2005, 07:58 PM

You don't need to use all of those other programs to stop the spyware etc.....you can use Internet Explorer itself.

Just put those annoying websites in the 'blocked' area.

That's the primary form of 'Spam Control' I use.

Panda

rdomain · 17-05-2005, 07:59 PM

No probs here with Firefox unless the site is only written for IE which isn't very often.

b2tf · 17-05-2005, 08:09 PM

Tyr the Microsoft one, I know everybody gets on here and recommends about 1000 different programs (most of which ive tried) but in all honesty the Microsoft one is the best and most thorough one ive used. It adds in protection points to stop the crap from coming back too (and to stop new stuff).

It's called Microsoft AntiSpyware and is available for free from their website.

And it is possible to delete Internet Explorer from Windows, just find it in the Programs files and delete the one called 'IE' or similar. You'll know it when you find it.

Psycho Chicken · 17-05-2005, 08:11 PM

I tried that it just reinstalls itself.

XRated · 17-05-2005, 08:27 PM

Rob, try boot up windows in "safe-mode" and then use all that Spybot shit. I get the exact same thing, but I can't even boot into safe-mode for some b/s reason..

paul7v7 · 17-05-2005, 08:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Psycho Chicken

Is there a version that works with XP, I've only found one for 9x?

hmmm doesnt look like it yet

Psycho Chicken · 17-05-2005, 08:34 PM

Well I've put the Microsoft stuff on after a reboot, it seems to be working.

Paris Hilton · 17-05-2005, 08:42 PM

Psycho Chicken, that Jamster company didn't even invent the frogs annoying voice. It is actually meant to be a cars engine.

http://www.funnyjunk.com/pages/insanity_test.htm

2FIFTY · 17-05-2005, 08:45 PM

if ur using windows XP try this..

Click Start >> Set Program Access and Defaults

then click on Custom and un-tick the box next to Internet Explorer as shown in the attachment

im not sure if this will fix ur problem but its worth a try ;)

MITCHAY · 17-05-2005, 08:49 PM

Ive got Spybot, Adaware, Spyware blaster and Norton. With Spybot enable Spybot Resident and tea timer. Dissable system restore (I never have this enabled) when deleting spyware. Open task manager and note any suspcious processes. Research them on the net and if they are not good kill it. I had the twain tech thing always reappearing. I killed some processes in Spybot and also unregistered the .dll files. Delete any files installed as a result of the spyware. If you have broadband, use a router with a NAT firewall in it. Ive never had any problems with spyware since switching to ADSL.

M14A-Mclaren · 17-05-2005, 09:07 PM

What does disabling System Restore do?

MO · 17-05-2005, 09:10 PM

What are your security levels set at,I to used to have probs with pop-ups,until I put the security level to medium.
Have not had a pop-up since and I only have IE.

MITCHAY · 17-05-2005, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by M14A-Mclaren

What does disabling System Restore do?

Well system restore saves your settings so if something screws up you can revert back to the old settings. Problem with this is that is also saves spyware and viruses which will just reinfect anything.

M14A-Mclaren · 17-05-2005, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by paul7v7

hmmm doesnt look like it yet

Well if they havn't yet I doubt they ever will, XP has been out for like 4 years hasnt it?

Psycho Chicken · 17-05-2005, 09:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Selekta

Psycho Chicken, that Jamster company didn't even invent the frogs annoying voice. It is actually meant to be a cars engine.

http://www.funnyjunk.com/pages/insanity_test.htm

Yeah, and it was annoying 4 years ago and it's annoying now.

EB-maen · 17-05-2005, 09:53 PM

They try and pass it off as theirs though
'download the world famous frog remix' or some crap. Have you got fox8? Always get blasted by this mobile phone crap at least once every ad break. Funny, cos i always thought the point of 'pay tv' was you paid for the service therefore they didnt need to look to ads to get money. There's an annoying 'Puffy the Dragon' thing now, which adds to the mentality that for some reason having an animated 3d character instantly makes your business 'cool'. A bit off-topic, but that Jamster ad is also at the top of my most hated things on tv list, and if anybody on this forum ever comes up with a plot to destroy Jamster, count me in.
With our old computer however, you used to get constant popups from the moment it detected a connection. I don't really remember how I fixed that, but the computer is sitting in the garage at the moment, dismantled (seriously, I took a screwdriver to it), so that might have had something to do with it.