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for popups:
do 2 things. first, get and run ad-aware. you've probably got gator. gator is responsible for a lot of popups, and these popups have nothing to do with the sites you're visiting. ever gotten a popup on google.com? that's gator.
second, get mozilla or firebird. ALL of those popup-blockers are crap. It's one more program to run, one more program sucking away your system resources. one more thing to wait to load when you start your computer.
also, get a virus scanner. don't go for any of those free ones online. who knows what they do. get either norton antivirus or mcafee virus scan. keep them up to date with their online updates. if you have a virus, let the checker remove it. if you end up with a trojan, well you're fucked. for security's sake you'll have to reformat and reinstall windows; you simply never know what back doors a trojan may have installed.
also, make sure you've got windows update enabled. No software is 100% hackerproof (especially Microsoft's stuff) so don't get caught off-guard because you didn't get the latest update.
another tip: don't read your spam. spammers put special HTML in the spam emails that tells them if you've read the email or not. If you've read the email they know a real-live person will read spam they send to your address and you'll keep getting more and more and more and more...
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