Ad Banners w/ Installation of Router!

[Questi4110]

I just got a router and I have networked two computers through it. However, after getting the router, i have been getting a lot of ad banners and porn site pop-ups.

I run ad-aware like 5 times a day and it find at least 5 bugs each time it runs. I have zone alarm and i tell it to block ads. However, in order to login to my sites, i have the "accept all cookies" option in internet explorer set.

I disabled any programs besides zone alarm to startup with windows.

I ran norton once since i installed the router and it found some trojan ad popper thing.

I dont know how to completely block these ads and i am wondering if this is usual. It hasn't happened yet, but i know someone else in my household will get one of these grotesque pop-ups while browsing.

I also have file sharing enabled and i use the ICS (?) firewall that windows xp provides.

I am completely updates in terms of windows updates.

Here is the link to my router, it has a built in firewall as well:
Link

Please Help


THANKS

 

[Garion]

First of all, NEVER accept all cookies. Very, very bad news. If you've got a site that requires you to accept the cookies, set it as a trusted site in IE and return your cookie settings back to something more reasonable. Most default settings are actually, pretty good.

A router won't ever add content, unless something is really, really wrong. I highly doubt that it's the router - More than likely you've got something that's sneaked into your computer that's doing this.

Have you considered using something like pop-up blocker? That might help filter out some of the more objectionable stuff.

Lastly, I read a review where Spybot received better reviews than ad-aware. I'd give it a shot and see if it finds anything that ad-aware isn't.

- G

 

[Macro2]

There are only about 150 people doing all this pop up e-mail spam penis extension, viagra, mortgage stuff etc..
All they have to do is put them in jail. Of course they hide behind free speech.

You possibly have Backdoor trojans running on your computer and you don't know it.

Also search your computer for a file called hiddenrun.exe and hidden32.exe. If you have then delete them the are masking your tojans. Then DL a program called TDS-3 and run it. Use google.

Then in addition to adaware DL amd run Spybot.

As far as tracking cookies you can block some of them with Spybot where as Adware takes the PRO version to do it. Also Spybot will find stuff Ad aware doesn't and vice versa.

Then again you can set the cookies to be tighter entry and use IE6 tools>options> delete cookies every now and then.

The other post mention pop up stopper killer blocker. This kind of program is a must. Google has a free one. If you use the Mozilla browser you can configure it without a special program to block pop ups.

 

[Questi4110]

Ok thanks a lot guys for the responses.
One question on TDS-3, do i have to download this if i already have norton running (norton found some trojans last time i ran it).


THANKS

 

[Macro2]

RE:"One question on TDS-3, do i have to download this if i already have norton running (norton found some trojans last time i ran it)."

Norton is a pansy compared to TDS-3. ANother good program is the cleaner but TDS-3 is the best IMHO. You can get updates free if you manually install them too.

I've had Norton miss trojans and when it does find one it can't do anything with it sometimes. Norton just doesn't cut it for trojans. Actually even McAffee is better...

Mac

 

[Macro2]

Leading anti-virus systems are good at detecting viruses, but relatively poor at trojan detection. TDS detects several thousand trojans that we can confirm are still not detected by any anti-virus programs. One reason for this is that anti-virus researchers have a lot more to deal (such as over 50,000 viruses!) so they must limit how much time they spend on anti-trojan research. This is not the case with TDS, where we work fulltime doing nothing but trojan research and development.

 

[fargus]

I'd also recommend using Mozilla, as did Macro2. Won't catch me going back to IE except for a few sites that absolutely require it. Moz now has popup block built in, and you can configure it easily (one click) to allow popups for a site where you want them. Finer control over cookies, too. At the very least, set it to "allow cookies from the originating server only". I love the tabs, very handy for the way I browse. Grab a copy at mozilla.org and check it out.