GrGranny, there is a pretty good chance that these are caused not by the web sites that you are visiting, but by little "ad-ware" programs that have been planted on your own computer. I recently installed a program called "Ad-aware" which finds these little bugs and gets rid of them. The first time I ran it there were 17 files on my computer that did nothing but every so often send to me various commercial websites trying to sell me things.
I recently installed an "ad-ware" type of program, only I paid for mine..........it was I think $17.95........they gave me a month trial for free and their program really worked..........42
Thanks, I tried the other day and hope it goes ok. My provider, Cox Cable, had something called 86 that is free and haven't received any pop ups yet. Of course, I haven't actually been on the internet much so far.
Another source of infection, if you just got a new computer, is the computer manufacturer itself. If you have a Hewlett Packard, Compaq or Dell computer, it probably came with a program called Backweb (or BackwebLite) already installed. This program records all of the internet sites that you visit and sends the information to various advertising groups so they can make a profile of you and send you ads for products that they think you might be interested in.
They say they are doing you a favor, because you are going to be bombarded by spam anyway, it might as well be something that you might actually want to buy.
You can (and should) delete it (Start->Settings->Control Panel->Add/Remove Programs).
My only warning is if you have Kazaa on your computer to download music, Ad-aware thinks some its files are bad. If you delete the files named "Cydoor", Kazaa willl not run.
Thanks for the replies. I am planning to do as Mathman's last suggestion except will have to wait. My brother in law died and the funeral is in N E Nebr. Fri.