I have a number of different adware and spyware protections on my
computer. I am more or less pleased with these. I never wnat to use
McAfee or Norton again, as they really messed up my system. My
question is, Is there a way to block a specific website from popping
up on my computer? For example, I no longer get pop-ups anymore, with one
exception: http://adopt.specificclick.net/
It's the only one that gets through. Is there anyway I can "ban" this
website from my browser?

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Request for Question Clarification by justaskscott-ga on 30 Aug 2005 21:06 PDT

What browser and third-party toolbar (for example, Google Toolbar) are you using?

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Clarification of Question by orinda-ga on 31 Aug 2005 05:25 PDT

Is there any adware that allows you to type in a url that you don't
want to get content from? (I use Internet Explorer; Microsoft
Anti-Spyware, Ad-Aware SE Personal, (unfortunately, Spybot Search and
Destroy doesn't work on my computer) and my virus protection is AVG.

If you use Mozilla Firefox browser then you didnt see never
pop-up.This Browser ban the popup menu.

you can download this link.

http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-1.0.6&os=win&lang=en-GB

Unfortunately, I have to use Internet Explorer. Firefox does not work
with my online banking. I don't have a google toolbar.

Just add an entry to your hosts file:
127.0.0.1 adopt.specificclick.net

You can read about this technique here:
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

The previous comment about editing your hosts file is perfect.  And
for a completely-packaged solution that uses your hosts file to block
a whole bunch of advertising sites:
http://everythingisnt.com/hosts.html

Thanks very much for these solutions... The instructions for
changing/adding a Hosts file are a bit confusing, so it will take me
some time to figure out how to do this... But at least now I have some
hope!

I don't know if this would work with your pop up that you are getting
put sometimes there would be a question mark right next to the x in
the top right corner.  If it does, you can click that and it will take
you through a process to remove the pop ups

Hope your problems solved.

Use Spybot Search & Destroy. It has an immunize function that will
block most of the spyware site that are out there. If you want to ban
a specific site in IE you can go to:

Tools > Internet Options > Privacy (Tab) > Sites (Button)
Type in the site that you want blocked (adopt.specificclick.net) and press block.
That site will be blocked from IE communicating with it.

I'm sorry. That was a bad answer. That was for blocking cookies.
Here's how to restrict a site.

Goto Tools > Internet Options > Security
In the Web content zone click on Restricted Sites and then click on
Sites (Button) to pring up the list of sites. Add *.specificclick.net
to the list. The * will match all subdomains from specificclick.net.
So that might disallow popups from happening.

SPECKS: thanks very much! that worked like a charm. I knew there was a
simple solution like that--I'm so glad you posted it.

Many many thanks!

The hosts file option is pretty good, however, I'd be concerned if
you're still getting popups.  This means you most likely still have
spyware.

There's software called hijackthis:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/

It will allow you to generate a file which lists a whole bunch things
your PC is running.  From that, someone may be able to tell you what
spyware you have left to remove.