I have both Google Toolbar and Yahoo Toolbar...is this ok or will it slow down my computer?

Also, even though I already have a pop-up blocker with the google toolbar, is it still ok to download the pop-up blocker with the yahoo toolbar or is it too much? Any other info you know about how or if they work together or against each other would be helpful too. Thanks.|||Im running both Yahoo and Google toolbar without a prob, and im happy with it. I dont really notice any change in speed, it shouldn't slow anything down much. Yahoo gives IE6 tabbed browsing and Google gives some features not provided by Yahoo. Heres a screenshot: http://picasaweb.google.com/nookkin/Comp鈥?/a>





As for popup blockers I disabled Yahoo and Google, and use Internet Explorer 6's built-in popup blocker. If u enable more than one popup blocker you might get unexpected operation. Choose the one you like and disable the others.|||Just don't download it in Internet Explorer in Windows. It will take away most of your computer's memory. Download Firefox or Safari and then download the toolbars in Windows. If you use any distro of Linux, Firefox is included. Safari is a part of Apple Mac computers.





To the person who said "Google and Yahoo were together at one time":


Yahoo! and Google were NEVER together at anytime. They are 2 separate and different companies operated by different people. Better search your facts from both search engines first before posting.|||You don't need it but it does take up your screen, if you go to a clear spot on the tool bar and right click the mouse you can close it or open it with a check mark that is what I do, Google and Yahoo were together at one time so they do work together no problem, I use two pop up blockers and nothing gets through, hope this helped and good luck.|||I have been using both Yahoo and Google Toolbars for years with only a very minimal slowdown....





~BUT~





On my Vista machine, the newest version of Yahoo Toolbar (ver 7.1.0) slows my computer down to a crawl. 12 seconds to open a new Window! This happens with or without Google Toolbar installed.





I would disable the Google pop-up blocker however, there is absolutely NO advantage in using 2 blockers. Actually the built-in pop-up blocker in Internet Explorer (IE6 or IE7) is better then either toolbar add-on.





If you are getting excessive pop-ups, even when you are off-line, it means your computer is badly infected with viruses or other malware.


_________________________





Popup blockers, such as the Yahoo and Google toolbars and IE's built-in blocker, will only stop web based popup advertising. They can help somewhat but will do nothing to stop popups on a computer that is badly infected with trojan downloaders that are "phoning home" and contacting other computers to download and deliver the pop up ads. I believe that your computer is badly infected.





Try a full cleaning and dis-infection routine, if you are getting excessive popups, or are getting popups even when you are offline.





This is the one I use (it will take some time). These are on-line scans, you do not need to uninstall any of your current protections. Be sure and do the "on-line scanners"





1. Scan for virus, worms, dialers, etc. and remove (free online scan) with BitDefender


http://www.bitdefender.com/


Click the button "Scan Online" on the left.





2. Scan for trojans, adware and spyware and remove (free online scan) with Ewido (now called AVG Anti-Spyware) NOT the same as AVG anti-virus.


http://www.ewido.net/en/


Click "Scan Now" on the left.





--------------------------------------鈥?br>

And if you are using Internet Explorer browser, after your computer is fully cleaned of spyware I would suggest IE-SPYAD to prevent further problems,





"IE-SPYAD adds a long list of sites and domains associated with known advertisers, marketers, and crapware pushers to the Restricted sites zone of Internet Explorer. Once you merge this list of sites and domains into the Registry, the web sites for these companies will not be able to use cookies, ActiveX controls, Java applets, or scripting to compromise your privacy or your PC while you surf the Net. Nor will they be able to use your browser to push unwanted pop-ups, cookies, or auto-installing programs on your PC."


http://www.spywarewarrior.com/uiuc/resou鈥?/a>





Good luck.