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*Mutt*
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Posted - Mar 29 2004 : 11:40PM
Anybody getting popup windows when you enter ADT or have I picked up some scumware crap that is launching them?

Topic Moved by - DenverDon on Mar 29 2004

DenverDon
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Posted - Mar 29 2004 : 11:44PM
Mutt,

You've picked up some scumware. I've moved this to Tech Talk, and there have been other threads here in Tech Talk about pop-ups.

Simply put, ADT does not have pop-ups.

RonK All-Star Supporter
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Posted - Mar 29 2004 : 11:44PM
Not getting popups but then I have a popup blocker. You probably picked up some scum software as neither Drew nor Steph likes popups.

Ron

Saki
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Posted - Mar 29 2004 : 11:45PM
Definitely the latter. ADT does not use pop-ups (at least not for advertising; there may be one few and far between (such as when changing your profile).

I recommend giving your system a once-over with either SpyBot or Ad-Aware.

- Saki [faqs]

Cyberchicken
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Posted - Mar 29 2004 : 11:58PM
Google Task Bar stops all pop ups. It's free, easy to install, and works like a charm.

CC

 
*Mutt*
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Posted - Mar 30 2004 : 12:39AM

shit, no doubt picked it up looking at some TGP galleries. adult web companies are among the lowest form of life on the planet, except the ones i deal with who don't do this crap.

Looks like this is a SexTracker/MoneyTree/FlyingCro production. Sad to see what was once a great company turn into scum.

anybody got a good recommendation for spyware remover?

thanks


Saki
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Posted - Mar 30 2004 : 1:20AM
Either Ad-aware or SpyBot will do the trick. I give the slight nod to SpyBot.
*Mutt*
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Posted - Mar 30 2004 : 5:53AM

why does it just kick in when i visit ADT? Hmmmmmmm....... i haven't surfed any porn sites in the last couple days, maybe the program connects to a huge database of adult sites and only goes into action when an adult site is encountered. sneaky bastages.

Drew Black
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Posted - Mar 30 2004 : 8:03AM
These scumware programs typically grab the keywords in the page's header send them to an adserver elsewhere on the internet. The adserver then decides which popups to generate based on the current URL and/or keywords. It's sneaky enough that most people tend to believe that the popups are coming from the site they are viewing.

FallofBecause
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Posted - Apr 28 2004 : 10:21AM
hmm I'm getting popups by the bucketload when I enter ADT, and ONLY ADT, and it's fuggin' annoying. I've given my PC the spring cleaning with Ad-aware, Norton's anti-virus... and also cleared my net cache/history regularly. Bubkus.

Do you guys find Spybot to be more thorough than Ad-aware?

thanx peeps

DenverDon
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Posted - Apr 28 2004 : 11:10AM
I find the combination of Ad-aware and SpyBot does the trick. They each look for slightly different things. I run both, at least once per week. (... and don't forget to look for updates when you use them.)

DenverDon

FallofBecause
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Posted - Apr 28 2004 : 12:35PM
just as I reply to this, I had to close another scumware window :(

thanx a million for your ad-vice DD!

RLWyld1
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Posted - May 4 2004 : 11:42AM
I agree with Don. Spybot or Ad-Aware alone is great, but combining them for the one two punch seems to knock out nearly all the trash generally picked up from surfing the web or even worse downloading "Shareware".

I have to agree with CyberChicken on using Google's Taskbar with the Stopup blocker enabled. It is better than any of the Freeware, Shareware or purchased blockers that I have seen. The only downfall is you may have to run it with a second program if you use P2P programs regularly such as Kazaa, Morpheus or Grokster.

FallofBecause
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Posted - May 4 2004 : 6:29PM
I found the problem. It turns out the Ad-aware build I had was way old (165) and was no longer supported by Lavasoft in the way of updated reference files, hence no updates have surfaced for 2 months!.. so I downloaded 6.181.

It's goodbye pop-ups!

thanx again

DenverDon
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Posted - May 4 2004 : 7:43PM
Good news.

DenverDon




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