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Popups?
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2003 5:50 pm
by Choco Bear
um i keep getting alot of popups when i come in the forum now adays and this never hapened befor jus wondering how come
cuz its really annoying it makes me
and u wouldnt like me when im
(
) jus joking but all that aside the popup thing isnt a joke
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2003 5:55 pm
by Luke
No pop-ups on this forum. Never have been.
Something else must be installed on your system.
Download Lavasoft's Ad-Aware here:
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
It will scan your computer and find spyware and other kind of junk.
Just out of curiosity, what kind of pop-ups were you getting?
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2003 6:11 pm
by Choco Bear
have u ever gotten those ones wher it has the site name titled "nothing" in the top bar and they stay down in ur task bar and dont go away even if u try and close it and they slow down ur computer , im getting those ones they havnt froze my computer it just make the comp go slow and they just stay there unless u reboot or control+alt+del and if u do it then it shuts fdown the internet explorer and makes the comp go even more slow its very fustrating grrrr
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2003 6:18 pm
by Luke
Well I use Analogx's POW program to get rid of pop-ups. It gets rid of most. For a free program, I'm satisfied. I'm sure there are better ones if you're willing to pay.
Pop-ups suck infinitely.
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2003 7:14 pm
by Choco Bear
thanx luke ya that pow one works great way better than the one i was using and alos i do have one of those adaware thigs it also searches for spy ware too its pretty good so ya thanx
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2003 1:42 pm
by Maerj
I was getting the popups on the message board as well. I like the bolder colors here on the board!
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2003 1:48 pm
by Luke
Maerj wrote:I was getting the popups on the message board as well. I like the bolder colors here on the board!
Assuming you're talking about here (and not Condom Central), I'd definitely scan your computer for scumware/spyware. You should NOT be getting pop-ups here.
As for the colors, well, this is the default subsilver style (which we had for a few days at Netfirms I think), but I do believe when all settles, we'll be going back to Appalachia. But you'll have the option to use this style as you did at the other board (though I don't think anyone has chosen this one).
Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2003 2:53 pm
by Maerj
Thanks Luke, I did as you suggested, downloaded that software and ran it. I had 332 files found that were doing this adware business. Sheesh!