Joined: Tue 09-09-2003 10:52PM Posts: 1145 Location: High in the Rocky Mountains
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Okay, so I have these nasty pop-up things that always come up when ever I do anything over the net, not just surfing but messaging and downloading as well. I am pretty sure they are imbedded in my C drive, but I don't know where to do to get rid of them because I don't want to fuck up anything important. I had a Trojan Horse a while back and when I installed AVG it got rid of it but not the pop-ups. Just wondering if anyone has any advice or if I should just continue practicing my mad pop-up closing skills, 'cause man, I can close like 3 a second after a whole summer of practicing.
_________________ --Joe, the misplaced Coloradan
"What do you mean 'brought it bowling,' Dude? I didn't rent it shoes. I'm not buying it a fucking beer. He's not taking your fucking turn, Dude." -Walter Sobchak, The Big Lebowski
there's quite a few of these going around. first check in add/remove programs. if that doesn't work, hit ctrl+alt+del & look in the running processes for an unfamiliar/suspicious name, and look up any you don't know. at worst case, start browsing c, program files & system directories for similar files.
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Joined: Sat 10-18-2003 10:26PM Posts: 2954 Location: Stone's throw from Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs
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Two things.
1) Do yourself a favor and download a copy of Spybot. Use it.
2) Pop-up kills work much more nicely with Alt+F4 (or Ctrl+W works too if you're using IE.) You can boost your speed to 5 a second...and sometimes that's what matters most.
Besides Spybot, download Ad-Aware as well from http://www.lavasoftusa.com (I think that's the address). Between the two, your computer should be pretty clean of that extra shit.
I'd also recommend downloading a pop up blocker. When I use IE, I use the Google toolbar. It works fine for blocking my pop ups, and it makes it easier to surf Google. Some people hate it and swear it doesn't work, but it works fine for me. If you want another one, I remember Panicware used to have a good pop up blocker... Otherwise just search Google or Download.com or something for a pop up blocker.
_________________ "Nor ought we to believe that there is much difference between man and man, but to think that the superiority lies with him who is reared in the severest school."
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True. I had forgotten to mention that in my earlier post. When I'm not using Firefox, I use IE. And I use the Google toolbar for pop up blocking under IE... Otherwise I use Firefox.
_________________ "Nor ought we to believe that there is much difference between man and man, but to think that the superiority lies with him who is reared in the severest school."
-- Thucydides
Joined: Tue 09-09-2003 10:52PM Posts: 1145 Location: High in the Rocky Mountains
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I already have spybot and used Ad-aware for a while. I got rid of it because I thought spybot did a better job. I will try the other stuff though. Thanks for all the help.
_________________ --Joe, the misplaced Coloradan
"What do you mean 'brought it bowling,' Dude? I didn't rent it shoes. I'm not buying it a fucking beer. He's not taking your fucking turn, Dude." -Walter Sobchak, The Big Lebowski
I run them both. They're both free, and don't take up much space at all. Usually one can find other spyware that the other one misses... So when you run them both, you catch a lot more.
_________________ "Nor ought we to believe that there is much difference between man and man, but to think that the superiority lies with him who is reared in the severest school."
-- Thucydides
go to the google website and dl their toolbar, it helps block pop ups, the only time you will ever get one with it on is when its imbedded in your comp.
Joined: Tue 09-09-2003 10:52PM Posts: 1145 Location: High in the Rocky Mountains
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D-ra wrote:
go to the google website and dl their toolbar, it helps block pop ups, the only time you will ever get one with it on is when its imbedded in your comp.
I already have it, and it blocks all pop-ups from websites. I have something imbedded in my compy though that it doesn't pick up. I am sure I can get rid of most of it now. Thanks for all your help. It has worked great.
_________________ --Joe, the misplaced Coloradan
"What do you mean 'brought it bowling,' Dude? I didn't rent it shoes. I'm not buying it a fucking beer. He's not taking your fucking turn, Dude." -Walter Sobchak, The Big Lebowski
didnt i just post this somewhere else? only linux (w/ gtk + xft) bullds of firefox have smb support, and even then you have to change the \\nerd\whatever to smb://nerd/whatever... its a pain in the ass, seems like a simple fix on the server side, but what do i know
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