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May 23rd, 2003 at 7:27pm

Tequila Sunrise   Offline
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anyone got any good ones?
In the last hour I've been followed from http://www.free-guitar-tablature.com/ around the net by pop up adds for porn sites Angry

ps. this has never happened before from this site, I've been using it for over a year and its never given me any trouble ???

pps. I've been unable to brouse the forums here because every time I open a window 5 popups open Angry

ppps. are these kind of pop ups even legal?
 
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Reply #1 - May 23rd, 2003 at 8:55pm

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yah occasionally i get popups on theese forums. . .but i think they are from other sites. . .after i scan my machine with ad-aware 6.0 they normally stop
 
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Reply #2 - May 24th, 2003 at 9:57am

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thanks for the info, I was hoping it would go away after restarting but its the smae f****** adds over and over asking if I want to download some bullsh!t Angry
 
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Reply #3 - May 24th, 2003 at 10:34am

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yah occasionally i get popups on theese forums. . .but i think they are from other sites. . .after i scan my machine with ad-aware 6.0 they normally stop


Hi BMan...
Just run ad-aware 5 on my 'puter, so I'll see if it works... Wink...!
(It was already in my program files, I just forgot it was there...).... Roll Eyes...!
It's just a shame it doesn't stop the Junk mail arriving in my  Outlook Express...LOL...!

Cheers...
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Reply #4 - May 24th, 2003 at 10:44am

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In the last hour I've been followed from http://www.free-guitar-tablature.com/ around the net by pop up adds for porn sites Angry


Hi Craig...!
To avoid the pop up ads from the site, visit your local music shop and ask for a copy of.....

500 Chord Shapes for the guitar. Compiled & arranged by Keith Papworth. Published by B. Feldman & Co. Ltd.

My copy has a price of 3/-, (three shillings)....!!

You will quickly learn all your 3 chord riffs with the help of this book.
Highly recommended for all budding 'Strat players... Grin...!

Cheers mate... Grin...!
Paul.
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P.S. it might not stop the pop-up ads, but at least you will be able to play the guitar just like Jimi Hendrix... 8)...!
 
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Reply #5 - May 24th, 2003 at 11:01am

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I've tried ad-aware and it didn't do anything Angry
there has to be a way to stop them, theyve started to open on windows I've already opened and I can't do f*** all about them Angry
 
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Reply #6 - May 24th, 2003 at 11:02am

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where would these things come from anyway?
why me and why the same ones all the time?
 
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Reply #7 - May 24th, 2003 at 1:14pm

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right, this has to be illegal. Its taken me 10 minutes to get the reply thingy to open without adds for gay porn.
I really need help here
 
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Reply #8 - May 24th, 2003 at 1:27pm

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Hi Craig...
are you just running the Simviation site while all this is going on...?
I've been logged onto Simviation only, since 7:30 this morning, (12 hours so far), with no annoying pop-ups in the background.... 8)...!

Cheers...
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Reply #9 - May 24th, 2003 at 1:59pm

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Guys. From reading Craig's original topic carefully he suspects the spyware or whatever is causing these pop-ups came from the guitar site - NOT Simviation. Once these things are on your system it doesn't matter which sites you subsequently visit. I recommend trying AdAware as has been suggested. http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
It's also possible this could be a virus which should be picked up by a scan with anti-virus software.

PS. I've just visited the site Craig mentioned. I notice it offers free software for download. It's quite possible one of these programs is the cause of the problem. This is a well known marketing ploy. On the other hand, the site might be completely blameless. This could have come via e-mail or some other source.
 
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Reply #10 - May 24th, 2003 at 5:46pm

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with the help of one of my friends I might have solved the problem, but somehow I just don't trust my computer anymore. I tried an anti-virus scan which came up with nothing, and tried ad-aware twice, got rid of a few unwelcome guests Grin. But how can I know if it is gone?
Also am I right in thinking the browser security settings are controlled from: explorer, tools, internet options?
if so I have no security tab, only General, content, connections and programs ???
 
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Reply #11 - May 24th, 2003 at 6:02pm
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I think they are from an ad on the home
page for  'singles' the ad is gone now
but thats when it all started,
If you open"cookies" there are
a bunch of default cookie files
if you check they are the poppers
we're getting, just delete all of them!!
when they come back do it agin
"clear cookies" will not delete
"default" cookie files, but they are not
good for anything so get ride of them

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Reply #12 - May 24th, 2003 at 7:50pm

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I dont get a lot of ads cause i got Norton Internet Security and man is it an ad-killer. I still get some from time to time but nothing very bad. I think McAfee or Norton might have an internet security demo, go to their site to check it out.

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right, this has to be illegal.


It should, but the politicians havent done anything about it; its all about email spam (which BTW might soon be illegal Cheesy)
 
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Reply #13 - May 25th, 2003 at 7:06am

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Free surfer is the best free pop-up killer. If anything gets past it and anoys you, you can set ti so the ISP its sent from is blocked. Smiley
Perhaps getting a (better) firewall too, Zone Alarm is good, and free Smiley
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Reply #14 - May 25th, 2003 at 9:07am

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http://www.kolumbus.fi/eero.muhonen/FS/
Free surfer is the best free pop-up killer. If anything gets past it and anoys you, you can set ti so the ISP its sent from is blocked. Smiley

Thanks Maccers. Not that I'm bothered by the problem myself but this looks well worth trying.  Wink
The alternative would be to use Opera for browsing instead of IE & forget about pop-ups for good. http://www.opera.com/

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Perhaps getting a (better) firewall too, Zone Alarm is good, and free Smiley

www.zonelabs.com

Zone Alarm is excellent. I wouldn't go online without it.
 
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