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Overon
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 Posted: 07/21/04 - 22:09 Post subject: popup-ad f*****s getting wise to popup blockers?
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ive found that before i never got popups with google toolbar .. and now im always getting them..
usually something like a mini-window comes up and then closes and then i have a popup
if i could create an alternate dimension i would send all the people who made up these popup-ads and make a spear chucking game where they are the targets
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Nictathan
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Joined: 11 Oct 2002
Posts: 5531
Location: here... where I am... not with you
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Posted: 07/21/04 - 22:11 Post subject:
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I don't know how they get past the pop up blocker, I've had the same problem with some ads on Suprnova. Also if you have spyware on the system it may not be using IE to present the window to you initially.
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Overon
RealPoor Guru
Joined: 14 Oct 2002
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Location: PLANE OF PIXIES
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Posted: 07/21/04 - 22:12 Post subject:
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| Nictathan wrote: | | I don't know how they get past the pop up blocker, I've had the same problem with some ads on Suprnova. Also if you have spyware on the system it may not be using IE to present the window to you initially. |
if i have spyware .. adaware doesnt know about it =\
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Nahualli
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Joined: 11 Oct 2002
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Posted: 07/22/04 - 04:54 Post subject:
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Funny I just went through this ordeal.. I just rid myself of this shit but I'm serious I just got through b******g about how today's spyware is annoying as hell and very prolific. Try the following.
Don't f**k with your registry first of all. This was an unnecessary step in most cases. The reason why your ads are getting past pop up blockers are because the executables are making reg edits. In my case it was editing the registry every 2 seconds.
Try to find a spyware program that monitors registry edits. This may cost you money but I promise you it's worth it. In my case I bought Ad-Aware then I bought the registry scanner add on.. it must have run me 20 bucks.. chump change. Turn the reg logger on and actually read it. If I had actually read the error messages I might have solved this problem a month ago. It pointed to an executable running either in UserName/Local Settings/Temp or Windows/System32/Run. You can't delete those f*****s cuz they are active apps.
Run msiconfig and start your machine up in safe mode. Go back to those files, rename and nuke em.
If you want you can have my download link for adaware... it's paid for, it may help you
I'm not sure what your situation was like but for me, I would turn on my computer and the second I logged in, blam, I was getting spammed by popups. I didn't even have to run IE, I didn't even finish loading the Windows splash screen and I was already hearing mouse click-type noises indicating popups. After intially shutting down the popup windows I would get hit every 5-10 minutes after that.. if I was playing something like EQ or SWG it would minimize my display very often and I'd have 10-20 popups sitting there waiting for me, mocking me. It was frustrating as all hell.
Thing about Ad-Aware is it's a wonderful application... but I think spyware has gotten too smart for it's basic features. A year ago Ad-Aware would clean up your machine like nothing.. nowadays it only cleans your registry but the spyware has gotten smarter and now runs in the background as an invisible process that is overlooked by Task Manager and which AdAware is powerless to purge because it's just throwing more edits at the registry AdAware is cleaning out.
If you already have AdAware invest in the registry logging tool.. I wouldn't have figured out this shit without it.
-Nah-
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Celestra
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Joined: 11 Oct 2002
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Posted: 07/22/04 - 05:04 Post subject:
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Yup have the same. But only at particular sites.
Pop-up makers should die in a fire.
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atarom
Dalai Lama of RealPoor
Joined: 11 Oct 2002
Posts: 16398
Location: 375th st. Y
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Posted: 07/22/04 - 05:04 Post subject:
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get firefox.
win.
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EvilDunn
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Joined: 12 Jul 2004
Posts: 102
Location: Paco's Party Pad
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Posted: 07/22/04 - 05:58 Post subject:
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| atarom wrote: | get firefox.
win. |
Also run peerguardian
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Paco
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Joined: 13 Oct 2002
Posts: 12940
Location: Jacksonville, FL
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Posted: 07/22/04 - 07:01 Post subject:
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Running Opera here..no probs.
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kemble
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Joined: 14 Oct 2002
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Location: MI
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Posted: 07/22/04 - 09:05 Post subject:
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| EvilDunn wrote: | | atarom wrote: | get firefox.
win. |
Also run peerguardian |
don't forget adblock!
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Overon
RealPoor Guru
Joined: 14 Oct 2002
Posts: 3602
Location: PLANE OF PIXIES
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Posted: 07/22/04 - 10:09 Post subject:
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| Nahualli wrote: | Funny I just went through this ordeal.. I just rid myself of this shit but I'm serious I just got through b******g about how today's spyware is annoying as hell and very prolific. Try the following.
Don't f**k with your registry first of all. This was an unnecessary step in most cases. The reason why your ads are getting past pop up blockers are because the executables are making reg edits. In my case it was editing the registry every 2 seconds.
Try to find a spyware program that monitors registry edits. This may cost you money but I promise you it's worth it. In my case I bought Ad-Aware then I bought the registry scanner add on.. it must have run me 20 bucks.. chump change. Turn the reg logger on and actually read it. If I had actually read the error messages I might have solved this problem a month ago. It pointed to an executable running either in UserName/Local Settings/Temp or Windows/System32/Run. You can't delete those f*****s cuz they are active apps.
Run msiconfig and start your machine up in safe mode. Go back to those files, rename and nuke em.
If you want you can have my download link for adaware... it's paid for, it may help you
I'm not sure what your situation was like but for me, I would turn on my computer and the second I logged in, blam, I was getting spammed by popups. I didn't even have to run IE, I didn't even finish loading the Windows splash screen and I was already hearing mouse click-type noises indicating popups. After intially shutting down the popup windows I would get hit every 5-10 minutes after that.. if I was playing something like EQ or SWG it would minimize my display very often and I'd have 10-20 popups sitting there waiting for me, mocking me. It was frustrating as all hell.
Thing about Ad-Aware is it's a wonderful application... but I think spyware has gotten too smart for it's basic features. A year ago Ad-Aware would clean up your machine like nothing.. nowadays it only cleans your registry but the spyware has gotten smarter and now runs in the background as an invisible process that is overlooked by Task Manager and which AdAware is powerless to purge because it's just throwing more edits at the registry AdAware is cleaning out.
If you already have AdAware invest in the registry logging tool.. I wouldn't have figured out this shit without it.
-Jesus!- |
ugh i just said n-a-h as in "no" and not you, and i was like "shit wait thats gunna be a jesus" ..
well anyway .. heh .. im not having that problem .. they dont open all the time, only when i go to certain websites .. so i dont know if i have some sort of spyware exe
google blocker still blocks some popups, but more and more are not getting blocked
i swear ive seen a popup that gets through google that was advertising for a popup blocker
we should put these people in a pile, drench them in gas, and throw flaming spears at them
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Kin
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Posted: 07/22/04 - 11:52 Post subject:
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yes, firefox with adblock... never seen a popup on any site since I've switched.
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Jakanden
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Joined: 11 Nov 2003
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Location: Fuck if I know - I am always lost
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Posted: 07/22/04 - 12:45 Post subject:
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| atarom wrote: | get firefox.
win. |
Firefox 4 teh win (I use it too)
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