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unusual pop-ups....
PostPosted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 6:21 am
by BigZam
ok i've been getting alot of pop ups lately....only they're actual dialog boxes. they pop up like when you click on a link and it takes you to another site. my pop-up blocker is quite strong and has always blocked pop ups before. this only happens if i click on certain links but the link has nothing to do with the popup. most of these popups are just virus protection ad things but i just got a porn one.....whats going on here?
PostPosted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 7:28 am
by Silent Hunter
That's awfully odd, I must say. Sadly, I don't know enough about computers to give an answer, but do these come from frequently visited sites? Is it possible you have told your browswer to allow popups from certain sites? anyhoo, I hope you get it under control
PostPosted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 9:44 am
by everdred12a
Maybe you got some adware or something?
PostPosted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 12:35 pm
by BigZam
Silent Hunter wrote:That's awfully odd, I must say. Sadly, I don't know enough about computers to give an answer, but do these come from frequently visited sites? Is it possible you have told your browswer to allow popups from certain sites? anyhoo, I hope you get it under control
they come from sites i've never seen before....and it could be adware. we've always got adware...i think my dad scanned for that though cuz its happening to everybody.
PostPosted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 1:27 pm
by Arnobius
If it's coming up no matter what, it is probably adware on your system
PostPosted: Sat Mar 25, 2006 1:48 pm
by frwl
you mean like on ebaumsworld.com? Yeah, no popup blocker I know can stop those...
PostPosted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 1:10 pm
by BigZam
AnimeHeretic wrote:If it's coming up no matter what, it is probably adware on your system
well my dad scanned for adware and deleted all that he found but it didn't stop...
PostPosted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 1:30 pm
by Bobtheduck
frwl wrote:you mean like on ebaumsworld.com? Yeah, no popup blocker I know can stop those...
That sounds like a challenge!
Off to ebaumsworld!
PostPosted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 10:51 am
by Mr. Rogers
do you use firefox or internet explorer?
PostPosted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 2:15 pm
by BigZam
i use IE. it just won't seem to go away.
PostPosted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 2:22 pm
by Deny_Yourself
BigZam wrote:ok i've been getting alot of pop ups lately....only they're actual dialog boxes. they pop up like when you click on a link and it takes you to another site. my pop-up blocker is quite strong and has always blocked pop ups before. this only happens if i click on certain links but the link has nothing to do with the popup. most of these popups are just virus protection ad things but i just got a porn one.....whats going on here?
That's been happening to me, too. It got so bad I got Ad-Aware on top of Norton (which I already had), but when I tried to do a deep scan, my computer shut down! grrrrrr
My husband installed Firefox, and it's stopped. *hopes*
PostPosted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 2:54 pm
by BigZam
Deny_Yourself wrote:That's been happening to me, too. It got so bad I got Ad-Aware on top of Norton (which I already had), but when I tried to do a deep scan, my computer shut down! grrrrrr
My husband installed Firefox, and it's stopped. *hopes*
well this might not be just me then. cuz my friend has got some of the sames ones i've gotten.
PostPosted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 3:04 pm
by chibiphonebooth
*grins*
PostPosted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 6:21 am
by Warrior4Christ
Excellent, phone booth-èd one.
LAMEZ0RZ!!1!1 LOL!!
(that must be with a tablet - it's too neat for a mouse!)
PostPosted: Sat Apr 01, 2006 12:44 pm
by chibiphonebooth
Warrior4Christ wrote:Excellent, phone booth-èd one.
LAMEZ0RZ!!1!1 LOL!!
(that must be with a tablet - it's too neat for a mouse!)
yeah. i have a tablet. it is my best friend.
PostPosted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 3:03 pm
by BigZam
so um can someone help me with this instead of posting useless images?
PostPosted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 5:38 pm
by TurkishMonky
i would say get firefox on your comp, with the adblock plus and filterset.G plugins, and see if that helps.
PostPosted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 6:27 pm
by Mithrandir
Is it possible to install firefox on the computer? What you are describing in actually the reason quite a few people have switched to Firefox.
You can always uninstall it, if you don't like it.
