Pop ups on TDR now?

[illflem]

I've been getting pop up ads for Visa and Bonsai board. Doesn't always happen but happens even when TDR is the only site I visit, no home page even. Tell me it isn't so. Where else could they come from?

 

[Happy Camper]

Knock on wood! That has not happend to me yet. They are a pain.

 

[TxDieselKid]

get it, kill it....

I can not stand pop up ads. Therefore I went to download.com and got "Pop Up Killer". Great program, just got to makesure it doesn't close some that you ment to open.



AJB

 

[Steve St.Laurent]

They're definately not coming from the TDR site. Could be a cookie of some sort on your system that you got from a different site. You could try erasing all the cookies from your system and see if it goes away.

 

[Bigsaint]

pop up killer

Download this bad boy and have some fun.



http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-10059-100-7834804.html?tag=st.dl.10000-103-1.lst-7-1.7834804





Scott W.

 

[admin2]

Gator or other scumware

Have you installed Gator or some other form of "scumware" software? This is most likely the problem... .



see:



http://gethighforums.com/bin/forumdisplay.cgi



... . and scroll down to the "Scumware" section for a major eye-opener.

 

[illflem]

No, I haven't knowingly installed any scumware. Only thing I can figure is that they hitchhiked in on a installation CD for a new mouse. Like I said the popups don't always appear on every visit to TDR. They load in the background, I don't even know they are there unless I popup my tool bar. The Bonsai ad is full screen and takes a while to load, slowing down what I really want to do. Thanks for the link, better place to start is here http://scumware.com/ for info on how this outrage works. WOW

 

[BK]

go here and download there Ad-Aware program. it's free, there is a version with more bells if you pay. .



http://www.lavasoftusa.com/



also download their refupdate program too. .

it will download updates for the datebase of spyware and crap software.



Found out about Ad-adware here on TDR,,,been using it works great. They just released the update program. .

Only thing you must remember todo with the refupdate program is go to the configuration menu and point the software to the same place that Ad-Aware is pointed to for it's database file of bad programs to look for.



Popup can come from another source thats not spyware . . there's a program call BHO Cop. . it's at



http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/stories/info/0,,77432,.html



it will detect the source in your registry and allow you to get ride of it. .



Lavasoft also has a registry cleaner that can help with this problem too.



All good honest software.

Lavasoft has a good support message board too.



good luck



Bob