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MC_Renzy
Fearless Paladin
Joined: 04 Nov 2001
Posts: 226
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Every 5 minutes or so, internet explorer will open up with four or five banner ads. I tried a virus scan with norton 2004 but found nothing. Also checked my add/remove programs directory but there was nothing new added or anything in there that says anything about banner adds. Also check my program files directory and found nothing. Any ideas of how I can get rid of these stupid advertisements? I've been using my cable internet connection for over 6 months now and this crap just started two days ago. I haven't installed anything in the past few days except for a tv tuner card which was done today. I think it was probably an internet site I came upon that somehow installed this garbage on my system. If anyone can give me any help on this other then formatting, it would me most appreciated. |
Wed Mar 10, 2004 11:14 am |
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Dhruin
Stranger In A Strange Land
Joined: 20 May 2002
Posts: 1825
Location: Sydney, Australia |
1. Ad Aware. There's a free for personal use version that works nicely.
2. Stop using Internet Explorer. Switch to something security-conscious that blocks popups like Firefox (previously known as Firebird/Phoenix). 
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Wed Mar 10, 2004 11:31 am |
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Cm
Sentinel of Light
Joined: 26 Jan 2003
Posts: 5209
Location: Missouri USA |
I have Yahoo and that stops them. Nothing would stop them with IE. And that Ad Aware is great. I took almost 200 files off my system with it.
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Wed Mar 10, 2004 1:03 pm |
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The Republican
Eager Tradesman
Joined: 26 Feb 2004
Posts: 28
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quote:
Originally posted by Dhruin
2. Stop using Internet Explorer. Switch to something security-conscious that blocks popups like Firefox (previously known as Firebird/Phoenix).
All hail the new suprime browser god! |
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Wed Mar 10, 2004 6:42 pm |
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MC_Renzy
Fearless Paladin
Joined: 04 Nov 2001
Posts: 226
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What about the Avant Browser? I have that on my system now but hardly ever use it. As for Ad-aware, it worked like a charm. Found 159 keys that was causing this crap. Thanks very much for recommending this program. |
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Thu Mar 11, 2004 5:16 am |
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Dhruin
Stranger In A Strange Land
Joined: 20 May 2002
Posts: 1825
Location: Sydney, Australia |
I don't really know much about Avant. Firefox is open-source, standards-driven which I find reassuring, not to mention excellent features like tabbed browsing and no pop-ups.
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Thu Mar 11, 2004 8:48 am |
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Fleisch
Village Dweller
Joined: 03 Feb 2003
Posts: 10
Location: USA |
Actually the Google Toolbar works great for that. |
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Thu Mar 11, 2004 9:31 am |
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Dhruin
Stranger In A Strange Land
Joined: 20 May 2002
Posts: 1825
Location: Sydney, Australia |
Yes, but it doesn't address the inherent security risks in IE. 
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Thu Mar 11, 2004 11:28 am |
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hwfanatic
Average Fanatic
Joined: 28 Oct 2002
Posts: 2850
Location: Belgrade, Serbia |
Opera has a very nice pop-up handler as well... |
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Thu Mar 11, 2004 11:42 am |
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