POP UPS!!!

col · Post by **col** » Mon Jun 24, 2002 1:36 pm

Is anyone else getting pop ups when they access this site?

paul_y3k · Post by **paul_y3k** » Mon Jun 24, 2002 1:42 pm

nope none.

Julia · Post by **Julia** » Mon Jun 24, 2002 1:43 pm

I used too but not now.
I'll mention it to Lyndon later

thebigkung · Post by **thebigkung** » Mon Jun 24, 2002 1:50 pm

Col,

Sound's like you've picked up some nastyness.

You may have some spyware on your systm or just picked up some nasty cookies. Try Adaware from lavasoft - freeware. This will show you what nastness you've got. http://www.lavasoft.de

Regards,

thebigkung

Erm · Post by **Erm** » Mon Jun 24, 2002 2:02 pm

Or if u want PM me your email address and i can send you a pop up killer, its pretty useful little programme

Erm

col · Post by **col** » Mon Jun 24, 2002 2:13 pm

Thanks Erm

i've Pm you

Post by **Lyndon** » Mon Jun 24, 2002 6:43 pm

never had any pop-ups of any shape or form on this site, don't need them too busy enough already

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Mon Jun 24, 2002 8:53 pm

i hate sites with pop ups but i have never had one on this site either.

Obi · Post by **Obi** » Mon Jun 24, 2002 9:34 pm

You probably got a third party ad program running on your pc which serves you popups whenever you access the web. You can check to see what is running on your box currently by checking task manager.
Also check your startup directory and investigate any programs that are running as soon as you boot up.

Frosty · Post by **Frosty** » Tue Jun 25, 2002 12:38 am

Nope, none here

col · Post by **col** » Tue Jun 25, 2002 12:49 pm

Thanks Obi, had a funny looking thing in the start up menu, so have deleted it and hopefully it will sort that out

Dave-T · Post by **Dave-T** » Tue Jun 25, 2002 2:28 pm

nothin at all

thebigkung · Post by **thebigkung** » Tue Jun 25, 2002 4:58 pm

Col,

Deleting things in the startup won't make them go away (not permanently at least.) I could write paragraphs on Spyware and the like but this is not the forum for that.
Use a spyware killer as I indicated in my earlier post. It's the only way to make sure.

thebigkung

M275 · Post by **M275** » Tue Jun 25, 2002 10:09 pm

It also might have come from a site you left to come to this one... Some sites open new windows when you leave theirs.

M

Robbie · Post by **Robbie** » Wed Jun 26, 2002 7:38 am

Thanks thebigkung, I've downloaded that spyware killer program you suggested as I get the odd pop up now an again.

Robbie.