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1812 Views 15 Replies 11 Participants Last post by methodtim, Aug 19, 2005

arteegee

Discussion Starter · Aug 19, 2005

Hey T-Mac, why am I getting all these Chrysler Pacifica and other pop-ups getting past my blocker lately on the ROC?

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Are you sure they are sourced from ROC? I have never seen a Chrysler ad from here, heck never seen a popup from here. I don't have any sort of blocker turned on. Could it be an exit popup from another site?

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DWdrums

· #3 · Aug 19, 2005

captmiddy said:
Are you sure they are sourced from ROC? I have never seen a Chrysler ad from here,

What he said

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· #4 · Aug 19, 2005

DWdrums said:
What he said

What they said.

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VaVet96

· #5 · Aug 19, 2005

And a Chrysler Pacifica ad of all things too!

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WyoRL

· #6 · Aug 19, 2005

arteegee said:
Hey T-Mac, why am I getting all these Chrysler Pacifica and other pop-ups getting past my blocker lately on the ROC?

Sound like you might have some spyware on your machine. I would download a program called ad-aware (it's free) and run a scan on your computer.

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arteegee

Discussion Starter · #7 · Aug 19, 2005

OK, my mistake.

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shingles

· #8 · Aug 19, 2005

also, try to run firefox instead of IE.

But you've definately got some spyware on your PC.

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T Mac

· #9 · Aug 19, 2005

Yep. I will continue to have ads from our sponsors/advertisers on this site but it would take something amazing for me to EVER put up the dreaded pop-up ad, realizing it would be the slow death of ROC.

As others have said, get a free spyware application like AdAware and run it. Apparently someone is watching your viewing habits.

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arteegee

Discussion Starter · #10 · Aug 19, 2005 (Edited)

Just switched to Firefox. Thanks Shing.

Haven't checked for spyware lately and had not seen a pop-up for a year or more. Sorry T-Mac.

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steveberger

· #11 · Aug 19, 2005

T Mac said:
As others have said, get a free spyware application like AdAware and run it...

Spybot Search and Destroy is another good one I have used. It's a bit faster than AdAware. Don't know if that means its better or less thorough

but it works.

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arteegee

Discussion Starter · #12 · Aug 19, 2005

Ad-aware found 530 things. Savenow was the culprit.

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methodtim

· #13 · Aug 19, 2005

Art,

After you run the spyware scan and clean, you should reboot and do the same thing again, probably two or three times. Spyware is pretty sticky (I could explain to you the technical reasons behind it, but I'm sure you would be bored to tears). Just trust me and scan your machine multiple times after rebooting.

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flymuck

· #14 · Aug 19, 2005

And do it on a regular basis (like monthly) -- when you get the free version of AdAware, it doesn't have the option to run itself on a regular basis (unlike the pro version that you have to pay $$ for). Let it do a full system scan every once in a while, but mostly I just run the "smart system scan".

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ROColorado

· #15 · Aug 19, 2005

Just FYI: Of the reviews I've read Microsoft AntiSpyware program is still slightly better (for a free version). Its scan schedule can be configured.

http://www.adwarereport.com/mt/archives/000049.html

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methodtim

· #16 · Aug 19, 2005

ROColorado said:
Just FYI: Of the reviews I've read Microsoft AntiSpyware program is still slightly better (for a free version). Its scan schedule can be configured.

http://www.adwarereport.com/mt/archives/000049.html

I use this product and have been very happy with it. I leave my computers on and just have a nightly scasn at 2 am every night. I know this configuration isn't for everyone though. I migrated over to the MS product (which they bought from a company called Giant, so it's not a home-grown product, if that matters any) because I got sick of Ad-Aware breaking every time they released a new scan engine.

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