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Old Mar 13, 2006 | 05:08 PM
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keep getting casino and online gambling pop ups aaaaaaaahhhh!

ive alreay got antispyware beta and spybot

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Old Mar 13, 2006 | 05:40 PM
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have a look on this mate and download a pop up blocker, should stop the damn things
http://www.dancentury.com/text/popupblockers.html

Let us know how you get on


P.s the things you mentioned above are for adware/spyware, they wont help against pop ups
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Old Mar 13, 2006 | 09:44 PM
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I have the Google toolbar attached to my IE browser and it has it's own pop up blocker and I have had no trouble with pop ups since I got it

and it's free
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Old Mar 14, 2006 | 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by imaloverofcars
have a look on this mate and download a pop up blocker, should stop the damn things
http://www.dancentury.com/text/popupblockers.html

Let us know how you get on


P.s the things you mentioned above are for adware/spyware, they wont help against pop ups
so do i need something else for spyware?
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Old Mar 14, 2006 | 10:21 PM
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you say you have anti spyware and spybot, running those should be fine for spyware BUT if i was you id delete anti spyware beta and install this instead because its way better at doing its job(still free) http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html

Thats what i use along with spybot(which you already have)


Just make sure you delete antispyware beta because you dont want loads of different programmes all over the shop!
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 11:33 AM
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thanks ive done that, it found 2 things the others didnt
what anti virus u using?
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 11:51 AM
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ahhhhhh! jus had one apear for kellkoo!!

what does it take to get rid of these fookers!
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by rs tommy
thanks ive done that, it found 2 things the others didnt
what anti virus u using?
Im just using AVG, theres a free one which ive got and theres a pro one which you pay for but the free one works fine
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 08:34 PM
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yeh i got the free avg one

still getting these ads coming up tho!!
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 10:24 PM
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Still getting pops up even with a blocker?

Are you running internet explorer? if you are then i highly recommend downloading firefox, its basically the same as explorer on the surface so its very easy to use except its much faster, offers better security agianst spyware etc AND it has built in pop up blocker http://www.download.com/Mozilla-Fire...7.html?tag=pop

Im using it and i get absolutly no popups what so ever
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 11:41 PM
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omg it jus came up with firefox, do i need to delete my other explorer?

i opened it with the firefox browser and came on here, and then it came up
am i doing something wrong
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 11:55 PM
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http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html

when i run this one it finds these 2 things, deletes them but doesnt seem to keep em away? do i need to do something to the settings?

it deletes them but the same 2 things re-apear, cookie trackers or sumthing
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Old Mar 16, 2006 | 11:34 AM
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You cant delete explorer because its part of windows, so just leave it on there and carry on using firefox for your browser.

You say "it came up"? i assume you mean the same pop up you were getting on explorer? if so then can you post a screen shot on here of it so i can see for myself?

As for the cookie tracker, you will get them from visting different sites, basically some websites attach these tracking cookies so they can moniter your internet usage habits etc and find out things about you etc! i always have at least 6 of these when i do a scan so i just delete them and thats it, nothing much to worry about.

P.s when you have done a scan using ad-adware if you right click on the cookie thing it will say something like"whats this", or "definition"(i cant remember) and it tells you exactly what the item is that its found
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Old Mar 16, 2006 | 11:51 AM
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You can uninstall Internet Explorer from the control panel -> add remove programs, then click on windows componants.

Windows Update doesn't work if you do that tho
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Old Mar 16, 2006 | 12:10 PM
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Originally Posted by DanRSturbo
You can uninstall Internet Explorer from the control panel -> add remove programs, then click on windows componants.

Windows Update doesn't work if you do that tho
Yeah i knew that which is why i just said you cant delete it, didnt wanna bore him writing an essay on why you cant delete it
Plus it says 0mb next to it, which means your not gaining any disk space by deleting it so you mayaswell leave it!

Anyway heres what i was talking about tommy:


If its too small to read then save the pic to your pc and then view it, should be full size then
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Old Mar 16, 2006 | 12:16 PM
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it wont let me copy and paste the cache? is that because the pop up is coming up in internet explorer and u cant paste stuff from 1 browser to another?
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Old Mar 16, 2006 | 12:23 PM
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yeh i think the ads popping up are something to do with internet explorer still, even when i open fire fox, the ads pop up in a window with the explorer icon/pic in the top left of the window?

this ad was from kelkoo
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Old Mar 17, 2006 | 08:45 AM
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To be honest with you if your still getting pop ups even after trying various different things then your PC is probably too badly infected with spyware to cure, short of a full restore.

My laptop got to the stage where i had a never ending "Come meet me at pussy palace" pop up, if u closed it another one would pop up, the only way was to drag it out of the way, plus a continual "ding ding ding ding ding" playing through the speakers.

Ive restored it now and with the service packs kept up to date i have NO pop ups and i dont have any additional blockers or spyware software.

AVG free edition anti virus and thats should be all you should need really.
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Old Mar 17, 2006 | 08:50 AM
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Firefox itself should block pop up's.

MIght be time to give it the wipe it clean and start again. Then, install AVG, Spybot Search & Destroy, Microsoft Anti Spyware (for what's it's worth) and 2 firewalls
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Old Mar 17, 2006 | 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted by DanRSturbo
Microsoft Anti Spyware
On the assumption you have a Genuine Windows product key

You don't need one with this nice Corporate CD i have here
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Old Mar 17, 2006 | 10:31 AM
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M8,

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Old Mar 17, 2006 | 10:32 AM
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Very true

But you like said ive heard its shit anyway isnt it?
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Old Mar 17, 2006 | 11:26 AM
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It's not as good as Spybot IMO, but for a beta, what can you honestly expect lol. Beta version's of XP were shonky as fook As was longhorn
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Old Mar 18, 2006 | 04:03 PM
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really dont wana re-install got some too much stuff to reinstall on it, i will loose it all
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Old Mar 18, 2006 | 04:39 PM
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Sometimes its the only way mate, i had to back up about 40gb's worth of stuff. If u can afford to IMO you would be best off getting a 2nd HDD for when you do, so you can keep all your stuff on another HDD then should you ever need to restore you won't have to lose it.
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Originally Posted by safechav
Sometimes its the only way mate, i had to back up about 40gb's worth of stuff. If u can afford to IMO you would be best off getting a 2nd HDD for when you do, so you can keep all your stuff on another HDD then should you ever need to restore you won't have to lose it.
Thats a good idea, i mean you can get a 80gig hard drive for 40-50 quid i think? and even if you dont need the space right now then you will soon enough.

You cant have too much hard drive space IMO
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Old Mar 18, 2006 | 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by imaloverofcars
You cant have too much hard drive space IMO
NEVER EVER EVER
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Exactly



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Old Mar 19, 2006 | 07:46 PM
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ive reinstalled guys, sorted bit long winded but now sorted

thanx for every1s help anyways
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Originally Posted by rs tommy
ive reinstalled guys, sorted bit long winded but now sorted

thanx for every1s help anyways
Good good
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Originally Posted by DanRSturbo
Exactly





Them wires need sorting though and i expect its not doing anything for heat dissipation!
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