Gator download pop-up - Page 8

Jamski · September 26, 2003, 13:32

I got it again, like I do EVERYDAY

I think my most used programm is AdAware

-Jam

Wittlich · September 26, 2003, 14:42

@ DrSpike. Of course I always say no, but like Asmodean stated, the damned program writes to my registry - so that's what I have to continually clean out.

Wittlich · September 26, 2003, 14:49

Damn! Here I go again, Gator decided to pay me another visit!

Is it my imagination or has Gator sightings increased in the past few days?

Well, time to clean up my registry (yet again).

Ciao for now.

Asmodean · September 26, 2003, 15:15

I think the occurence has increased. I have been less on Apolyton than usual these past few days, but I have seen more Gator in the last two days, than in the last two weeks.

Asmodean

Snowflake · September 26, 2003, 16:01

Well I have always said no. But why is that not enough?

I mean what will it do to your registry and what effect would that have?

Skanky Burns · September 27, 2003, 02:11

Run adaware and find out for yourself.
Also remember, non-IE browsers are less likely to be tricked into downloading or even offering stuff like gator to you.

I'm on a 56k at the moment so can't check the entire thread, but I seem to recall all the gator ads being from IE browsers.

FrustratedPoet · September 27, 2003, 11:19

Just got a Gator pop-up from 'poly for the first time ever. First time I've used IE to browse here for months.

GhengisFarb™ · September 27, 2003, 11:28

Quote:

Originally posted by DrSpike
The demogamers use too many long words?

I missed that comment before.

DrSpike · September 27, 2003, 11:34

Quote:

Originally posted by GhengisFarb

I missed that comment before.

That's ok.........nice to be appreciated, even belatedly.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=belatedly

For NYE.

Snotty · September 27, 2003, 11:48

I just got the gator pop-up again. It may well have been from another page I had open, but I know you are slowly bringing the ads back to try and track it down.

Wittlich · September 27, 2003, 13:52

Yep, I too got it again and I only visited Apolyton since the last time I cleaned out my registry/cookies/temp files. Time to clean it all up (yet) again.

Jamski · September 27, 2003, 16:02

I don't think Dan's even reading this anymore

-Jam

Snotty · September 28, 2003, 04:19

Does anyone know if this has been fixed? I had other programs in the background all the time I was doing this. I had an ad pop-up at the same time as the gator one, but when I tried to look at it it opened under my task bar where I couldnt read it. I played in the task manager and got it maximised. The screen was blank, so I looked in the source and found it is most likely responsible for the gator. I have saved the source info and the address of the ad if this info is of any use.

MarkG · September 28, 2003, 04:41

Quote:

I have saved the source info and the address of the ad if this info is of any use.

that would be good to have, but more important would be if you had the referral info of the page

Snotty · September 28, 2003, 05:18

I dont know how I would go about getting the referral info, but would be happy to do it if you told me how.

Heres the addy and source.

MarkG · September 28, 2003, 05:34

1) on mozilla, right-click on the page and select "view page info". there will be a referring url info

2) on ie your best chance is the history bar

Snotty · September 28, 2003, 06:08

Thanks. Heres the info I have managed to pull from the history. I havent been able to recreate the gator pop-up, but I can recreate the ads that pop-up when you close it. I have clicked on every link in my history, but cant get the gator install to open.

Its possible these ads are coming from somewhere else, but that should be easy enough to check.

DO NOT CLICK ON THESE LINKS UNLESS YOU WANT POP-UPS

This is one that comes after

http://content.ad-flow.com/5/OF-INT.html

This one also opens when gator closes

http://z1.adserver.com/w/cp.x;rid=65...7;p=1;mid=2326

These ones seem somehow responsible for opening the others, and they have gator in the addy

http://webpdp.gator.com/v3/webpdp_v3...=HIC_RydiumINT

http://webpdp.gator.com/v3/webpdp_v3...=HIC_RydiumINT

Hope this is some help

Arnelos · September 28, 2003, 06:57

DanQ,

My apologies on not checking this thread after starting it. First, I was busy for several days and didn't check 'poly much, then I just forgot about this page when the Gator ads went away the first time.

I'll have to spend more time checking the community part of the boards...

I agree with others here that the Gator ads have gone up in frequency lately, but I really haven't had that much of an issue because I know how to kill them and clean my registry (not to mention my firewall prevents the sucker from sending anything out even if I accidentally download the stupid thing).

My concern, as previously stated, is for the visitors to the site that have absolutely no idea what Gator is or that it's been downloaded to their system.

Thank you a BUNCH for working on this. Next time I spot a Gator ad, I'll see if I can check the history to find anything of use (which, since I'm using IE, is rather unlikely).

Thanks again.

DrSpike · September 28, 2003, 07:12

Quote:

Originally posted by MarkG
1) on mozilla, right-click on the page and select "view page info". there will be a referring url info

2) on ie your best chance is the history bar

How with Opera?

Panag · September 28, 2003, 09:22

hi ,

, is there really nothing out there that blocks gator , and only gator , ......

have a nice day

GhengisFarb™ · September 28, 2003, 09:44

Maybe someone should program a product called "GatorHater" or "GaterRaid".

Asmodean · September 28, 2003, 10:14

Quote:

Originally posted by GhengisFarb
"GaterRaid".

My firewall blocks Gator, of course but it blocks everything else, too. That is what keeps Apolyton from making money, and why I have made a pledge (to myself) to surf poly with my firewall off.

Asmodean

MarkG · September 28, 2003, 20:20

many thanks Snotty
unfortunatelly the info you got doesnt go back enough to one of our ad providers OR the ads are originating by some other source(other site that you browsed at the time or a gator-like application installed in your computer)

Jamski · September 29, 2003, 05:17

These are the same links I posted a month ago...

I'm pretty sure they are coming frpm 'poly, since I get them when JUST using 'poly AND straight after cleaning up with AdAware.

I doubt they're coming from one of your official ad-providers, but I imagine the Gator ad has hitched a "free ride" to 'poly somehow.

-Jam

Asmodean · September 29, 2003, 06:57

Maybe contact Gator and have them help clear out the mess.

If they are as serious as they claim to be, they should be only too happy to help.

Asmodean

Arnelos · September 29, 2003, 07:52

(oops) pretend I didn't post... I'll post when I get an ACTUAL link.

(I thought I had the link in my history, but it didn't turn out to be what I thought it was... oh well)

Arnelos · September 29, 2003, 09:26

Just got the Gator pop-up again...

URL in my IE history from the Gator download pop-up:

http://webpdp.gator.com/v3/webpdp_v3...HIC_RyudiumINT

That looks like it's just the gator download URL and probably doesn't help you at all finding out what's making it pop up, but there you go.

That was at 1309 GMT, however, so here's the rest of the ad history I have for today:

www.gamblingresource.net (1026 GMT)
http://www.gamblingresource.net/search.php?ref=207760

media.popuptraffic.com (1114 GMT and 1149 GMT)
http://media.popuptraffic.com/pops/iMatchPU.html
http://media.popuptraffic.com/pops/klfPU.html

bidclix.net (1215 GMT)
http://bidclix.net/PopUps/Popup35.js...&p=9621&cat=36

content.ad-flow.com (1309 GMT)
http://content.ad-flow.com/5/OF-INT.html

images.ad-flow.com (1309 GMT)
http://images.ad-flow.com/sam/OF-INT.html

Since the gator download pop up was at 1309 GMT, the content.ad-flow.com site is either responsible or (as seems also possible) it was just two ads popping up simultaneously.

Hope this helps.

Jamski · September 29, 2003, 16:16

I always get ad-flow together with gator, so we can assumethey are related.

-Jam

Asmodean · September 30, 2003, 01:58

Yeah, but I think the problem is that Mark and Dan can not link Ad Flow with a company that they have signed up with. Meaning that it is a third party ad, and they have to locate the "second party".

Allthough by the second party, I'm usually so drunk that I need to go home and sleep it off.

Asmodean

geeslaka · September 30, 2003, 02:43

This is worse than trying to figure out who actually hired a hit man.
Not that I or anyone else has hired a hit man, it's just that people always use lots of middlement when they hire hit men.