October 9, 2003, 21:46
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Spyware up the Wazoo!!!!!!
I have gotten to request for download:
Weathercast
Bargain Buddy.
Gator.
Orbitexpress
[b/]TODAY.[/b]
ACK!
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October 9, 2003, 22:54
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And how many of those did you select "yes - download" for 
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October 10, 2003, 07:02
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Deity
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Ordinarily I would agree with that Ming, but the pop-up situation has become much worse than is ordinarily the case.
Hopefully Mark will get time to do some investigating on his hard earned vacation this weekend. 
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October 10, 2003, 08:37
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King
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A few ads crash my Moz (1.3a.) Could these be the ones doing it?
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October 10, 2003, 12:33
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Deity
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I can't imagine anyone having popup problems. I just can't.
With so many free programs, there's no excuse for it, and I'm serious.
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October 10, 2003, 13:13
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King
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I didn't click Yes and I got some dataminer that changed my homepage to a porn site with roughly one billion popup ads. Good times; good times. Thank god for Adaware.
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October 10, 2003, 13:16
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Originally posted by SlowwHand
I can't imagine anyone having popup problems. I just can't.
With so many free programs, there's no excuse for it, and I'm serious.
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(Semi-)Public computers.
Work PCs, school PCs et cetera. Users of those machines are not always allowed to install personal use software.
This makes them susceptible to these nasty popups.
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October 10, 2003, 13:45
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Deity
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True.
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October 10, 2003, 14:40
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Originally posted by Harry Seldon
I didn't click Yes and I got some dataminer that changed my homepage to a porn site with roughly one billion popup ads. Good times; good times. Thank god for Adaware.
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If that is true, then things have really gone bad here at Apolyton. I just wish the administration wasn't so silent about these things. 
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October 10, 2003, 14:41
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King
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Thank god for Adaware.
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I love that program  
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October 10, 2003, 22:33
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Weird, I never had anything like that happen to me, even when I log in from my univ, wich doesn´t have any kind of pop up stopper.
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October 10, 2003, 23:54
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Google toolbar.
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October 11, 2003, 14:47
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Amen
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October 11, 2003, 17:20
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King
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Originally posted by Comrade Tassadar
Google toolbar.
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Yup, great pop-up blocker.
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October 11, 2003, 18:41
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Google toolbar is a great little piece of software, get AdAware and you are on the right path. I do not believe that you can be 100% sure.
So long...
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October 12, 2003, 18:10
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Isn't the Google toolbar spyware?
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October 13, 2003, 17:12
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Originally posted by Ming
And how many of those did you select "yes - download" for
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Not a one. My ex-wife made sure I'd never forget by installing Bonzi Buddy on my computer a few years ago. One of many reasons for the divorce.
Once again,. this is not my home computer that I get the pop-ups on.
 ACK!
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"I think Bigfoot is blurry, that's the problem. It's not the photographer's fault. Bigfoot is blurry, and that's extra scary to me. There's a large out of focus monster roaming the countryside. Look out, he's fuzzy, let's get out of here."
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October 13, 2003, 18:06
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Deity
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Originally posted by Tuberski
Not a one. My ex-wife made sure I'd never forget by installing Bonzi Buddy on my computer a few years ago. One of many reasons for the divorce.
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Can you really use spyware installation as a grounds for divorce?
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October 13, 2003, 18:43
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Originally posted by DrSpike
Can you really use spyware installation as a grounds for divorce?
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Well, that and being an insufferable *****........
ACK!
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"I think Bigfoot is blurry, that's the problem. It's not the photographer's fault. Bigfoot is blurry, and that's extra scary to me. There's a large out of focus monster roaming the countryside. Look out, he's fuzzy, let's get out of here."
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October 13, 2003, 19:05
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King
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funny i havent got any of those
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October 13, 2003, 20:34
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Originally posted by DrSpike
Can you really use spyware installation as a grounds for divorce?
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What, you need more reason than that?!? 
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October 14, 2003, 04:59
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King
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I just got this. The pic should show the offending add, but I screwed up the screen grab so it doesn't show. It was a pop up selling computer stuff that took up the whole screen.
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