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DrSpike · October 30, 2003, 07:08

I can only say:

germanos · October 30, 2003, 08:11

Great work

All I get now is Britney, STOP, and gamblingresources, but the latter one has a syntaxis-error, so it doesn't load. (not that I mind)

Panag · October 30, 2003, 08:27

hi ,

only britney pops

does anyone have any news about the new law that the EU wants to make about spam mails and pop - ups , .....

have a nice day

Asmodean · October 30, 2003, 16:49

AWESOME

Have you had any contact with these providers? Did they explain their actions, or will you just let it slide?

Asmodean

Ben Kenobi · October 30, 2003, 19:53

Awesome job Markos!

They should just call you the 'Gator Hunter.

vovan · October 30, 2003, 21:55

Quote:

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
They should just call you the 'Gator Hunter.

Yeah, Markos, you've just won a trip to Australia to meet with Steve Irwin.

MarkG · October 31, 2003, 08:51

thanks to everyone, although i havent seen any "i've just turned off my popup blocker" messages yet

Quote:

Have you had any contact with these providers? Did they explain their actions, or will you just let it slide?

no contact, from past experience they would say
1) they didnt know about it
2) they cant do anything about it

a new provider we use now offers the ability to select one-by-one the campaigns that you want to run instead of giving you a take-it-or-leave-it package....

we're also showing cpc(cost per click) text ads from google now....

MarkG · October 31, 2003, 09:40

btw, Gator is now called Claria...
http://www.internetnews.com/IAR/article.php/3101611

MarkG · October 31, 2003, 10:02

and they've already registered clariasucks.com

http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/whois....lariasucks.com

Asmodean · October 31, 2003, 10:10

But there are other options:

clariaiscrap.com
clariass.com
clariaisabadcompanyandtheymakecrappysoftware.com

Asmodean

vovan · October 31, 2003, 12:49

Quote:

Originally posted by Asmodean
clariaisabadcompanyandtheymakecrappysoftware.com

Well, there is always the

clariaisgatorindisguise.com

Also Mark, maybe some of us never turned the pop-up blocker on for this site, hence the lack of "I turned my blocker off now" messages?

DrSpike · October 31, 2003, 13:56

Do they think changing the name is going to make people install their software just to see what happens?

Panag · October 31, 2003, 15:19

Quote:

Originally posted by DrSpike
Do they think changing the name is going to make people install their software just to see what happens?

hi ,

wanna bet some people shall click on it , ......

anyway , the internet is like a car , when you park it you lock it also , so there are plenty of ( free) tools out there to protect a user , .....

as for the rest , a large part of responsability layes with the ISP 's , its easy for them to block it , ...... and as for gator , some have done so

have a nice day

Asmodean · November 1, 2003, 05:07

Hmmmmm....ISP's blocking Gator. I've never heard of that. Are you sure, panag??

Asmodean

Panag · November 1, 2003, 13:10

Quote:

Originally posted by Asmodean
Hmmmmm....ISP's blocking Gator. I've never heard of that. Are you sure, panag??

Asmodean

hi ,

yep , skynet is famous for that , they also block spam and bugs , since about three years now , ..... ( could be more )

have a nice day

MarkG · November 6, 2003, 15:57

new ad provider added. let us know if you get any extra popups...

Panag · November 6, 2003, 18:31

Quote:

Originally posted by MarkG
new ad provider added. let us know if you get any extra popups...

hi ,

only the big red screen with " is your comp infected " and the sweet girl , they dont seem to pop-up for more then one or two times

have a nice day

MarkG · November 6, 2003, 20:15

bleh. they carry gator and other stuff.

you might get some installer prompts in the next couple of hours until they are totally out of our rotation....

Jamski · November 6, 2003, 20:36

For your info Marko :

Running the latest Mozilla and the MoO3 Ultra Special Light - no pop-ups

Thankyou

No blocker programmes running at all.

/me buys Marko a decent beer *

-Jam

Rasbelin · November 6, 2003, 21:18

Quote:

Originally posted by MarkG
bleh. they carry gator and other stuff.

Good that I didn't start accepting pop-ups yet.

Looks like it's still too risky.

vovan · November 7, 2003, 01:58

Yep, just came to the site. Viewed two pages on the forums: the "Community" forum page, and the "Logged into Directory" thread, and got five installer prompts! NetpalOffers.net, The Gator Corporation, Spyware Company, and some other which I don't remember. Quite a sorry sight this, never seen so many installers around here before.

EDIT: Got another one: 180Solutions

DrSpike · November 7, 2003, 05:44

Quote:

Originally posted by MarkG
bleh. they carry gator and other stuff.

you might get some installer prompts in the next couple of hours until they are totally out of our rotation....

Yeah I've had 2 Gators and another piece of software it wanted me to install. I don't know what, but I don't really want to find out.

MarkG · November 7, 2003, 07:50

yeah well i made the error to trust their word on opting us out of these ads and let their code run again in our rotation

bye bye ad code....

DrSpike · November 7, 2003, 08:15

Quote:

Originally posted by MarkG

bye bye ad code....

Hehe, good riddance.

alva · November 7, 2003, 08:36

If you cross the litle box, it won't bother you again.

-

Quote:

Hehe, good riddance.

Indeed

Panag · November 7, 2003, 18:03

Quote:

Originally posted by MarkG
yeah well i made the error to trust their word on opting us out of these ads and let their code run again in our rotation

bye bye ad code....

hi ,

its a real pleasure Mark to see that you get rid of them at ones

btw , intresting side note , those bugs did not came up when zonealarm is up and running , .... (!)

have a nice day

Asmodean · November 8, 2003, 13:28

Mark...could you provide me with adresses of these so-called ad providers that carry Gator.

I shall add them to my to-bomb-list

Asmodean

spartak · November 8, 2003, 14:06

cool. I never had a pop-up blocker but can you get rid of the britney pop-up?

Ben Kenobi · November 8, 2003, 16:06

Quote:

bleh. they carry gator and other stuff. you might get some installer prompts in the next couple of hours until they are totally out of our rotation....

Popups kept coming every time I tried to edit my picture thread in the DG.

Thanks Markos.

DaveV · November 12, 2003, 12:25

Per Ming's request:

Light ultra-special, IE 6.0, Windows XP professional.

For the last two days, I've experienced a barrage of pop-ups when I navigate around Apolyton. It seems always to be the same set of 3-4 pop-ups. If I close the pop-ups, they open right back up again; if I leave them open, no extra ones spawn. I remember this being a problem a long time ago, but the ultra-special has worked well until now.

Current pop-ups:
http://view.atdmt.com/iview/brstmmat00400046ave/direct;wi.300;hi.250/066377?click=http://www.burstnet.com/ads/ad10371a-map.cgi/BCPG20861.39576.43145/sz=0X0SB//BURSTURL=
http://view.atdmt.com/MYF/iview/brs...X0SB//BURSTURL=
http://view.atdmt.com/iview/brstmmat00400047ave/direct;wi.720;hi.300/095340?click=http://www.burstnet.com/ads/ad10371a-map.cgi/BCPG20862.39578.43148/sz=0X0SB//BURSTURL=
http://view.atdmt.com/iview/brstmmat00400047ave/direct;wi.720;hi.300/095340?click=http://www.burstnet.com/ads/ad10371a-map.cgi/BCPG20862.39578.43148/sz=0X0SB//BURSTURL=