Porn Popups

kidakida Join Date: 2003-02-20 Member: 13778Members
in Off-Topic
<div class="IPBDescription">how do i get rid of them?</div> I went to a bit torrent site to download half life e3 movie, but instead it gave me some wierd crap and ever since, I keep on getting these spam porn popups that can't shut off when i click the x in the corner.

So what do I do?

I think i might have a virus, I tried deleting cookies and stuff, but to no sucess.
Plz don't tell me to download a program, i hate downloading programs
Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome

Comments

  • ShloomShloom Join Date: 2002-07-25 Member: 997Members
    edited July 2003
    *yah, that's helpful HOW*
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • Iced_EagleIced_Eagle Borg Engineer Join Date: 2003-03-02 Member: 14218Members
    hmm well im guessing you need to d/l a program... download ad aware cause i dont see any other option
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • JaspJasp Join Date: 2003-02-04 Member: 13076Members
    edited July 2003
    Em look above this post please.

    For the poor of sight then (damm u PJ) its big bold says stopping those popups and is a sticky.
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • kidakida Join Date: 2003-02-20 Member: 13778Members
    i did
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • JaspJasp Join Date: 2003-02-04 Member: 13076Members
    edited July 2003
    Did u download the adware program?
    Scan ya HD for virus?
    Close all rubbish startup items?
    Also whats ya OS?
    Also use this virus scanner if u dont have one its free online and may take a while to d/l if your on a 56k

    <a href='http://housecall.trendmicro.com/' target='_blank'>http://housecall.trendmicro.com/</a>

    BTW your sig doesnt seem to be working :/

    P.S this will most likely get locked awfully fast
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • GlissGliss Join Date: 2003-03-23 Member: 14800Members, Constellation, NS2 Map Tester
    <!--QuoteBegin--Jasp+Jul 15 2003, 08:01 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Jasp @ Jul 15 2003, 08:01 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Em look above this post please.

    For the blind its big bold says stopping those popups and is a sticky. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    For the blind, they wouldn't be able to see this at all, so this information is useless =P.
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • FantasmoFantasmo Join Date: 2002-11-06 Member: 7369Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--kida+Jul 15 2003, 09:58 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (kida @ Jul 15 2003, 09:58 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> So what do I do?
    <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Give them your credit card number.

    <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • JaspJasp Join Date: 2003-02-04 Member: 13076Members
    Ok Ok for those with poor sight then lol
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • GadzukoGadzuko Join Date: 2002-12-26 Member: 11556Members, Constellation
    You're going to have to download a program... there's really no way around it.
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • JammerJammer Join Date: 2002-06-03 Member: 728Members, Constellation
    This will probably be nuked and locked soon, since its a warez topic... but...


    <a href='http://toolbar.google.com/index-beta.php' target='_blank'>http://toolbar.google.com/index-beta.php</a>

    Google Toolbar 2.0 has a built in pop up blogger. Me loves! Me Loves!
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • AutumnTwilightAutumnTwilight Join Date: 2002-08-27 Member: 1244Members, Constellation
    edited July 2003
    <!--QuoteBegin--Jammer+Jul 15 2003, 10:25 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Jammer @ Jul 15 2003, 10:25 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> This will probably be nuked and locked soon, since its a warez topic... but...<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Umm, no offense Jammer, but this is in no way a "Warez" topic. Look at the first part of his post:

    <i>I went to a bit torrent site to download half life e3 movie, but instead it gave me some wierd crap and ever since, I keep on getting these spam porn popups that can't shut off when i click the x in the corner.</i>

    He was using Bit Torrent to download a half-life E3 movie. The E3 movies are free to distribute, right? Bit Torrent is a file sharing utility, and you could use it to download illegal software, but you could use it to download anything else, much like your web browser. You wouldn't consider a topic about Internet Explorer a Warez topic, would you?

    Again, no offense, but I'm really not seeing the whole "Warez" angle on this one.

    Twilight
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • MrPinkMrPink Join Date: 2002-05-28 Member: 678Members
    www.lavasoft.de
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • airyKairyK Join Date: 2002-12-19 Member: 11126Members
    I suggest <a href='http://security.kolla.de/' target='_blank'>SpyBot - Search and Destroy</a> and it is free unlike ad-aware. its updated all the time and IMHO the best spyware/ad removing program available. In the future i suggest getting pop up blocking software or browser that has it built in like mozilla. i suggest <a href='http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firebird/' target='_blank'>Firebird</a> aka Phoenix, its a scaled down version of mozilla that is much responsive then the normal mozilla. i hope this helps. oh also mozilla is open source and free to use!.
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • That_Annoying_KidThat_Annoying_Kid Sire of Titles Join Date: 2003-03-01 Member: 14175Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin--Jammer+Jul 15 2003, 09:25 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Jammer @ Jul 15 2003, 09:25 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> This will probably be nuked and locked soon, since its a warez topic... but...


    <a href='http://toolbar.google.com/index-beta.php' target='_blank'>http://toolbar.google.com/index-beta.php</a>

    Google Toolbar 2.0 has a built in pop up blogger. Me loves! Me Loves! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    it does?!?!

    your kidding

    wow
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • SirusSirus Join Date: 2002-11-13 Member: 8466Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    I love Google so much !
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • RPG_JssmfulhudRPG_Jssmfulhud Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4006Members
    Indeed, Google is a great tool
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • BurncycleBurncycle Join Date: 2002-11-24 Member: 9759Members, NS1 Playtester
    Evidently I caught a bug once that redirected me to whitepages or something along those lines every time I wanted to access any site having to do with geocities. Someone elses geocities, my geocities, any time I tried to go to a url that has something to do with them, it would just load up this other page. So annoying.

    It didn't detect a virus, I got rid of the spyware, and so I moved to the next step and began searching the registry. This one page has infested itself in my computer..... everywhere in the registry that had the page listed, I'd delete it or change it; but to no avail. It just kept coming back.

    I was really ****, I ended up reinstalling windows totally.

    I thought i backed everything up first, but then I found out I didn't back up my config file for natural selection; this means that my mouse sensitivity just _wasn't_ quite right and threw off my gameplay. Ah well... spilt milk....
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
  • RPG_JssmfulhudRPG_Jssmfulhud Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4006Members
    Your mouse sensitivity wasn't adjusted? Oh my... That must have taken you a long time to correct, right? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

    As for these pop-ups... I hate them. Before I used Proxomitron, I got a few ads installed. And what I did was, clean the registry, disable the program in the startup (if possible), find the new files (search newest and see which ones are 'suspicious', hidden) and then restart in safe-mode. I deleted, burned, destroyed, ravaged the files there. Voila.

    I do remember though, that I couldn't delete a file even in safe-mode once. Don't remember how I got rid of it, but I did... <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
    Off Topic Disagree Agree Awesome
Sign In or Register to comment.