Pop-ups Are Interrupting My Play
ViPr
Resident naysayer Join Date: 2002-10-17 Member: 1515Members
<div class="IPBDescription">why are they not illegal</div> sometimes when i'm playing NS my hard disk light flashes and my hard disk thrashes for a few seconds making the game slow down to like less than 1 frame per second and when i quit the game then internet explorer opens by itself for no reason. these mad loading sessions seem to happen several times per match although they result in nothing popping-up. it's not as bad as before where the game would be forced to minimize and some pop-up would open up on the desktop. it would stop me playing for several minutes coz they seem to take ages to load. why is this not illegal? it's so much more annoying than spam email. why don't they ban it? governments are so stupid. i have Mcafee anti-virus and Adaware but i can't seem to get rid of these damn things completely. does this happen to other people here?
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Probably gator.
Google some adware nukers and STOP VISITING PORN SITES!
<a href='http://www.safer-networking.org' target='_blank'>Spybot S&D</a>
<a href='http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html' target='_blank'>SpywareBlaster</a>
<a href='http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/cwshredder_download.html' target='_blank'>CWShredder</a>
<a href='http://www.grisoft.com' target='_blank'>AVG AntiVirus</a>
<a href='http://www.zonealarm.com' target='_blank'>ZoneAlarm</a>
Start> Run> services.msc, right-click "Messenger", hit Properties and disable it.
Setting your browser to block third-party cookies
All you need.
and yah, i disabled that messenger thing ages ago coz someone in the game told me but it didn't help at all.
<a href='http://www.opera.com/' target='_blank'>or the ultimate browser!¬</a>
<a href='http://www.opera.com/' target='_blank'>or the ultimate browser!¬</a> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
What's the difference?
I'll second this one. IE is a piece of garbage, FF is all I ever use now.
Opera is supposed to be good too... but i'm not a fan of ad-crippled programs, and I don't want to pay for one browser when I can get another thats <a href='http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/' target='_blank'>just as good for free</a>.
But thats just me. Either way, ditch IE people! <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<a href='http://www.debian.org' target='_blank'>http://www.debian.org</a>
<a href='http://www.freebsd.org' target='_blank'>http://www.freebsd.org</a>
<a href='http://www.apple.com' target='_blank'>http://www.apple.com</a>
Also there are currently 2 bills working their way through congress in an effort to criminalize spyware:
<a href='http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:h.r.02929:' target='_blank'>http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:h.r.02929:</a>
<a href='http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:h.r.04661:' target='_blank'>http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:h.r.04661:</a>
Oh and Firefox > IE. Though it is still a beta product, I've encountered very few bugs and I am looking forward to the 1.0 milestone with much anticipation.
<a href='http://www.lavasoftusa.com' target='_blank'>http://www.lavasoftusa.com</a>
Ad-Aware Personal
Also agree use another browser, not going into arguments.
Either:
<a href='http://www.mozilla.org' target='_blank'>http://www.mozilla.org</a>
Download Mozilla, or FireFox.
<a href='http://www.opera.com' target='_blank'>http://www.opera.com</a>
Opera.
<a href='http://www.debian.org' target='_blank'>http://www.debian.org</a>
<a href='http://www.freebsd.org' target='_blank'>http://www.freebsd.org</a>
<a href='http://www.apple.com' target='_blank'>http://www.apple.com</a> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Heh, I always found that advertising alternative OS' (*nix, Apple, whatever) to gamers was like selling tampons to a guy: Sure, they have a place for it - but its not the right place! <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
*Cough* Sorry. <!--emo&::nerdy::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/nerd-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<a href='http://www.debian.org' target='_blank'>http://www.debian.org</a>
<a href='http://www.freebsd.org' target='_blank'>http://www.freebsd.org</a>
<a href='http://www.apple.com' target='_blank'>http://www.apple.com</a>
Also there are currently 2 bills working their way through congress in an effort to criminalize spyware:
<a href='http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:h.r.02929:' target='_blank'>http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:h.r.02929:</a>
<a href='http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:h.r.04661:' target='_blank'>http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:h.r.04661:</a>
Oh and Firefox > IE. Though it is still a beta product, I've encountered very few bugs and I am looking forward to the 1.0 milestone with much anticipation. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
[rolls eyes]
Good suggestion. Then he won't be able to play NS at all.
<a href='http://www.debian.org' target='_blank'>http://www.debian.org</a>
<a href='http://www.freebsd.org' target='_blank'>http://www.freebsd.org</a>
<a href='http://www.apple.com' target='_blank'>http://www.apple.com</a>
Also there are currently 2 bills working their way through congress in an effort to criminalize spyware:
<a href='http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:h.r.02929:' target='_blank'>http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:h.r.02929:</a>
<a href='http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:h.r.04661:' target='_blank'>http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:h.r.04661:</a>
Oh and Firefox > IE. Though it is still a beta product, I've encountered very few bugs and I am looking forward to the 1.0 milestone with much anticipation. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
[rolls eyes]
Good suggestion. Then he won't be able to play NS at all. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Tell that to Talesin.
Heh... yupp.. i use both ADaware and SPYBOT S+D simply because neither of them picks up lal the adware (even with the latest definitions).....
~Jason
<a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=25354' target='_blank'>http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/in...showtopic=25354</a>
Suggests they're in use. Bootup in safemode then do it.
OR
start, run, "msconfig" (without the quotes.)
Select "diagnostic startup". Should remove all the nasties from startup lists temporarily.
The DSO Exploit? That's a bug - you can ignore that.
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one of the best <b>free</b> anti-spyware programs ever.....
<a href='http://www.symantec.com/sabu/sysworks/basic/' target='_blank'>Norton System works</a> is supposedly a good program for keeping you computer running smoothly, my friend has it, i never tried it though, it also a bit on the expensive side......