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angelbaby
04-03-2004, 07:02 PM
I'm not trying to be mean or anything...but, what is with all these anti-spam, pop-up blcoker type ads here? It just seems a little unusual to see them here.

~Amypooh~
04-03-2004, 07:05 PM
New ads where? In the banner area?

I can't even see the banners now that you mention it. Don't know how long it has been like that, since I don't pay attention to them anyway.

nymama
04-03-2004, 07:08 PM
I do not have any thing like that and i see the banners..... Maybe you have a trojan on yer puter... I use crazybrowser and I do not get any pop ups

~Amypooh~
04-03-2004, 07:13 PM
Banners are working for me again. That's weird. I haven't seen any weird ones.

I would say you need to run an AV check to see if you are infected. Those worms and viruses can cause all kinds of nasty things to come up.

martinanne
04-03-2004, 08:18 PM
I haven't seen any pop-up blocker ads here. Just the usual mostly-WAHM ads.

angelbaby
04-03-2004, 11:32 PM
OMG! You mamas must be right! I suspected these ads to be phonies, but that is SO weird! I mean, how a virus or something can replace the WAHM ads at the top here (banners) with its own ads! (Like right now, it says "You could be a nonsmoker, tomorrow")

Stargazer441
04-04-2004, 09:09 AM
Yep, you've got taken over by something... BTW, if you're using Norton AV, they have admitted to DOING THAT. :mad: I think it's unethical and wrong, but that's me... they're stealing other people's ad space, kwim? :(

Anyway, you can see something about it here: http://www.nakedtrutham.com (no nothing icky on this site, it's a marketing website, honest!) scroll down to where it says "IMPORTANT NEWS" in the column on the left and you'll see the info as well as a link to who he recommends. I use PC-Cillin, which is from www.trendmicro.com

There are also a lot of scumware type things and ezula that does the same thing, iirc. :(

Hope you are able to get rid of it soon!! I'm sure they're annoying.