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pcbTIM
Alien Abductee
USA
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 Posted - 04/29/2002 : 12:04:55 AM
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Whenever I log on to the internet, regardless of my homepage, I get pop-ups every TIMe! SomeTIMes, when I'm on this message board for a few hours, they show up every 30 minutes. And I gets really annoying! It slows down the internet for me, all because of websites I don't want to see. Can anyone help me? I remember reading somewhere that you can download something or get rid of something on you computer to stop this. Any help will be appreciated..........DAMN IT!!! They did it again! I was typing and after writing an entire sentence, I look up and see that nothing registered because of the damn pop-up!!!!!!!! AAAAAAGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!
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enthuTIMsiast
Alien Abductee
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Posted - 04/29/2002 : 12:25:21 AM
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Open window.
Grasp computer.
Extend arms out of window.
Release grasp.
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pcbTIM
Alien Abductee
USA
6501 Posts |
Posted - 04/29/2002 : 01:22:19 AM
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ummmmmmm......I'm on the first floor........and it's a laptop......
And I now retract my earlier statement of "any help will be appreciated".....and replace it with "any REAL help will be appreciated".
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Silky The Pimp
Alien Abductee
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Posted - 04/29/2002 : 02:12:30 AM
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2 programs to download and you'll be golden...
First is a program called "Ad-aware." It basically scans your computer and finds all the hidden ad files that a bunch of websites put on your computer. I had the same problem as you with the random pop-ups but that fixed it. Just make sure the get the update software so you can have the most up-to-date protection.
Second program is called "Pop-up Stopper." Take a wild guess at what it does... it blocks pop-ups.
Between the two of those you should be good to go. It also can't hurt to run a virus scan on a regular basis. If you go to http://housecall.antivirus.com/housecall/start_pcc.asp that is a very good online scan that is free. You can get the other two programs from download.com. Hope that helps.
-J
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pcbTIM
Alien Abductee
USA
6501 Posts |
Posted - 04/29/2002 : 07:44:23 AM
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Thanks a lot! I'll do that right away!
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KevinLesko
Alien Abductee
3712 Posts |
Posted - 04/29/2002 : 12:37:47 PM
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HOLY HELL!!!!!! Thanks A MILLION TIMES OVER for letting me know about that program. I constantly get fukked over with POP-UPS but I got that program last night and it works like a champ! You just eliminated sooo much stress from my computer time! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU........
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enthuTIMsiast
Alien Abductee
6990 Posts |
Posted - 04/29/2002 : 12:39:20 PM
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Silky's the pimp. He sure is.
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Silky The Pimp
Alien Abductee
3321 Posts |
Posted - 04/29/2002 : 12:52:17 PM
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Glad it helped you Kevin... if you are ever trying to open a window and it blocks it, just hold ctrl while you click on the link and it will allow it. All in all, it's a great little program.
Patrick, did that get rid of you problem?
-J
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pcbTIM
Alien Abductee
USA
6501 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2002 : 02:36:10 AM
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Yes it did! Thanks a ton! I just love the sound it makes whenever it blocks a pop-up. I can't get tired of it. Also, my friend told me to go to Tools....Internet Options and click Delete Cookies, Delete Files (offline and online). After doing that I also had like 500 MB freed up. But when I found out that it worked, I decided to put it to the ultimate test and went to a random porn site. I heard that wonderful noise like 10 TIMes. Thanks again!
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NeverKillADream
Yak Addict
USA
652 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2002 : 09:42:16 AM
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Im gonna hafta get this anti-ad-program myself, damn spy camera ad's.....
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pcbTIM
Alien Abductee
USA
6501 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2002 : 11:06:35 AM
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Im gonna hafta get this anti-ad-program myself, damn spy camera ad's.....
Thanks to Silky, I no longer know what you are talking about.
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enthuTIMsiast
Alien Abductee
6990 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2002 : 12:21:23 PM
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Yep, maybe I'll have to get this program too. Not too fond of the poop-ups.
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pcbTIM
Alien Abductee
USA
6501 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2002 : 12:24:53 PM
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The thingt that sucks about it is that it is only a trial.....so you get it for 30 days.......hmmmmmm....maybe there's a way to get rid of it, and then reinstall it......but I'm sure there's a way for the program to identify your computer.......unless there's a way to erase that information......Silky? Any tips? I don't need it right now because I only get to use the internet on my laptop for another 9 days because I'm going back home for summer and we only have Mac internet access there.
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enthuTIMsiast
Alien Abductee
6990 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2002 : 12:36:56 PM
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What's different about Mac internet access?
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pcbTIM
Alien Abductee
USA
6501 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2002 : 12:39:42 PM
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It's DSL and for some reason it's made specially for Macs.......so I can't create a connection on my computer.
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Silky The Pimp
Alien Abductee
3321 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2002 : 2:28:11 PM
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Hmm... mine is the normal version. I can't remember where I got it... if you give me the version number of your program, I might 'theoretically' be able to get you the serial number for educational uses only... you know, in theory.
-J
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pcbTIM
Alien Abductee
USA
6501 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2002 : 4:48:47 PM
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Interesting.....so these "educational uses" would be like for a research paper, per se?
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KevinLesko
Alien Abductee
3712 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2002 : 6:08:46 PM
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I got the normal .exe file off of Kazaa. Its not a trial, if you want that one, maybe i could send you the .exe through AIM or something.
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Silky The Pimp
Alien Abductee
3321 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2002 : 6:33:59 PM
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Exactly... for a research paper.
-J
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pcbTIM
Alien Abductee
USA
6501 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2002 : 7:05:18 PM
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Hehe......exactly......d'oh!
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tericee
Alien Abductee
USA
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Posted - 05/01/2002 : 10:02:56 PM
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It's DSL and for some reason it's made specially for Macs.......so I can't create a connection on my computer.
What DSL service is this? I'm intrigued.
teri 
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pcbTIM
Alien Abductee
USA
6501 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2002 : 10:45:10 PM
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I really don't know.....but when I go home this weekend to drop off all the non-essential stuff before finals (so the final move isn't that bad), I'll check........oh.......and where exactly would I check?
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