Welcome to the commercial www. The only consolation, it that most of theQuote:> Is my pc infected or am I going mad here?
> I get pop ups on 90% of websites that I open.
> Yahoo, MSN, Ebay.... etc etc etc ..
> I usually get that ad pop-up for the little investigative camera ...
> And it only happens when I open a new window. Upon opening Yahoo, for
> example, another smaller window pops up with an add...
> Does anyone else get this? How is this fixable without installing any Pop up
> removal software? I am willing to re-format if needed.
> Thanks
> gino
Mike
Yeah, this is becomming a real problem - but it isn't likely to go away
anytime soon :(
The only way to completely avoid it is to disable JavaScript in your web
browser - but many sites use JS for normal functions - so it's not
necessarily a good idea.
I know you don't want to use software - but have a llok at this one - it
gives you the option to open a site with or without pop-ups by using the
right mouse button....
http://www.panicware.com/product_dpps.html
Good luck !
Michael
Quote:> Is my pc infected or am I going mad here?
> I get pop ups on 90% of websites that I open.
> Yahoo, MSN, Ebay.... etc etc etc ..
> I usually get that ad pop-up for the little investigative camera ...
> And it only happens when I open a new window. Upon opening Yahoo, for
> example, another smaller window pops up with an add...
> Does anyone else get this? How is this fixable without installing any Pop
up
> removal software? I am willing to re-format if needed.
> Thanks
> gino
Try POW from www.analogx.com - gets rid of all the 'nasties'.
Will
---Quote:> Is my pc infected or am I going mad here?
> I get pop ups on 90% of websites that I open.
> Yahoo, MSN, Ebay.... etc etc etc ..
> I usually get that ad pop-up for the little investigative camera ...
> And it only happens when I open a new window. Upon opening Yahoo, for
> example, another smaller window pops up with an add...
> Does anyone else get this? How is this fixable without installing any Pop
up
> removal software? I am willing to re-format if needed.
> Thanks
> gino
Sounds like you have some * ad supported software running, Morpheus etc
?
Quote:> Is my pc infected or am I going mad here?
> I get pop ups on 90% of websites that I open.
> Yahoo, MSN, Ebay.... etc etc etc ..
> I usually get that ad pop-up for the little investigative camera ...
> And it only happens when I open a new window. Upon opening Yahoo, for
> example, another smaller window pops up with an add...
> Does anyone else get this? How is this fixable without installing any Pop
up
> removal software? I am willing to re-format if needed.
> Thanks
> gino
Quote:> Is my pc infected or am I going mad here?
> I get pop ups on 90% of websites that I open.
> Yahoo, MSN, Ebay.... etc etc etc ..
> I usually get that ad pop-up for the little investigative camera ...
> And it only happens when I open a new window. Upon opening Yahoo, for
> example, another smaller window pops up with an add...
> Does anyone else get this? How is this fixable without installing any Pop
up
> removal software? I am willing to re-format if needed.
> Thanks
> gino
Blocking Ads with a Hosts File:
http://www.veryComputer.com/
Blocking Cookies with IE 6:
http://www.veryComputer.com/
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> Sounds like you have some * ad supported software running, Morpheus etc
> ?
> > Is my pc infected or am I going mad here?
> > I get pop ups on 90% of websites that I open.
> > Yahoo, MSN, Ebay.... etc etc etc ..
> > I usually get that ad pop-up for the little investigative camera ...
> > And it only happens when I open a new window. Upon opening Yahoo, for
> > example, another smaller window pops up with an add...
> > Does anyone else get this? How is this fixable without installing any Pop
> up
> > removal software? I am willing to re-format if needed.
> > Thanks
> > gino
I maintain an updated "block.txt" on my site that you can use (download) to
keep AdShield current. (works in WinME\XP)
http://www.adshield.org/
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Quote:> Is my pc infected or am I going mad here?
> I get pop ups on 90% of websites that I open.
> Yahoo, MSN, Ebay.... etc etc etc ..
> I usually get that ad pop-up for the little investigative camera ...
> And it only happens when I open a new window. Upon opening Yahoo, for
> example, another smaller window pops up with an add...
> Does anyone else get this? How is this fixable without installing any Pop
up
> removal software? I am willing to re-format if needed.
> Thanks
> gino
> > Is my pc infected or am I going mad here?
> > I get pop ups on 90% of websites that I open.
> > Yahoo, MSN, Ebay.... etc etc etc ..
> > I usually get that ad pop-up for the little investigative camera ...
> > And it only happens when I open a new window. Upon opening Yahoo, for
> > example, another smaller window pops up with an add...
> > Does anyone else get this? How is this fixable without installing any Pop
> up
> > removal software? I am willing to re-format if needed.
> > Thanks
> > gino
www.X10.com was a popular online site *before* other sites started
promoting it with X10 camera ads.
j. ak
Jim,
That trick only works until the next time you clean out your Cookies.
Why even allow x10.com to even read your drive to see if that (opt-out) Cookie
exists? It's much better (IMO) to block their servers from gaining access at all.
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> www.X10.com was a popular online site *before* other sites started
> promoting it with X10 camera ads.
> j. ak
> Jim,
> That trick only works until the next time you clean out your Cookies.
> Why even allow x10.com to even read your drive to see if that (opt-out) Cookie
> exists? It's much better (IMO) to block their servers from gaining access at all.
> _____________________________
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Lloydie,
If you read Gino's post carefully you'll see that they have been struck by
the "x10.com" web bug. By clearing out the TIF (cache), and using a good
HOSTS file you can stop all those kinds of * ad trackers. The trick is
to prevent the 3rd party ad server from being contacted when you access a
web page that contains the HTML code and\or javascript.
Blocking Ads with a Hosts File:
http://www.veryComputer.com/
Blocking Cookies with IE 6:
http://www.veryComputer.com/
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> Sounds like you have some * ad supported software running, Morpheus
etc
> ?
> > Is my pc infected or am I going mad here?
> > I get pop ups on 90% of websites that I open.
> > Yahoo, MSN, Ebay.... etc etc etc ..
> > I usually get that ad pop-up for the little investigative camera ...
> > And it only happens when I open a new window. Upon opening Yahoo, for
> > example, another smaller window pops up with an add...
> > Does anyone else get this? How is this fixable without installing any
Pop
> up
> > removal software? I am willing to re-format if needed.
> > Thanks
> > gino
Lloydie,
If you read Gino's post carefully you'll see that they have been struck by
the "x10.com" web bug. By clearing out the TIF (cache), and using a good
HOSTS file you can stop all those kinds of * ad trackers. The trick is
to prevent the 3rd party ad server from being contacted when you access a
web page that contains the HTML code and\or javascript.
Blocking Ads with a Hosts File:
http://www.veryComputer.com/
Blocking Cookies with IE 6:
http://www.veryComputer.com/
_____________________________
Mike Burgess Microsoft MVP DTS
Information isn't free if you can't find it!
http://www.veryComputer.com/
Please post replies to this Newsgroup, email address is invalid
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> Sounds like you have some * ad supported software running, Morpheus
etc
> ?
> > Is my pc infected or am I going mad here?
> > I get pop ups on 90% of websites that I open.
> > Yahoo, MSN, Ebay.... etc etc etc ..
> > I usually get that ad pop-up for the little investigative camera ...
> > And it only happens when I open a new window. Upon opening Yahoo, for
> > example, another smaller window pops up with an add...
> > Does anyone else get this? How is this fixable without installing any
Pop
> up
> > removal software? I am willing to re-format if needed.
> > Thanks
> > gino
Jack,
Ya gotta ask yourself ......... do I really want to buy anything
from a company that uses these kina of tactics? I don't ....
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> www.X10.com was a popular online site *before* other sites started
> promoting it with X10 camera ads.
> j. ak
Quote:> Jim,
> That trick only works until the next time you clean out your Cookies.
> Why even allow x10.com to even read your drive to see if that (opt-out)
Cookie
> exists? It's much better (IMO) to block their servers from gaining access
at all.
> _____________________________
> Mike Burgess Microsoft MVP DTS
> Information isn't free if you can't find it!
> http://members.home.net/winhelp98/
> Please post replies to this Newsgroup, email address is invalid
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Is my pc infected or am I going mad here?
I get pop ups on 90% of websites that I open.
Yahoo, MSN, Ebay.... etc etc etc ..
I usually get that ad pop-up for the little investigative camera ...
And it only happens when I open a new window. Upon opening Yahoo, for
example, another smaller window pops up with an add...
Does anyone else get this? How is this fixable without installing any Pop up
removal software? I am willing to re-format if needed.
Thanks
gino
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