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Gojira

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"Is it just me, or...." , posted Tue 6 May 00:58

Is anyone else getting this annoying "Search the web!" popup ad? Fills up the entire screen while I'm typing something and has no close box. The only way I can get rid of it is using the task manager.

Is this showing up because of PlanetPS2 or did the ad agency bastards plant a bug in my IE?

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Fro Boy11

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"Re(1):Is it just me, or...." , posted Tue 6 May 01:21

quote:
Is anyone else getting this annoying "Search the web!" popup ad? Fills up the entire screen while I'm typing something and has no close box. The only way I can get rid of it is using the task manager.

Is this showing up because of PlanetPS2 or did the ad agency bastards plant a bug in my IE?

HELLZ YEAH, that annoys me like no other pop-up. I remember the internet about a year and a half ago. There wasn't many pop-ups like there is today. Ahhh, I miss those days.

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OmegaDog

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"Re(1):Is it just me, or...." , posted Tue 6 May 02:19

For my browser, I'm using Phoenix/Firebird (a Mozilla derivative), which has two options for pop-ups -- automatically stop all pop-ups except from certain domains, and automatically allow all pop-ups except from certain domains. I've got the first setting, and I've allowed pop-ups from dynamic4.gamespy.com (where the BBS is hosted), so that I can Edit Profiles, etc. So far, I haven't gotten a pop-up ad from the BBS nor the main news site.

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Undead Fred

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"Re(2):Is it just me, or...." , posted Tue 6 May 02:56

Run a search for "Surf in Peace." You can plug in pop-up windows you want and have them killed by size, name, or name AND size. Very useful program.

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Juke Joint Jezebel

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"Re(3):Is it just me, or...." , posted Tue 6 May 05:34

check this out, muthafucka!!
http://www.panicware.com/product_downloads.html

(hmm, i just checked it out myself and "Our products feature a FREE 30-day trial period." nuts to them. if anyone wants me to zip up and upload the, uh, version i have, i'll gladly do so. it works wonders)

by the way, does anyone get "talking ads?" i'm not even at a porn site and i hear "oh yes i am so lonely and i am getting wet and waiting to be penetrated and ..." at 3 in the morning. i'm always playing music, but i control the volume with the middle mouse button using winamp. so my speakers are up pretty high. whenever the ad talks, it TALKS. i'm surprised no one [people in this house] has asked me about that yet

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TheBeast

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"Toolbar" , posted Tue 6 May 05:49

Oh yeah I want to take this opportunity to ask a question:

How do you get rid of those Toolbars that have those: Search the Web, and a few icons on it? I have this in my Window Explorer and IE as well. THen there is this Pop-up ad wherever I start the window asking me if I would want to sign up a casino and get $200 free.

Anybody can help me?

Juke Joint Jezebel

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"Re(1):Toolbar" , posted Tue 6 May 06:00

i asked a friend about your problem. he's helped me in the past with a similar problem so there's a good chance he can help again. i'll tell you his answer when he comes online

for now, you can try downloading and running ad-aware
http://www.lavasoft.de/support/download/

before you run it, try to exit as many programs as you can. might be a good idea to reboot before you try it out. it should fix your problem but we'll see

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HazZan

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"Re(1):Is it just me, or...." , posted Tue 6 May 06:18

quote:
Is anyone else getting this annoying "Search the web!" popup ad? Fills up the entire screen while I'm typing something and has no close box. The only way I can get rid of it is using the task manager.

Is this showing up because of PlanetPS2 or did the ad agency bastards plant a bug in my IE?

Nope. Not for me.

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Juke Joint Jezebel

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"Re(2):Toolbar" , posted Tue 6 May 08:47

the reply!

"On your explorer window, go to View, then to Tool Bars, and then to personalize.
There you can remove whatever you want from the explorer window, I have only the "Back, forward, stop, reload, home, bookmarks, history and print" buttons, ah, the address bar too.

Concerning the Casino ad, maybe it's triggered by some kind of shareware, like Kazaa, Imesh, or something like that

What you can do to stop the ad from popping up at startup, is removing said program (Kazaa, imesh), from the startup list.
Go to execute, and then type: msconfig, after that, a little window will appear, go to start on that window, and uncheck the program you don't want to open at startup.
Be very careful with this window, and don't check anything outside the start button, because if you do, you may screw your computer"

be very careful with the stuff under msconfig. you can try this site for a little more info on the programs . go down to the letter that the program begins with and click on it for more info (clicking 'R' will bring you here for example)

you probably won't have to deal with that msconfig stuff. if you used ad-aware, it should've wiped those nasty critters outta there

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Toxico

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"Re(2):Is it just me, or...." , posted Tue 6 May 08:57

quote:
I haven't gotten a pop-up ad from the BBS nor the main news site.

Correct, I haven't gotten any kind of pop up either; and please do notice I'm not using any kind of special software; just the crappy and hated explorer 5.0

Juke Joint Jezebel

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"Re(3):Is it just me, or...." , posted Tue 6 May 09:30

quote:
I haven't gotten a pop-up ad from the BBS nor the main news site.

Correct, I haven't gotten any kind of pop up either; and please do notice I'm not using any kind of special software; just the crappy and hated explorer 5.0

oh, i didn't even read the initial post. the pop-up ad originates from some dark evil. it happened on Hagen's computer a while ago. we were able to banish it with ad-aware benedictive magics

ok, i'm spending entirely too much time in this thread. i'd better go study so i don't die tomorrow

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Toxico

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"Re(4):Is it just me, or...." , posted Tue 6 May 10:40

quote:
ok, i'm spending entirely too much time in this thread. i'd better go study so i don't die tomorrow

Damn you, how did you knew??? I guess I should study for tomorrow ¬_¬
Such an strange coincidence.

TheBeast

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"Thanks a million JJJ!!!!" , posted Tue 6 May 20:42

Thanks a lot! Hey, I really appreciate your help.

In the end, I just went to download Ad-Ware to delete the 200+ ad-related stuff in my PC. Just goes to show how grossly infested my computer is with the ads pop-ups...and how IRRITATED I AM.

Good riddance to bad ad pop-ups!!!!!

Juke Joint Jezebel

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"Re(1):Thanks a million JJJ!!!!" , posted Wed 7 May 11:11

quote:
Thanks a lot! Hey, I really appreciate your help.

In the end, I just went to download Ad-Ware to delete the 200+ ad-related stuff in my PC. Just goes to show how grossly infested my computer is with the ads pop-ups...and how IRRITATED I AM.

Good riddance to bad ad pop-ups!!!!!

no prob! i'm glad it worked!

good thing you didn't mess with that msconfig. i think i did something silly with my computer. must find phoenix down ...

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