View Poll Results: Do sponsored links affect your reading of forums?
They pop-up and annoy as much as VIC speed camera cops
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84.62%
I don't notice them
4
15.38%
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Was "What's with these sponsored links"
Apr 22nd 2004, 6:33 am
#16
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 11,149
Originally posted by dracupg
Still a bit to go before we catch up with the seedy Aussie community though
Still a bit to go before we catch up with the seedy Aussie community though
Apr 22nd 2004, 6:46 am
#17
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Joined: Jul 2003
Location: Westleigh, Sydney
Posts: 553
Canberra. What a pity the wind didn’t blow towards the parliament last year.
Apr 22nd 2004, 6:46 am
#18
Y Ddraig Goch
Joined: Aug 2002
Location: Body is in Brissie. Heart and soul has long flown home.
Posts: 3,722
Originally posted by bondipom
Ya been Shopping in Canberra?
Ya been Shopping in Canberra?
( nice man in back of a van who usually sells me fireworks here in Brissie , didn't show up last time).. I'll be taking to buying "sparklers" in Woolworth's if you don't .. oh the shame! what am I supposed to do with a sparkler... don't answer that!there's another one for you list.. illegal expllosives/fireworks ! lol
Apr 23rd 2004, 6:54 pm
#19
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Joined: May 2003
Location: The Green behind the Gold
Posts: 885
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==weeeh! *tinkle*
==weeeh! *tinkle*
Apr 24th 2004, 1:00 am
#20
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Has anyone had a pop up from http://media.expatinternet.com/netcode/ad_468x60.html today ?
I have had it try to appear twice today, so far, and each time it has frozen my computer, and I needed to re-boot.
It has only appeared while connected to this BritishExpats site.
I have had it try to appear twice today, so far, and each time it has frozen my computer, and I needed to re-boot.
It has only appeared while connected to this BritishExpats site.
Apr 24th 2004, 11:03 pm
#21
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 11,149
Originally posted by ABCDiamond
Has anyone had a pop up from http://media.expatinternet.com/netcode/ad_468x60.html today ?
I have had it try to appear twice today, so far, and each time it has frozen my computer, and I needed to re-boot.
It has only appeared while connected to this BritishExpats site.
Has anyone had a pop up from http://media.expatinternet.com/netcode/ad_468x60.html today ?
I have had it try to appear twice today, so far, and each time it has frozen my computer, and I needed to re-boot.
It has only appeared while connected to this BritishExpats site.
Apr 24th 2004, 11:08 pm
#22
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 8,147
Originally posted by arnie2oz
Someone I know recently sent me an email which had an attachment offerring 000's of smilies free; I couldn't see the catch, clicked the attachment and ended up with Hotbar.
This is a toolbar (two toolbars to be exact) which appears on Outlook Express and then when connecting to the internet in anyway a 'Hotbar toolbar' appears and pop-ups arrive endlessly whatever you do. Each time the bar appears you can click on view, and remove tyhe tick against 'hotbar' but it re-appears when you visit another site.
Hotbar is well known (apparently) as spyware. It is really difficult to remove - the windows uninstall program doesn't recognise it-but there is a good website I found called PC Hell, from where I downloaded an uninstall program - it worked.
However, looking at the PC Hell website could make you very nervous to connect to the internet at all - it lists an enormous number of viruses and spyware problems
:scared: :scared:
Sorry post is so long but i HATE popups and for a short time 'Hotbar' was my nightmare!!
Someone I know recently sent me an email which had an attachment offerring 000's of smilies free; I couldn't see the catch, clicked the attachment and ended up with Hotbar.
This is a toolbar (two toolbars to be exact) which appears on Outlook Express and then when connecting to the internet in anyway a 'Hotbar toolbar' appears and pop-ups arrive endlessly whatever you do. Each time the bar appears you can click on view, and remove tyhe tick against 'hotbar' but it re-appears when you visit another site.
Hotbar is well known (apparently) as spyware. It is really difficult to remove - the windows uninstall program doesn't recognise it-but there is a good website I found called PC Hell, from where I downloaded an uninstall program - it worked.
However, looking at the PC Hell website could make you very nervous to connect to the internet at all - it lists an enormous number of viruses and spyware problems
:scared: :scared:
Sorry post is so long but i HATE popups and for a short time 'Hotbar' was my nightmare!!
:scared: :scared: :scared: :scared: :scared:
I have just managed to get rid of this blinking thing.......took ages to uninstall it.....but got there eventually!
sue
Apr 24th 2004, 11:14 pm
#23
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Posts: n/a
Originally posted by bondipom
What OS and browser? This site works so much better in Mozilla.
What OS and browser? This site works so much better in Mozilla.
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IE 6.0.2800.1106IS
You keep mentioning Mozilla, I should try it one day, but not having a computer tech to hold my hand these days, I am slightly concerned about stuffing everything up !!
Apr 24th 2004, 11:20 pm
#24
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 11,149
Originally posted by ABCDiamond
Win 98.4.10.2222A
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IE 6.0.2800.1106IS
You keep mentioning Mozilla, I should try it one day, but not having a computer tech to hold my hand these days, I am slightly concerned about stuffing everything up !!
Win 98.4.10.2222A
&
IE 6.0.2800.1106IS
You keep mentioning Mozilla, I should try it one day, but not having a computer tech to hold my hand these days, I am slightly concerned about stuffing everything up !!
I've just gone XP as MS support of Win98 is now almost non existant. Great excuse to buy some RAM but it does seem to need it.
Apr 27th 2004, 1:22 am
#25
Y Ddraig Goch
Joined: Aug 2002
Location: Body is in Brissie. Heart and soul has long flown home.
Posts: 3,722
toolbars/popups and spyware.. some of the more "common" ones you may find ( hidden by lop)
Start,Run type REGEDIT, search for DUPE, LOP and REM25 delete registry entry
Search for "Mysearch" in explorer, if you find any - delete.
Lop com is one of the worst!!!. ( and getting more sneaky/clever.. they wait dormant on your computer until you download legitimate updates to infest your computer.. it caught me out this way, Zone alarm picked it up. at the time ( a rem25) when I was downloading some updates.. but I must have pressed "yes" to it in the midst of downloading) . I've been hit a few times by them.. by stupid animated attachments so-called friends have sent me ( i.e. trusted sources)..( P.s they did not know it was spyware themselves).
How on earth lop com get away with it I never know.. can't Microsoft send lopcom a virus and blast them out of existence??. They are one big pain the arse.. and a b*gger to find some of their hidden entries and a b*gger to get rid of.. wasting peoples time.. I'd love to get my hands on lopcom.
had some a while back , pest patrol did not find them.. but spyferret did.. had a "dupeway toolbar" and folders.. bugger to get rid of.. so had to fork out for spyferret. Some spyware detector programmes don't pick up all spyware.. my pest patrol didn't., which is usually good for finding other spyware and I knew there something on my computer somewhere.
I'm getting p*ssed off with spending money to find the spyware and such. I swear they create a pest then create a cure - the same people... to make money - it's a conspiracy!.
totally P*sses me off! Totally P*sses me off when I get it from "trusted friends and family" .. One thing I've learnt never press on one of these stupid animated things people send you..no matter if it's your own kin and blood, because they have no clue they have it too.
From P*ssed off
Start,Run type REGEDIT, search for DUPE, LOP and REM25 delete registry entry
Search for "Mysearch" in explorer, if you find any - delete.
Lop com is one of the worst!!!. ( and getting more sneaky/clever.. they wait dormant on your computer until you download legitimate updates to infest your computer.. it caught me out this way, Zone alarm picked it up. at the time ( a rem25) when I was downloading some updates.. but I must have pressed "yes" to it in the midst of downloading) . I've been hit a few times by them.. by stupid animated attachments so-called friends have sent me ( i.e. trusted sources)..( P.s they did not know it was spyware themselves).
How on earth lop com get away with it I never know.. can't Microsoft send lopcom a virus and blast them out of existence??. They are one big pain the arse.. and a b*gger to find some of their hidden entries and a b*gger to get rid of.. wasting peoples time.. I'd love to get my hands on lopcom.
had some a while back , pest patrol did not find them.. but spyferret did.. had a "dupeway toolbar" and folders.. bugger to get rid of.. so had to fork out for spyferret. Some spyware detector programmes don't pick up all spyware.. my pest patrol didn't., which is usually good for finding other spyware and I knew there something on my computer somewhere.
I'm getting p*ssed off with spending money to find the spyware and such. I swear they create a pest then create a cure - the same people... to make money - it's a conspiracy!.
totally P*sses me off! Totally P*sses me off when I get it from "trusted friends and family" .. One thing I've learnt never press on one of these stupid animated things people send you..no matter if it's your own kin and blood, because they have no clue they have it too.
From P*ssed off
