Author Topic: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"? (Read 1381 times)

Kweassa · « **Reply #30 on:** May 14, 2004, 04:12:33 PM »

@@#*&^@%&!!!!!

It's back.

...

Any way to keep this particular brand of stinker away? It automatically creates links to words like "intel". "book" and etc etc..

I swear this thing's almost like a virus!

SunKing · « **Reply #31 on:** May 14, 2004, 04:59:21 PM »

stay off the pron:rolleyes: ?

Kweassa · « **Reply #32 on:** May 14, 2004, 05:11:45 PM »

Testing ..

intel...

book..

intelligence

booky..

bokkmarker..

kj714 · « **Reply #33 on:** May 14, 2004, 05:15:00 PM »

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Originally posted by Kweassa
@@#*&^@%&!!!!!

It's back.

...

Any way to keep this particular brand of stinker away? It automatically creates links to words like "intel". "book" and etc etc..

I swear this thing's almost like a virus!

I think you have what is called a "CoolWebSearch" type redirector in there.

Do some investigating, you will find a remover for it. CWS is tough to get rid of because it hides and reinstalls itself after you disable it. It must be hunted down and extinguished completely from your machine. I feel your pain, it took me about a week of work to finally get rid of mine.

Kweassa · « **Reply #34 on:** May 14, 2004, 05:16:15 PM »

There it is again..

it automatically linked the any word containing the characters "intel" and "book".

Does anyone else see that link? Is it only me seeing it? I've tried both Spybot and Ad Aware, caught a ton of things I didn't notice and banned them from my system.. but still this one doesn't seem to just go away.

Could it be the UBB is somehow doing this? Anybody know specifically what I must do to stop this from happening?

kj714 · « **Reply #35 on:** May 14, 2004, 05:19:54 PM »

It's only resident on your machine, no we don't see it.

Kweassa · « **Reply #36 on:** May 14, 2004, 05:26:13 PM »

Thanks..

This frickin things slows my web browser down - everytime a new page is loaded it seems to scan certain word/letters, and create advertisement links to posts that contain them.

I'm kinda stumped right now just what exactly this thing is - trouble with identifying it, so I can't even search my system for what I'm looking for.

The split-second pauses this search-create link process is doing is driving me crazy...

BUG_EAF322 · « **Reply #37 on:** May 14, 2004, 05:28:22 PM »

with mozilla browser i could download adaware
i updated it and made about 4 scans they all gone now

and when i started up the IE the sartup page also went to normal

i'm save

update scan and remove until nothing is found.

now i have 2 clean browsers

Pyro · « **Reply #38 on:** May 14, 2004, 05:31:02 PM »

We're not the source of your spyware. You didn't get it from us.

Also be careful about what anti-spyware you install. Stay with the reputable ones. Others are just more spyware.

Kweassa · « **Reply #39 on:** May 14, 2004, 05:48:32 PM »

Sorry Pyro, didn't mean it in that way. At first I thought some kind of banner/advertisement thing took control over the boards or something.

As it is, this thing may not be serious, but it's incredibly annoying.

BUG_EAF322 · « **Reply #40 on:** May 14, 2004, 07:19:10 PM »

Internet makes paranoid

blackfalcon4 · « **Reply #41 on:** May 16, 2004, 07:11:30 AM »

Hi Kweassa,

I use Adaware, Spybot, and this SpywareBlaster
Helps keep the stuff off.
Also, try jv16 Power Tools
You can use jv16 to get rid of reg entries that pertains to spyware,adaware etc..

Have fun

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #42 on:** May 16, 2004, 10:42:37 AM »

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Originally posted by SunKing
and change your browser. Try Firefox

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

Just DLed and installed and gonna give it a runthrough.

Any idea how to clear history Temp internet files and pugre cache on it?
I dont seem to be able to find that option.

SunKing · « **Reply #43 on:** May 16, 2004, 12:55:57 PM »

tools,options,privacy,cache,clear

do the same for history ect...

Fridaddy · « **Reply #44 on:** May 16, 2004, 01:27:38 PM »

You need to run BOTH ad-aware and spybot at least once a week. I have a Autistic child who loves Transformers toys. He searches the net for hours looking at Transformer items. I run both programs on his system about three times a week and find at least 3 registry changes and dozens of spyware everytime.

Spybot
http://www.safer-networking.org

Ad-aware
http://www.lavasoft.de/

And remember to update the program monthly.