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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: SirLoin on December 11, 2001, 04:02:00 AM
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Any help on how I can prevent web adds from cutting into my flying,sending me to desktop in mid flight to see some dumb add like "MS web cams..Cheap!!"...I try to cancel but all too often it's too late.This type of intrusion is worse than telemarketers who phone during off hours.At least I can choose to ignore phone.No choice here as I get windowed to desktop and have to go through several cancels to get back to game.Anyone else have this problem and fixed it?Please tell me..Thnx<S!>
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Simple: Don't go to web while you fly.
If you do, don't go to stupid sites with ads, they suck anyway. I never use ones that has them.
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Do you mean that ads randomly pop up by themselves while playing aces high?
You might have some kind of spyware program installed?
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Heh yeah if you get random ad popups, I'd start to clean up my system ASAP.
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What is your service provider? Are you dial-up AOL or something?
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SirLoin...
If you want to eliminate the possibility of spyware products causing the problem, try this:
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/index.html (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/index.html)
I run this program daily and you wouldn't believe the garbage it turns up from just daily web browsing.
Hope it helps you. BTW, it's FREE. :D
Regards,
Badger
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Another reason not to surf porn web sited. :D
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A way to avoid getting more of this stuff is to change the cookie settings on your browser. Simply refuse to accept cookies from all but a VERY few pages and you don't get spyware on your system. The lavasoft adaware IS a good program BTW.
(http://www.13thtas.com/mav13sig.jpg)
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Just downloaded and run adaware 5 on my system.. Found a couple cookies but nothing else..
What exactly are those 'all kinds of things' you said that were found on your computer?
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Originally posted by Mr RiplEy:
What exactly are those 'all kinds of things' you said that were found on your computer?
A lot of these critters get attached to systems when people download Freeware, which is paid for and sponsored by advertisers.
They in-turn collect your personal demographics and use (or sell) the information for spam and other purposes.
Usually people authorize the use of the spyware on their computers innocently when they approve those "product license" "thingys", that often go by quickly during installs.
Parasites detected by Ad-aware:
Adware, Alexa 1.0-5.0, Aureate v1.0,2.0 + 3.0, Comet Cursor v1.0 and v2.0, Cydoor, Doubleclick, DSSAgent, EverAd, EzUla, Expedioware, Flyswat, Gator, Hotbar 1+2, OnFlow, TimeSink v1.0,v2.0 and v5.0, Web3000, Webhancer, Transponder,Wnad and more...
BTW, this product doesn't block cookies. You'll see them come back unless you turn OFF cookies from within your browser as was suggested earlier. That's why I run it daily.
[ 12-11-2001: Message edited by: Badger ]
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you people have me confused now, i never get popup ads when in AH, i shut down my browser when i fly and go right into AH from a link on my desk top, so am i still on the web or not?
44MAG
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Thnx Badger for info,but that link seems down..I have a cable connection with @home..It must be spyware,never thought of that.I can't wait to get that program to wipe my system of these web parasites! :mad:
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john9001, it sounds like you are fine. Some people pop back and forth between AH and a browser (especially during long bombing runs :)). If you have your browser closed then you have nothing to worry about.
I remember when WW2OL first started....To logon and start the game, you had to click a link at their web site. And since they disabled Alt+Tab, you couldn't close the browser. Well, the problem was that their web site had an ever-changing add at the top. This was screwing up everone's connection.
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SirLoin I believe you can find AdAware proggie from Tucows too. www.tucows.com (http://www.tucows.com)
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Lavasoft's European mirror works: http://www.lavasoft.de/aaw/ (http://www.lavasoft.de/aaw/)
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LOL you had a serious amount of sh*t on your computer..
I never use the freeware bs anyway so I guess that's the reason I've been saved from spyware. Well, at least I don't use freeware that has unwanted add-ons.
Roger Wilco left smoking out of my box the second I realized it came bundled with Gator.
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Originally posted by Mr RiplEy:
LOL you had a serious amount of sh*t on your computer..
I never use the freeware bs anyway so I guess that's the reason I've been saved from spyware. Well, at least I don't use freeware that has unwanted add-ons.
Roger Wilco left smoking out of my box the second I realized it came bundled with Gator.
Roger Wilco install does NOT install Gator automaticly.
During the install process you have the choice to agree or reject the Terms of Service with Gator. If you reject, the ONLY RW is installed.
From what I understand of Gator, I would bet my booties that SirLoin missed this and has Gator running adds to his desktop.
Viper
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Thanx for the link Staga!..I ran the program and found 32 Spyware comonents on my drive!!!And this was only the quick scan..I will do a deep scan next.I recommend this to everyone but make a backup file before you delete.Again,thnx!!
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BTW,most of the Spywares were from porn sites.. :D
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Originally posted by Mr RiplEy:
LOL you had a serious amount of sh*t on your computer.
LOL.... :D
Sorry, didn't mean to confuse you, but I didn't really have all those spyware "thingys" on my machine. It's a list of examples that the Lavasoft product will detect and eliminate. ;)
The only one I've ever picked up accidently was the doubleclick beast.
Regards,
Badger
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I have to confess that I accidentally installed Gator on my computer back then..
I downloaded the updated RW and expecting no evil installed it quickly without reading anything from the GUI. Who in their right mind would imagine they'd bundle spyware in their product and not warn about it..
Anyway, the whole ordeal made me lose my trust to RW in general and I chose not to use their product anymore.
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