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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: eskimo2 on April 13, 2004, 10:05:16 PM
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I have a Google pop-up blocker, run Spybot and a virus program.
Whenever I close IE I get ad pop-ups, even on non-Internet web pages (on my desktop).
How can I get rid of this crap? Why can’t Spybot find it?
(I just did a virus scan and ran Spybot.)
Thanks,
eskimo
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is it a pop up or a IM spam?
There are other ad scanners too.. ad aware does not get them all.
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could be this:
another person on a different site had a similar problem.... here's what he wrote about it:
Look2me, though, is especially pernicious. It seems that it runs as a shell extension, reinstalling itself every time you go to delete it; it also removes Windows Explorer from the Task Manager menu, preventing you from closing Explorer to delete L2M. Fortunatley, I found a program called Kill2Me, which interrupted Explorer, deleed L2M, and everything is jake now.
http://securityresponse.symantec.co...re.look2me.html
http://www.pchell.com/support/look2me.shtml
hope this helps.
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Don't bother with Spybot, it is updated about once every 3 months.
Get Ad-Aware, it is updated nearly everyday.
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Eskimo, all the cool kids use Firefox instead of IE now.
Browsing with no pop-ups (http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/)
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Popups as in webpage popups or Messenger popups like these?
(http://www.dvdsqueeze.com/messagepopup.jpg)
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If they are messenger popups follow these instructions
start->run->type in services.msc->scroll down to messenger right click it select properties and select disable from the pull down tab
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Delete MSN messenger right off da system.
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I have been using Firefox for the last few months. Once you are used to the way it is intended to work (mouse gestures, tab browsing, etc) surfing the net becomes a completely different experience. No more pop-up ads, no more staring at a blank screen while waiting for a page to load, no more menus or icons dependence, no more having to rely on third-party download managers... there's simply no way I would return to IE now.
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Yup agree 100% DA98 :)
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Originally posted by Torque
Delete MSN messenger right off da system.
MSN Messenger has nothing to do with the Messenger Service built into Windows which causes spam like the screenshot above.
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I spent about 3 hours loading and running every Look2Me killer that I could find, via Shane's post. (Thanks) None of them found it, however, and I couldn't find it manually via the instructions. It sure looks as if it is Look2Me, but I think it may be a newer version of the same concept as it behaves the same but must have a different name.
I finally installed a firewall and virus program as well. The firewall blocks the link, but IE still reopens a new broken link window after it is shut down.
If I ever wigged-out and decided to become a serial murderer, I think that I would target the jerks that write this @#%^ and the CEOs of the companies that hire them to do their advertising. (BTW, Verizon is one of the advertisers)
eskimo
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Yes.. Mozilla Firefox.. No popups...
Its faster than IE anyway.. And better..
dude
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Originally posted by DA98
I have been using Firefox for the last few months. Once you are used to the way it is intended to work (mouse gestures, tab browsing, etc) surfing the net becomes a completely different experience. No more pop-up ads, no more staring at a blank screen while waiting for a page to load, no more menus or icons dependence, no more having to rely on third-party download managers... there's simply no way I would return to IE now.
I've heard great things about Firefox/Mozilla and will probably try it some day. As it is now, however, all sites seam to open very quickly and display well. My only problem is these pop-up ads on closing IE.
eskimo
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I use AVANT. Has a pop-up blocker built in and is a "tabbed" browser.
Get it Here (http://www.avantbrowser.com)
Terror
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Terror,
Thanks, I tried that one and have it running. This pop up still won't go away.
eskimo
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Ok WARNING, Registry advice.......
run spybot advanced, go to the tools menu, check to see what is in the startup file, and check to see what is in the currently running proccesses.
Now open your browser and do a serch on every thing you dont reconigse that is currently runninghttp://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm (http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist.htm) is a good place to find losts of them....
then follow the directions for removing them.
rember back up your registry before you start and if possable set a restore point, as this can trash your system if you make mistakes in the registry.
most of your problems are hiding in the software->windows->Run subkeys......
we had the same problem at work and it took me about 3 hours to kill all the offending start ups and hidden programs. also check the spelling of task names carefully as many popup programs try to hide them selvs as ligitimate tasks, suac as one calling it's self spoolvv,
Be carefull and do it one step at a time. AND BACK UP EVREY THING FIRST........
Hope this helps,
Gunns
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mozilla firefox (BLOCKS ALL POP UPS) (http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/)
and its free.
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I use EMS Free Surfer and haven't had a pop up in at least 18 months..
I also disable the Messenger service, and run a firewall.
I run ad-aware and spybot every few months or so
SKurj
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Free at last, free at last! Thank God Allmighty, I am free at last!!!
Gunnss,
I run spybot all the time but have never poked around with the advanced features, and start-up. The start up feature found 4 viruses. Why the heck it couln't find them in a normal search is beyond me.
Thanks everyone for all of your help!
eskimo
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NP, I had basicly the same problem at work.... with the popups coming soo fast that the box would lock up in about 20 mikes.
It had me pounding my head on the desk.........
Gunns
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panic ware / nothing gets through free from http://www.download.com
http://www.panicware.com