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Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: Kweassa on May 13, 2004, 09:05:56 PM: Everytime somebody writes down the word

"advantage"

it seems to automatically insert a certain link into the post which was never intended. I see this happening to me, to other people, and even other UBB boards such as the UBI IL2/FB forums.

What the $%^&(@W#E$ is going on??
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: Kweassa on May 13, 2004, 09:07:00 PM: Note:

See the "adv...." word linked in the above post??

I've never made that link.
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: Batz on May 13, 2004, 09:20:16 PM: uumm its not linked...????

Dunno wtf you are talking about :)
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: Pyro on May 13, 2004, 09:38:37 PM: Easy on the fire water Chief.
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: moot on May 13, 2004, 09:41:16 PM: his typing's ok, so it's not alcohol..
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: Toad on May 13, 2004, 10:01:32 PM: It'd probably be to your advantage to review this link idea before posting more about it.

;)
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: Lazerus on May 13, 2004, 10:04:19 PM: It's spyware, certain words create links. I cant remember the program name but I had the same thing. Check your start menu first, you'll probably recognize it.
Title: to be rid of that pesky spyware...
Post by: YUCCA on May 13, 2004, 10:09:48 PM: Here's a link to download ad-aware 6.0... It's free and gets rid of that spyware.

http://download.com.com/3000-8022-10214379.html?tag=lst-0-1
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: SOB on May 13, 2004, 10:39:34 PM: Yup, spyware, I've had that one too. Irritating as hell, ain't it. As I recall, it was pretty tame and could be removed by simply uninstalling from the add/remove programs control panel in Windoze. Not sure what it was called, but it was something fairly obvious.
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: Kweassa on May 13, 2004, 11:11:25 PM: Thank you so much for the infos.

I was caught completely unaware, and didn't know such a weasely infiltrating program existed!!! I honestly don't have a clue where the heck it crawled into my system!

.....

But how does this "adaware" work? Is it some sort of a filtering system??
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: YUCCA on May 13, 2004, 11:23:53 PM: Just scans for spyware. Then at end of scan gives you list of files it found that you can delete.
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: txmx on May 13, 2004, 11:26:51 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Pyro
Easy on the fire water Chief.

LOL good one:p
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: ghostdancer on May 14, 2004, 06:06:06 AM: Ad Aware should catch it. I used Spybot myself to sweep and get rid of Spy Ware.
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: BUG_EAF322 on May 14, 2004, 07:55:01 AM: Got this problem with searchclick i remove it but it keeps coming back

internet is trash these days
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: Kweassa on May 14, 2004, 08:15:55 AM: That Ad Aware stuff's pretty neat - got my system under control.

Gee whiz I've never realized so many stinking "data miners" were embedded in my system - how the hell do they get in here in the first place?

Anyhow, thanks for the quick tips. Whew...!
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: AKIron on May 14, 2004, 09:05:21 AM: Anytime you visit a site and when it tells you that you must install their plugin to view or download and you say yes, you likely just installed a ****load of spyware. Most of the time when you download and install "free" software from the Internet, it is accompanied by spyware.
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: LtPillur on May 14, 2004, 09:29:20 AM: One Christmas several years ago I had friends and family over for dinner. The kids gravitated to the computer. My brother came to me and asked to talk with me in private. Everytime someone opened IE it opened to a porn site! I had been having some probems up to that point but couldn't figure them out. YES INDEED it was spyware. Some of it had even reconfigured my bios! I installed one of the free spyware elimainating programs and was rather surprised at the amount of junk deposited on my computer. Now I use it regularly. I also have my system configured to ask me before accepting cookies. This too has helped. Try one of the mentioned programs and you'lll wonder how you lived without them. The US legislature has been considering a bill making spyware illegal. Maybe we should make the internet illegal (j/k kinda)
Peace
Pillur
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: gofaster on May 14, 2004, 10:38:02 AM: Quote
Originally posted by AKIron
Anytime you visit a site and when it tells you that you must install their plugin to view or download and you say yes, you likely just installed a ****load of spyware. Most of the time when you download and install "free" software from the Internet, it is accompanied by spyware.

Thanks for that info. I'm starting to really hate sharing my PC. :mad:
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: Skuzzy on May 14, 2004, 11:02:37 AM: Actually, depending on how you have security set in Internet Explorer, there are sites that can quietly download spyware on your computer, without your knowledge.
The default security setting Internet Explorer uses leaves your computer wide open for little programs to plant files and read data from your computer.
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: JB66 on May 14, 2004, 11:16:14 AM: After you install adaware make sure you update it to the latest signature. They update this program almost daily.
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: Lazer on May 14, 2004, 11:21:08 AM: Immunize kiddies, use SpyBot and delete everything, I have never had anything come back to my system... :D
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: kj714 on May 14, 2004, 12:04:34 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Skuzzy
Actually, depending on how you have security set in Internet Explorer, there are sites that can quietly download spyware on your computer, without your knowledge.
The default security setting Internet Explorer uses leaves your computer wide open for little programs to plant files and read data from your computer.

I use Spy Bot, found it after I went to a site looking for a decent shotgun somewhere in Orange county, like at a pawnshop, this guy had fixed up a site that seemed to advertise such, but when I visited his site it downloaded TONS of spyware, CoolWebSearch and assorted crapola onto my PC. Unbelieveable! I now run Spy bot at least once a week, it does a good job of identifying and removing such nuisances.
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: BUG_EAF322 on May 14, 2004, 01:02:33 PM: While surfing got em back it's so gawddamn irritating download doésn't work or is to slow.
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: Morpheus on May 14, 2004, 01:54:47 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Pyro
Easy on the fire water Chief.

LOL!:D
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: Shane on May 14, 2004, 02:02:27 PM: Quote
Originally posted by ghostdancer
Ad Aware should catch it. I used Spybot myself to sweep and get rid of Spy Ware.

i run both every now and then.
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: JB66 on May 14, 2004, 02:19:41 PM: Spybot is another great free program. I use both because spybot will find stuff that adaware will miss. But spybot isn't updated as often.
While we're on the subject, might as well mention zone alarm. Anyone who dosen't use a firewall is asking for trouble.
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: SunKing on May 14, 2004, 02:19:45 PM: and change your browser. Try Firefox

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: fats on May 14, 2004, 02:41:07 PM: Skuzzy,

It doesn't matter what security settings the IE users have when the program has ~20 open remote exploits at any given time.

People need to just quit using it and switch to something else. Firefox is a good replacement.

JB,

Firewall will do you zero good if you are using IE because of the forementioned remote exploits. This whole firewall thing is blown way out of proportions. You can prevent them from phoneing home or something similar, that is they don't disable your firewall after escalating their priviliages to superuser...

// fats
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: vorticon on May 14, 2004, 03:51:42 PM: kweassa just freaked out and swore...has that happened before?
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: BUG_EAF322 on May 14, 2004, 04:05:42 PM: just changed my browser thanks for the tip.
:)
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: Kweassa 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!
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: SunKing on May 14, 2004, 04:59:21 PM: stay off the pron:rolleyes: ?
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: Kweassa on May 14, 2004, 05:11:45 PM: Testing ..

intel...

book..

intelligence

booky..

bokkmarker..
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: kj714 on May 14, 2004, 05:15:00 PM: Quote
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.
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: Kweassa 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?
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: kj714 on May 14, 2004, 05:19:54 PM: It's only resident on your machine, no we don't see it.
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: Kweassa 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...
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: BUG_EAF322 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 :)
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: Pyro 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.
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: Kweassa 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.
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: BUG_EAF322 on May 14, 2004, 07:19:10 PM: Internet makes paranoid
:D
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: blackfalcon4 on May 16, 2004, 07:11:30 AM: Hi Kweassa,

I use Adaware, Spybot, and this SpywareBlaster (http://www.javacoolsoftware.com)
Helps keep the stuff off.
Also, try jv16 Power Tools (http://www.jv16.org)
You can use jv16 to get rid of reg entries that pertains to spyware,adaware etc..

Have fun :D
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: DREDIOCK on May 16, 2004, 10:42:37 AM: Quote
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.
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: SunKing on May 16, 2004, 12:55:57 PM: tools,options,privacy,cache,clear

do the same for history ect...
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: Fridaddy 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.
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: WHATTHEHELL on May 16, 2004, 02:32:44 PM: ONe of the best out there that gets rid of everything that spybot and Adaware don't get and it';s free is Trend Microscan.

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/start_corp.asp
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: Morpheus on May 17, 2004, 12:45:20 AM: ok what is going on in here??? eh?

Advantage?

wtf?
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: YUCCA on May 17, 2004, 12:54:08 AM: Helps if ya read past hte first post jeff :)
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: Morpheus on May 17, 2004, 12:55:44 AM: who are you and what do you want with me?:mad:
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: YUCCA on May 17, 2004, 01:01:17 AM: ............................. ............................. ..... lol
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: Kweassa on May 17, 2004, 05:54:32 PM: Well.. it seems neither Ad Aware or SpyBot can get rid of this thing.

This was so frickin' annoying that I had to change my browser to firefox. Hmm.. not bad.

Becareful you guys - the latest SpyBot or Ad Aware can't deal with what's been infesting me.!
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: MOIL on May 17, 2004, 07:44:08 PM: My Windows3.1 just doesn't suffer from those, maybe I got lucky:cool:

Have a great day!
Title: What the @#%$##* is the deal with the word "ADVANTAGE"?
Post by: MOSQ on May 18, 2004, 06:44:47 PM: The best redirect-ware programs are the ones that hang up your modem then redial out to a carribean island that's hosting porn sites. Now you're paying international long distance call rates.

If you let a teenage kid use your computer you're liable to find your phone bill has $1000 in international phone calls. Most phone companies will give you a partial credit, one time. They can't let it go because they are on the hook to the international carrier for the fee themselves.

They even have a way to zap Cable/DSL users. It asks you to enter your phone number, then bills the phone number for the minutes even though you are on cable/dsl!