Huh? Pop-ups?

[ethandarkseid]

sometimes when i dl a movie file it will start up IE and bring forth a SHIT LOAD of pop-up ads that not even pop-up stopper can catch. I have'nt been able to recognize what files may carry this type of unwanted mayhem. Any clues? Thanks in advance.
~ethan.
PS: whoever puts out those ad infested files should be killed. Period. :)

[3rd gen noob]

i'd guess they were porn *.wmv files :)

[ethandarkseid]

yeah, porn files and other non-porn files as well. I was surprised to see pop-ups generated during a non-porn dl so I guess nothing is safe now. damn.
~ethan.

[Sparkle1984]

Have you run Adaware yet, to remove spyware? http://www.lavasoft.de ;)

[3rd gen noob]

Originally posted by ethandarkseid@26 December 2003 - 22:24
yeah, porn files and other non-porn files as well. I was surprised to see pop-ups generated during a non-porn dl so I guess nothing is safe now. damn.
~ethan.
*avi/*.mpeg files should be free from pop-ups (if they are true *avi/*/mpeg files anyway)

[ethandarkseid]

Heh, now that my PC was infected by a virus recently I have been running adaware, spybot S&D (my personal fave....the author of this program is a genius) AND liveupdate every other day with virus scan. I'm very paranoid now. lol. I run those as well as a couple of other ones. You HAVE to stay vigilant especially when you are a vid freak like I am. :D

[ethandarkseid]

any more suggestion? Or is it a gamble?
~ethan.

[MUSLEMAN]

Originally posted by ethandarkseid@26 December 2003 - 20:35
any more suggestion? Or is it a gamble?
~ethan.
anymore suggestion for what???

[fkdup74]

Originally posted by ethandarkseid@26 December 2003 - 16:35
any more suggestion?  Or is it a gamble? 
~ethan.
oops, edit, this is the kl related thread :">

[ethandarkseid]

Originally posted by MUSLEMAN+27 December 2003 - 04:55--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (MUSLEMAN @ 27 December 2003 - 04:55)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-ethandarkseid@26 December 2003 - 20:35
any more suggestion?&nbsp; Or is it a gamble?&nbsp;
~ethan.
anymore suggestion for what??? [/b][/quote]
hey, i clicked on the hyperlink on your post and found the FAQs page. Thanks for the link. Everyone on this board has been really cool and theres a ton of good advice and all that shit. :)

[Ricky_1146]

Got another idea that compliments spybot and adaware, get spyware blaster. If you keep spyware blaster updated youi will never get a piece of spyware maybe except a tracking cookie. You think your paranoid, i run 1 router, 3 antiviruses, 2 firewalls then spybot, and adaware to clean the left overs up. I also want a hardware firewall as a dual layer of protection. Does that beat your Paranoia

[ethandarkseid]

that&#39;s the other one i run...spyblaster. Good one. Oh, I thought I was paranoid but now I stand corrected. :D Still, I simply can&#39;t tell which files have those damn pop-ups. Oh well. Pop-up stopper seems to catch them.

[Ricky_1146]

Heck your still using internet explorer. I switched from internet explorer when the chinese guy, found out about the 7 new exploits in internet explorer. I am using mozilla has a built in pop up blocker.