gwtc wrote:
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maya wrote:
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>my google toolbar (IE6, W2k) is no longer blocking unsolicited pop-ups..
> most pages I visit now I get pop-up ads; on most of them it says
>"from Outerinfo" in title bar..
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>any thoughts?
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>thank you very much..
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first, update Thunderbird. You're using a very, very old version. The
current version is 1.5.0.4, and it contains lots of bug and security
features.
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Next, what browser are you using? If FF, then why aren't you using its
popup blocker to block sites.
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Third: Some sites have figured out how to by-pass popup blockers.
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Fourth: It depends on the type of popup it is. Is it a flash popup, is
it a pop under, or pop down, or other.
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I just realized what it is.. I get pop-up ads when loading LOCAL files
with IE... some evil goon installed some stuff on my machine that
opens these ads, just got one from "outerinfo".... unbelievable.. one
of them which contained an img in a resizable window I was able to grab
src code, searched for string in my computer related to code I found in
it, but nothing.. then went CP --add/remove programs, and found
something there I had not seen before: Cowabanga.exe -- next to it it
said, "used seldom" -- I uninstalled that and viola -- pop-ups gone..
incredible that folks have the gall to install stuff like that on your
machine -- and incredible that OS's enable remote installation like that
w/o owner's say-so (& I do the Windows upgrade thing regularly.. am on
W2k..) anybody what you can do preven this?
thank you..
