Not something involved with spidweb games, but please help me.
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Warrior
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written Wednesday, February 11 2004 12:33
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There's this thing that keeps getting into my computer, and it keeps spitting porn ads at me. Don't get me wrong, from time to time I may get an urge and go looking, but I don't want porn launched at me every bloody minute. I've tried using ad-aware 6, but it seems to be slipping past it now. AA6 got rid of it the first time, but it just keeps coming back whenever I try to use the internet. Someone, please, help me. -------------------- Fly beyond the ocean, over the mountains, past the moon and across the face of the sun, never to come home again. Posts: 161 | Registered: Monday, October 8 2001 07:00 |
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FAQSELF
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written Wednesday, February 11 2004 13:32
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Ad-aware won't help you with that. You've got a nice little program someone installed on your computer that's really messing with you. Try running msconfig. Do so by clicking on start, then run, and type "msconfig." You should see a list of programs, one of them is probably the culprit. In addition, others have had this problem, and I'd suggest looking at the topic here -------------------- A few cats short of a kitten pot pie... Radioactive cats have 18 half-lives. Check out a great source for information on Avernum 2, Nethergate, and Subterra: Zeviz's page. Finally, there's my Geneforge FAQ, Geneforge 2 FAQ, and Geneforge 3 FAQ. Posts: 2831 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Thursday, February 12 2004 08:25
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Any suggestions on how to narrow down my search for the offending program? How do I uninstall/obliterate it once I find it? -------------------- Fly beyond the ocean, over the mountains, past the moon and across the face of the sun, never to come home again. Posts: 161 | Registered: Monday, October 8 2001 07:00 |
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FAQSELF
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written Thursday, February 12 2004 08:36
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A bit of help: http://www.sysinfo.org/startupinfo.php http://netsquirrel.com/msconfig/ -------------------- A few cats short of a kitten pot pie... Radioactive cats have 18 half-lives. Check out a great source for information on Avernum 2, Nethergate, and Subterra: Zeviz's page. Finally, there's my Geneforge FAQ, Geneforge 2 FAQ, and Geneforge 3 FAQ. Posts: 2831 | Registered: Tuesday, September 18 2001 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Thursday, February 12 2004 10:37
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if that dosen't work, download ad-aware 6 and spybot S&D and update their core fiels as soon as you run them and see if that helps. oh, and do you use KaZaA? Because it tends to put little things on your computer everytime you start the program. -------------------- -Sylak Proud Member of the Church of Devine Luchere Way too many lifeforms are carbon-based. Put this in your signature/AIM Profile if you're not. Posts: 319 | Registered: Tuesday, May 14 2002 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Friday, February 13 2004 05:12
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Nope, I've never touched kazaa, and I hardly even know what it is. -------------------- Fly beyond the ocean, over the mountains, past the moon and across the face of the sun, never to come home again. Posts: 161 | Registered: Monday, October 8 2001 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Friday, February 13 2004 05:48
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One more problem. I was going to try to get help from spywareinfo.com, but now I cannot access it. My connection keeps failing, despite the fact I could access it just fine yesterday. Could the programs that afflict my computer be so organized and clever? I hope not. Any suggestions on how to get around this problem? -------------------- Fly beyond the ocean, over the mountains, past the moon and across the face of the sun, never to come home again. Posts: 161 | Registered: Monday, October 8 2001 07:00 |
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Master
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written Friday, February 13 2004 15:13
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this link should be helpful. -------------------- Polaris - owns you. Undead Theories - double U slash E Posts: 3323 | Registered: Thursday, April 25 2002 07:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Friday, February 13 2004 19:01
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have you tried anti virus? there are FREE online scans from symantec(www.symantec.com), mcafee, (www.mcafee.com), and a faster but not as through one called HouseCall, deveoped by TrendMicro whom made PC-cillin. try spybot again. id put my heart to spybot s&d. if nothing works, backup all your data(dont forget gamesave files) and reinstall windows. you'll probably need new keys for ur spiderweb games. -------------------- "...There are inns and barracks to use at your pleasure..." servant mind in Dock Ruins, Sucia Island, Geneforge I Posts: 2 | Registered: Thursday, February 12 2004 08:00 |
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Guardian
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written Friday, February 13 2004 19:33
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He has an online, not an offline problem, if I understand him right. Though just in case, did you check your registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows Current Version Run What did you find? -------------------- Polaris Rache's A3 Site reformatted 2/3 done Rache's A3 Site, original version Posts: 1828 | Registered: Saturday, January 11 2003 08:00 |