When I came to the site I got a pop-up ad for a travel agency.. anyone else getting pop-up ads?

sounds like you have spyware bub.
try using a program like Ad-Aware or Spybot Search and Destroy to rid yourself of it.

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Beware of the spyware! Also, don't just try a single program; I doubt that it is even possible to create a single program that disposes of all spyware that you might have. Try 'em all, at least all the ones you can try for free.

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Nes digs around in the trash can.
Nes finds a hamburger!
Nes puts the hamburger in his backpack.

Massassi does not have popups.

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<Outlaw_Torn> you mean your related to that damned sasquatch, Mech?
<MechWarrior> Lets just say the part of the family tree that does fork has bossy the goat in it.

<ubuu> does hitler have a last name?

Not that a bunch of us would notice even if it did. The joys of browsers OTHER than IE.

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Meh ZoneAlarm Pro and MSN Messenger 6.2 came with block up blockers for IE 6.0 you'ed hardly notice with that stuff.

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<Outlaw_Torn> you mean your related to that damned sasquatch, Mech?
<MechWarrior> Lets just say the part of the family tree that does fork has bossy the goat in it.

<ubuu> does hitler have a last name?

Only I don't use ZoneAlarm or MSN 6.2

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Hee Hee. IE. *cough* Adblocking Software
Stops all but the most determined sites from showing their stinking ads that I pay no attention to.

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Bond, Power, CA, The Force, Saber, IC, Epic, Oily Mexican Food, BG, /\ |> /\ /\/\, Sentences.
Now you know where I've been.

[This message has been edited by Darth Slaw (edited April 27, 2004).]

If you download Google's search toolbar for IE, it helps block out most ads from popping up.

-- SavageX

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"...and if you don't like that, then you need to be slugged in the face repeatedly, until my hands are soaked in blood. Have a nice day!"
http://www.savagex.net

Romjae, download both Ad-Aware and SpyBot, and run them both. And then make sure your system is 'imunized' with SpyBot.

Ad-Aware:
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

SpyBot:
http://www.safer-networking.org/

If you still have problems, the programs from this page might help although they are a bit more advanced and harder for the average computer user to use effectively:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html

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And everything under the sun is in tune, but the sun is eclipsed by the moon...
DSettahr's Homepage | Cantina Cloud

[This message has been edited by DSettahr (edited April 28, 2004).]

The version of IE I'm running blocks popups.

I've got to say that I do like using Ad-Aware - the first time I ran it (back when I was using Kazaa ( ..)) it found at least ~173 miscellaneous troublesome sources.

In a strange, "coincidental" type of way, that was the last time I used Kazaa too.... Coincidence - well - you decide

-Jackpot

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"Life is mostly froth and bubble,
But two things stand in stone,
Kindness in another's trouble,
Courage in your own"
("Ye Wearie Wayfarer" - by Adam Lindsay Gordon)

My brother ran pestpetrol... its something that comes with ZoneAlarm he found 986 ad/spy programs.

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<Outlaw_Torn> you mean your related to that damned sasquatch, Mech?
<MechWarrior> Lets just say the part of the family tree that does fork has bossy the goat in it.

<ubuu> does hitler have a last name?

I use firefiox almost exclusively now (except for windows update) and I haven't gotten a single piece of spyware yet.

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Old aunts used to come up to me at weddings, poking me in the ribs and cackling, telling me, "You're next." They stopped after I started doing the same thing to them at funerals.

Windows Update is annoying it forces you to use IE.

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<Outlaw_Torn> you mean your related to that damned sasquatch, Mech?
<MechWarrior> Lets just say the part of the family tree that does fork has bossy the goat in it.

<ubuu> does hitler have a last name?

probably because it relies on IE's various security holes to work...



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Old aunts used to come up to me at weddings, poking me in the ribs and cackling, telling me, "You're next." They stopped after I started doing the same thing to them at funerals.

I stopped using windows update a long time ago. And yet my computer still seems to live on just fine without them.

If you dont like something, then just say you dont like it. There is no need to use derogatory words like that.
-DSettahr

[This message has been edited by DSettahr (edited April 28, 2004).]

This is just a suggestion but I suggest you get the security patches I know it doesn't seem like they work but they do stop somethings.

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<Outlaw_Torn> you mean your related to that damned sasquatch, Mech?
<MechWarrior> Lets just say the part of the family tree that does fork has bossy the goat in it.

<ubuu> does hitler have a last name?

[This message has been edited by MechWarrior (edited April 28, 2004).]

Yes, windows update does tend to ram it's tiny little packets up IE's back door.

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- ]-[ellequin

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Old aunts used to come up to me at weddings, poking me in the ribs and cackling, telling me, "You're next." They stopped after I started doing the same thing to them at funerals.

Yeah, thanks for pointing that out there guys. I wont have to worry about seeing that anymore

I'm with Pagewizard and Prince Xizor here. I use FireFox for everything now. IE can die. I never use Windows Update. I find it to be more trouble than it's worth in the long run. As for security updates? That stupid Security Patch CD I sent away for only had 2 things for Win2k. One was SP4 which I've had for months now. The other was some silly security patch. It told me nothing of what it was going to fix, what was affected if I didn't patch, all it said was that I should install it if I didn't want attackers taking over my computer. This is the same thing every other update they release says.

I didn't install it. I see no reason why anyone in their right mind would want to attack my system. If they'd told me a bit more, I might have. I don't install things blindly.

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