pandorasbox
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posted on July 10, 2003 11:23:50 AM new
I'm tired of the pop over/unders on Vendio...It interferes with my work, from launching & editing to simply reading these boards.
I know its here....the culprit is www.adsrvr.com and yes I use a pop-up killer and yes I run Ad-aware..but nevertheless, none of us should be annoyed with this type of nonsense on a paying site.
We all have better nonsense to do.
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neonmania
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posted on July 10, 2003 11:34:09 AM new
Strange - I get no pop-ups. I get a ton of attempts at cookies but I decline them all.
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I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
- Thomas Edison
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japerton
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posted on July 10, 2003 11:42:38 AM new
Pandora,
You were nailed by another site...they got ya good....It's a b!$%& getting rid of it, but it's not this site, it was somewhere else you stuck your mouse.
j
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pandorasbox
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posted on July 10, 2003 11:46:58 AM new
Thanks...But I only get these lil boogers while on Vendio.
Having nothing else better to do, I guess I'll spend the afternoon squelching these things.
I appreciate the feedback.
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nharmon
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posted on July 10, 2003 12:07:50 PM new
I too get lots of pop ups as soon as I get on Vendio- it is horrid
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shop4shoes
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posted on July 10, 2003 12:38:48 PM new
I have never gotten a pop-up on vendio.
Pandora, it is possible you have some "scumware" or "thiefware" hidden on your computer. You can go to a site (or a download)that hides it on your computer. Then when you go to another site the scumware will pop-up..and under ads, not originating from the site you are visiting.
Check out the site below.
http://www.stopscum.com
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CBlev65252
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posted on July 10, 2003 12:51:04 PM new
Thanks, shop4shoes, for the site. I have the one parasite. It's removed. I don't get popups because I have a blocker. These companies have a lot of nerve installing things without your permission.
Cheryl
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beachbound
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posted on July 10, 2003 12:54:40 PM new
No pop-ups here. Haven't had any since the big AW pop-up brouhaha several years ago. Remember the long thread and how we all ran to various "stop pop-up" sites?
I believe at that time, AW announced the pop-ups would have to run their course (end of month) due to contracts. They said they were not renewing the contracts...thus no more pop-ups.
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pandorasbox
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posted on July 10, 2003 01:15:37 PM new
Thanks shoes...I checked the scum-site and was certified as "unscumed"... a relief and a certification I will gladly share with my wife when she gets home.
I deep scanned on Ad-aware and as I write this I am naked...(pop-up killer-wise!) and ain't nothing messin' with me.
I imagine I need to (and have)turn-on the background scan of Ad-aware so's that I remain the pristine child-of-nature the www has come to cherish.
Thanks to everyone for your quick response.
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sciclone2000
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posted on July 10, 2003 03:46:01 PM new
Try Opera web browser, it has a built in pop-up blocker. I believe Mozilla has one too.
Tony.
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zircon4
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posted on July 10, 2003 04:36:46 PM new
I get popups but only on Vendio. I get one each time I change pages.
Cheers,
Adrian
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neroter12
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posted on July 10, 2003 06:30:52 PM new
Just to add.....
Trying changing your browsers privacy settings and block out all cookies. Or maybe change your security settings to high? I dont really know if that will help...
Maybe it is from your default ISP? Is Vendio the only/or major place you get them?
I never get pop-ups on vendio, myself.
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pandorasbox
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posted on July 10, 2003 08:13:08 PM new
Curiouser and curiouser...As I stated initially, I am running Ad-Aware...and it regularly identifies spyware, scum-ware and eliminates them.
It also does a deep-scan, which I have run today.
I took "shoes" advice and visited the www site recommended where no scumware, etc. was detected even though my Ad-aware scan found none.
I have set XP to "high" in security. I do run Pop-Up Killer and it will intercept and eliminate them before they display. But all that having been said, if I turn-off Pop-Up Killer, the pop-ups return.
I'll run Ad-aware on all non-executables next and we shall see.
I have nowhere near this same type of experience but here....
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replaymedia
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posted on July 10, 2003 09:38:27 PM new
I run Norton Internet Security and I don't get popups ANYWHERE.
That alone was worth the cost of the software, but it has a firewall, banner ad elimination, and a bunch of other stuff.
Absolutely great!
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Replay Media
Games of all kinds!
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neroter12
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posted on July 10, 2003 10:14:05 PM new
That is a good point, replay.
Do you have a firewall?
Have you cleaned out all your temp files? You said you set security to high in xp..I dont have xp, does that replace the settings in explorer or other browser? I would clean out your cookies and temp files and then set to block 3rd party cookies.
I could be wrong on this, but does Ad-Aware catch pop-ups? They arent necessarily ad trackers or spyware, the popups are they?
I used to use Ad-Aware until another program found a trojen in IT. Coulda been a fluke, coulda been the other program trying to get me to buy their software. (I accused them of possibly downloading the virus too, lol).
Its hard to understand why this is happening if you have a pop-up killer? I'd check with your ISP's tech support and ask them about it. Many are working eradicating them too as so many people complain.
Good luck!
Tessa
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sapington
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posted on July 10, 2003 10:26:49 PM new
I used to have a weather program on my computer. The pop-ups were driving me crazy. I finally noticed in real small print at the bottom of one that said I had agreed to have them by using the program. That program was deleted instantly.
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sparkz
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posted on July 10, 2003 10:38:57 PM new
Do as Sclicone2000 suggested. Download the latest version of the Opera browser and and set it to kill pop ups. See if you still get them. Also, go into your cookies folder on IE and delete everything in it. The best way is to delete them with dos. Be sure to use the appropriate switches to get the hidden and read only files.
The light at the end of the tunnel will turn out to be an oncoming train.
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Salgal48
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posted on July 11, 2003 02:47:58 PM new
Use a different browser that has a popup stopper:
Opera
Mozilla.org
MyIE (generic IE)
Slim Browser
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aintrichyet
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posted on July 11, 2003 03:37:57 PM new
i finally get no more pop-ups since fellow ebayOutlookers told us about panicware.com popup stopper .... it *does* give an interrupting 'burp' of a red circle with line thru it, letting us know it is blocking a popup ad, [which irritates my youngun' while he's playing normal computer games, offline] but I really love it while i'm working online ... the little red ø <--- doesn't bother me much [not nearly as much as the intruding pop-up ...
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pandorasbox
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posted on July 11, 2003 03:48:12 PM new
Thanks everyone...
I DO HAVE a pop-up blocker...Kill-Ad by name.
My point was why was I experiencing such a high level of pop-ups while on Vendio?
I DO HAVE Ad-Aware software which purges cookies, spy-ware, scum-ware, etc..
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