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mwkirchner
02-08-03, 05:04 PM
I know this has been addressed in here on many occasions ... but I am having a problem here lately.

I have Free Surfer Mark II installed on my computer (the one in my sig) and it WAS working great. I had not seen a popup in so long that I forgot they even existed.

Lately ... I am back to getting all kinds of popups. I uninstalled the program and then reinstalled it in hopes that something might have gotten corrupted. Still have the same thing happening. I have even set it to the strict mode.

Any suggestions? Any other one I may want to try? I am ALMOST ready to actually pay for a popup stopper ... if I could be sure that it would actually work.
Humboldt
02-08-03, 05:09 PM
Maybe there's a new pop-up technology.

I've seen some recently that change their address by 1 digit or so each time it comes up.
mwkirchner
02-08-03, 05:12 PM
I know I am getting sick and tired of seeing them all the time. I was so happy when I installed Free Surfer Mark II and did not have any ... now they are back again. Nothing sux worse then popup after popup when you are online. :mad: :mad: :mad:
Norm
02-08-03, 05:22 PM
You don't need a popup stopper. Just disable active scripting in IE securty, re-enable it for only those sites you need it.

Or just use PROXOMITRON :D

If it's the windows messenger service, disable it.
Hopeful
02-08-03, 05:47 PM
one time, gator installed on my computer, and i'td give me pop ups whether online or not... likewise with SaveNow... you might want to check that you dont have somthing installed that does the same thing...
Croc
02-08-03, 05:50 PM
What sort of popups?
Describe headings.
Messenger Service?
Croc.
Burke
02-08-03, 09:50 PM
Yeah, exactly what kind of pop-ups are you now getting?
mwkirchner
02-08-03, 11:00 PM
Originally posted by Burke
Yeah, exactly what kind of pop-ups are you now getting?

This is one ... JIMMY SURF (http://www2.jimmysurf.com/select/brefscott.php?refererusername=tokugawa2&specialcode=15984004)

Here is another that has attached itself to the bottom of my browser. I can hear a single beep everytime I launch IE ... POPUPBAROPENER (http://www.tfil.com/passthrough/popupbaropener.html)

I have tried to find out where this one is tied into my browser ... but have had no luck. I have looked in the registry but not able to find it. I have tried to do a search for its name ... still nothing. It is tied into the launching of IE.

I am including some pictures of what the popups look like. Check back as I will add more as I get them.

http://www.geocities.com/mwkirchner2000/popups/first.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/mwkirchner2000/popups/second.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/mwkirchner2000/popups/third.jpg
Burke
02-08-03, 11:27 PM
Did you try AdAware 6 yet?
mwkirchner
02-08-03, 11:39 PM
Originally posted by Burke
Did you try AdAware 6 yet?

I have not gotten that yet ... I do have version 5.XXXX on here now. Does the AdAware 6 do something different? I can run AdAware and get rid of stuff when it is on my computer. I want something to stop it from getting there in the first place.

Like I said before ... I was VERY happy with Free Surfer Mark II when I first installed it ... but now it barely works.
Burke
02-08-03, 11:41 PM
A lot of that kind of stuff requires user approval before it installs... know I've mistakenly clicked "ok" to something I thought was a Windows pop-up before.
Burke
02-08-03, 11:42 PM
Yeah, AdAware 6 has very recent updates for all the newest spyware crap, and has a better scanning engine.
mwkirchner
02-09-03, 12:02 AM
I GOT IT FIXED !!!!

I do not even want to tell you how I fixed it ... because what caused it is frowned upon in here.

Let's just suffice it to say that I had to do some heavy registry cleaning to get it fixed. Seems to be back to normal ... :D

Thank you everyone for trying to help me get this straightened out.
Croc
02-09-03, 05:21 AM
What a WOOS!!!!
Surfing the nether regions again????

Croc.