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Offline Pop-Ups
Name: Psiborg Date: January 31, 2004 at 21:09:23 Pacific OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: 1024 MB
Comment:
I've been getting offline pop-up ads. I've tried AdAware and that didn't work. I wanted to post a HiJack This log but I got a message telling me not to post that until requested. Does anyone have any other advice?
Name: dw226 Date: January 31, 2004 at 21:14:44 Pacific
Reply:
Have you ran Spybot? There is a rule here (though not followed consistently) that you need to run Ad-Aware and Spybot before posting a log. That way the problem can be narrowed down usually a good bit more than if a log was posted with no action beforehand. It's simply to make diagnosis easier.
Do you know whether Windows Messenger (Not MSN) is disabled? Because leaving it enabled will bring these pop-ups also, spammers have used it for a long time.
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Response Number 2
Name: Psiborg Date: January 31, 2004 at 21:15:51 Pacific
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Yeah, I used Spybot Search and Destroy. Sorry, I forgot to mention it. I'm pretty sure Windows Messenger is disabled, but I'm not completely sure.
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Response Number 3
Name: dw226 Date: January 31, 2004 at 23:02:53 Pacific
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Ok, go to www.grc.com and there will be a tool listed there that will disable Messenger for you. Just download and run it.
What type of pop-ups are you getting? I mean, what all do they say? Oh, I just thought of that download at grc.com, it is called "ShootTheMessenger". Anyway, if that doesn't work post a log here and we'll see what's up.
I'd normally say post the log after making sure you ran Ad-Aware and Spybot only, but since you say you are only getting offline pop-ups my feeling is that Messenger is probably involved.
Is this all you are getting? If other weird things are happening let us know.
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Response Number 4
Name: Psiborg Date: February 1, 2004 at 20:56:02 Pacific
Reply:
I will try that; thanks for the help.
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Response Number 5
Name: Psiborg Date: February 1, 2004 at 22:48:20 Pacific
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Disabling Windows Messenger got rid of all but one. It habitually slides up the bottome right hand corner and doesn't appear on the taskbar on the bottom of the screen. To close them you have to push the red x. Any other suggestions?
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Response Number 6
Name: Psiborg Date: February 2, 2004 at 19:08:56 Pacific
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I keep finding HKEY files. I'm pretty sure that's a bad thing, am I right?
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