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wierd window pop up on this site
Name: gus kaso Date: April 5, 2003 at 13:28:03 Pacific OS: xp pro CPU/Ram: 1ghz/512
Comment:
today,i surfed this site a window pops up saying connect to adserver.adtech.de. it is so annyoying!! and it only happens on this site. wtf! i need to enter some type of password which i dont even know and my eamil as well. what is this!? can someone tell me?> thanks !!
Name: swimfast64 Date: April 5, 2003 at 13:45:12 Pacific
Reply:
i get the same thing, do u use the 'supertrick' from kazaa lite, that is using the hosts file to block ads? i think what happens is that when the computer tries to connect to itself, the ad says that it need authentication, normally the site would provide it, but in this case since its your own comp, it doesnt, hence the popup could be wrong ed
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Response Number 2
Name: ChrisHum Date: April 5, 2003 at 15:23:09 Pacific
Reply:
It could be a pay web site, or there are some private web sites that are password protected, and could very well contain viruses -- best to avoid those.
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Response Number 3
Name: Zero Cool Date: April 5, 2003 at 16:35:46 Pacific
Reply:
I had the same problem you were having, it was driving me nuts,pop ups on some pages and not on others
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