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wierd window pop up on this site
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Original Message
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Name: gus kaso
Date: April 5, 2003 at 13:28:03 Pacific
Subject: wierd window pop up on this site OS: xp pro CPU/Ram: 1ghz/512
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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 !!
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Response Number 1
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Name: swimfast64
Date: April 5, 2003 at 13:45:12 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)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
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Name: ChrisHum
Date: April 5, 2003 at 15:23:09 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)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
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Name: Zero Cool
Date: April 5, 2003 at 16:35:46 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)I had the same problem you were having, it was driving me nuts,pop ups on some pages and not on others Try this http://support.earthlink.net/mu/1/psc/img/walkthroughs/windows_9x_nt/browsers/ie_4.0/2035.psc.html Goodluck Zero Cool
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Response Number 4
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Name: gus kaso
Date: April 5, 2003 at 16:38:42 Pacific
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Reply: (edit)i havent payed for any website, the thing just comes outa no where since yest. i dont remeber doing anything like paying for a website.
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