What's with the pop up adds?
 

Is anyone else getting these from OSO?

I am not getting them. You guys may have gotten a virus. I am willing to bet you did. They will open up certain adds every once in a while.

Jon

pop ups
 

No pop ups here.. using AOL
marc

none here

OSO has never, will never allow pop-ups. Check programs on your computer and see if you have one called gator. If so, delete it. It seems to be the most popular one to pick up while traveling the internet.

OSO

try www.lavasoftusa.com and download free software called ad-aware 5. It will find hidden files that track your internet use and remove them. Gator, Kazaa, and numerous other downloaded programs use this software. Gain is also Gator. I don't get any pop-up ads from OSO.

Troutly if you did not O-for so often you would not have to go visit those sites that gave you all your virus's :eek: :p :p

Anyhow now get some good virus software and see if you have any others on there. Get them all off. If you have some you likely have many.

Jon

none here

I get them alot, not from here but I surf the web alot.. I use a program from www.panicware.com called pop-up stopper... all I have is a tray icon that whows me its on and if i chose a beep sound whenever it stops a window from opening. It stops ALL windows from opening though, even those you want. This is easly stopped by holding down the CTRL key when clicking the link or whatever you are doing that requires a new window... saves me alot from having 12 or more windows at one time open(I have seen 14 max before I got this sofware)

Ad-Aware - Don't surf the net without it! :)

I run ad-aware at least once per week on both the home and office systems; amazing to see the crapola that finds its way onto your system...

Thanks David!
 

My home page has been taking along time to load for last couple of months. Being the PC geru that I am, just lived with it.

Also got tons of those pop ups since then!!!!!!

Found 56 Gain & Gator files.........now gone!
These got downloaded when I installed the latest version of Audio Galaxy a couple of months ago and couldn't figure out how to get rid of them. DUH!

Everything is great and fast once again.
Thanks!
Jerry

The POP up ads come from others links......not OSO. Guys that use those free picture servers or low-cost websites often have pop-up ads that...............well, pop up. So if you click on someones link, it opens a new window, and possibly stupid pop up ads too.

Phantom is a expert on what.....POPS UP :D:D:D Say hello to my little friend :p :p

TTT


Great Program:D

Click on Start then find and search for a program called Gator. If you have it, delete it. Pop ups will stop.

Ridding of pop-ups.
 

There are a TON of programs known as ad ware, or spy ware, that sneak their way in when installing some common programs. Use AD Aware. it will find and remove them for you. Some of these programs will track your browsing habits, and report back to marketing company's central computers. For sites that do use pop up ads, there are browsers out there that allow you to disable them. one of the best ones that i have found is opera. www.opera.com Another plus of using a less popular browser, is that most hacking utilities and viruses are written to take advantage of security flaws in microsoft internet explorer.....

OK, now what, I downloaded it, installed it and ran it. It found 12 files, they are all .exe files that look like they are system files or windows files.

Wow, just ran Adware and found 67 files. Thanks guys.

what would I do without OSO to show me what I should all ready know:D