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Zadok
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 2:48 pm    Post subject: Every time I open a new window in this site... Reply with quote

I get an annoying pop-up all about "Free Mp3 downloads" and "Free ringtones". After a bit of experimentation, I find it doesn't happen with other sites. Am I the only one, or has MR got some new advertising thing? :roll:
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stuartn15ted
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 2:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Doesn't happen to me
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Kathaarian
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 2:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nothing here. Maybe you got adware shit on the computer.
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Zadok
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 3:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

How do you nuke this crap? It's bloody annoying...
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Kathaarian
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 3:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The program "adaware" has solved most of the problems I encountered with advertisements and whatnot.
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Zadok
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 3:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Switched PCs... problem's gone away. Funny how it latched onto MR like that, though.
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 8:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Zad wrote:
Switched PCs... problem's gone away. Funny how it latched onto MR like that, though.

It's just triggered by certain sites, how they're set up and whatnot. I had a problem once were only on messageboards certain words would be double underlined and linked, if you hovered the pointer over them a little window popped up advertising shit, then if you clicked it you went to a search/advertisement site where about 300 windows popped up. It was a fucking pain, but it only happened on messageboards.
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The Silent Man
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

With Firefox I never get that problem anymore...

Now I can afford that Ivory Backscratcher I've always wanted.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 2:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Silent Man wrote:
With Firefox I never get that problem anymore...

Now I can afford that Ivory Backscratcher I've always wanted.

Bah! All you Firefox fan boys can eat it. :roll:
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 4:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Eyesore wrote:
The Silent Man wrote:
With Firefox I never get that problem anymore...

Now I can afford that Ivory Backscratcher I've always wanted.

Bah! All you Firefox fan boys can eat it. :roll:


Internet Explorer sucks!
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 06, 2006 5:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mike @ MetalReviews wrote:
Eyesore wrote:
The Silent Man wrote:
With Firefox I never get that problem anymore...

Now I can afford that Ivory Backscratcher I've always wanted.

Bah! All you Firefox fan boys can eat it. :roll:

Internet Explorer sucks!

OE, baby. Operator Error. Internet Explorer only sucks as much as the person behind the keyboard. :roll:
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leee
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 2:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The Silent Man wrote:
With Firefox I never get that problem anymore...

Now I can afford that Ivory Backscratcher I've always wanted.


Yeah, Firefox is the answer to all those problems. I would rather just let Firfox do it for me then mess with IE. Firefox never crashes, loads faster, just does everything 100x better with much more ease.
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ElTipo
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 3:01 pm    Post subject: Re: Every time I open a new window in this site... Reply with quote

Zad wrote:
I get an annoying pop-up all about "Free Mp3 downloads" and "Free ringtones". After a bit of experimentation, I find it doesn't happen with other sites. Am I the only one, or has MR got some new advertising thing? :roll:


Too much porn dude. If you really want to clean your system, you can download AdAware, and Hijack This! In which case, you'd run your machine in safe mode, and while in safe mode run first Ad-Aware and then HiJack This! (Careful with this program, it sometimes shows alerts on processes necessary for the computer to run. Don't delete anything if it looks important). Then go through your program files and delete anything that may look malevolent. Also, deleting WildTangent could prove useful, as it does nothing and is the cause for a bunch of spyware.
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Zadok
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 3:02 pm    Post subject: Re: Every time I open a new window in this site... Reply with quote

ElTipo wrote:
Zad wrote:
I get an annoying pop-up all about "Free Mp3 downloads" and "Free ringtones". After a bit of experimentation, I find it doesn't happen with other sites. Am I the only one, or has MR got some new advertising thing? :roll:


Too much porn dude. If you really want to clean your system, you can download AdAware, and Hijack This! In which case, you'd run your machine in safe mode, and while in safe mode run first Ad-Aware and then HiJack This! (Careful with this program, it sometimes shows alerts on processes necessary for the computer to run. Don't delete anything if it looks important). Then go through your program files and delete anything that may look malevolent. Also, deleting WildTangent could prove useful, as it does nothing and is the cause for a bunch of spyware.


Dude, it's a public computer. If it's porn, someone's being sneaky...
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ElTipo
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 3:24 pm    Post subject: Re: Every time I open a new window in this site... Reply with quote

Zad wrote:
ElTipo wrote:
Zad wrote:
I get an annoying pop-up all about "Free Mp3 downloads" and "Free ringtones". After a bit of experimentation, I find it doesn't happen with other sites. Am I the only one, or has MR got some new advertising thing? :roll:


Too much porn dude. If you really want to clean your system, you can download AdAware, and Hijack This! In which case, you'd run your machine in safe mode, and while in safe mode run first Ad-Aware and then HiJack This! (Careful with this program, it sometimes shows alerts on processes necessary for the computer to run. Don't delete anything if it looks important). Then go through your program files and delete anything that may look malevolent. Also, deleting WildTangent could prove useful, as it does nothing and is the cause for a bunch of spyware.


Dude, it's a public computer. If it's porn, someone's being sneaky...


Oh, well... you should have said that.
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