Pop Up ads..........

[Junkman]

I have been having a problem with pop up ads when I read some forums on the TBN site. Seems like a link for an advertiser will pop up while I am reading a post and am moving the mouse. I thought at first, that I might have hit the mouse button and opened the dealers site by mistake, but it happens too frequently and I have been careful not to even have a finger on the mouse button. Does anyone else have this problem or is it my computer??? I is usually one of the advertisers that is shown when reading a post and has links to something that is applicable to the postings below the post..... Hope that this makes sense to you... thanks

 

[Muhammad]

We don't accept pop-up advertising and no other pop-ups are running in the forums right now. Might be something that got installed on your computer---I think 'Gator' causes pop-ups on various web sites.

 

[markie61]

My daughters got this Gator crap when the were using Kazaa, a music download service. It was bogging the machine's performance. We had to work hard to get it off their machines. Very few "free" things are without cost /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif...
Mark

 

[Bird]

You might want to read the thread I started My Computer's Gone Berserk? and maybe find some answers. And yes, Gator was one of the things I had unknowingly acquired.

 

[gator]

Muhammad and Mark, I resent that /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif, I have no idea how to create pop ups /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif.

 

[Junkman]

I am not running GATOR on my computer and never had. The pop ups are the sites that are advertisers at the bottom of the page. I will have to investigate this further, but I did look at the other post "my computer..... " and did look at the "test" site and did the test and the results were negative. Thanks for the speedy reply.......

 

[Gatorboy]

In the meantime, download the Google toolbar -- it has a popup blocker along with other neat features. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[dieselsmoke1]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I am not running GATOR on my computer and never had.)</font>

At the risk of being redundant, are you sure you don't have spyware installed? If you were to spend time on a forum devoted to flowers for example, the spyware would report this back to Momma which in turn would target you with flower ads. Tractors are no different.

If you have not done so, download a spyware program such as Search and Destroy, my choice, or AdAware . They're both freeware and good programs.

 

[Junkman]

I am running PestPatrol..... it is time for a renewal, so I will investigate the two that you mentioned....... strange thing is that it hasn't happened at all tonight.... must have scared the computer into submission....... /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

 

[Wildman1]

I run Popper Stopper, a free download, that only allows 1 window at a time to be displayed. I also run SpyBot to clean spyware and Spy Blaster to immunize my 'puter from accepting any spyware. I also run Zone Alarm, a software firewall to keep the hackers at bay. All of these are free. Lastly, I subscribe to my ISP's anti-virus and anti-spam service for $12/yr. Oh, I run PcCillin 2003 anti-virus on my 'puters as well. I'm on broadband and need all the protection available.

 

[thcri]

Gatorboy,

I had the Google tool bar and it prevented me from clicking on the links within the posts here on TBN. I finally uninstalled it because it was frustrating to manualy cut and paste the links in a new page.

murph

 

[Gatorboy]

<font color="blue">( I had the Google tool bar and it prevented me from clicking on the links within the posts here on TBN. ) </font>

That's odd, for I have no problem clicking on links using the Google toolbar. How long ago did you try it? Here is the Revision History of all of their updates.

 

[frank_f15]

late to this thread but i never get pop ups on this forum

 

[thcri]

Dave,

I updated it about two weeks ago and still had problems. Whenever I would click on a link that was within one of the threads here on TBN my computer both at work and at home would just sit idle. This was evident in other web sites also. The only way I could get to the next link was to cut and paste it. I finally went into Alexa options and looked for anything relating to TBN and removed them. But still I could not click on any of the links and get there. I finally un-installed it and now everything works fine. I also used Spybot-Search and Destroy and it found a bunch of junk from Alexa which I was on the understanding that Alexa had none of this in it?? So anyway as much as I liked Alexa I will keep it off my computers.

murph

 

[DAVELR]

We have this problem at work. We have DSL and when working on any program-not on internet-ads will keep popping up. My computer man is suppose to stop by and take care of this problem. Only happening on one computer.

 

[BillG_in_TX]

DAVELR,

It sounds like you might have this problem.

As the article stated: "Pop-up spam differs from pop-up ads in that no Web browser or Web site visit is required. Instead, these ads take advantage of a messaging function built into many Windows operating systems."