Spyware...here?
05-04-03 | 12:17 PM
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Spyware...here?
I just got a pop-up on the Movie forum that started loading Gator on my machine. I've got nothing else running.... That's mildly annoying.
Has anyone else had this happen?
Has anyone else had this happen?
05-04-03 | 12:39 PM
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I suggest running SpyBot (http://security.kolla.de/) and seeing if the problem happens again after you do a little spyware cleaning.
05-04-03 | 01:10 PM
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Originally posted by Static Cling
I suggest running SpyBot (http://security.kolla.de/) and seeing if the problem happens again after you do a little spyware cleaning.
I suggest running SpyBot (http://security.kolla.de/) and seeing if the problem happens again after you do a little spyware cleaning.
05-04-03 | 02:03 PM
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From: Texas, our Texas! All hail the mighty state!
Hmm. Sometimes Spybot has to restart my computer and clean out some stuff before all my programs get loaded up... I'm guessing you've tried that, too. I don't know what else to tell you... sorry. 
05-04-03 | 03:31 PM
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Re: Spyware...here?
Originally posted by Hiro11
I just got a pop-up on the Movie forum that started loading Gator on my machine. I've got nothing else running.... That's mildly annoying.
Has anyone else had this happen?
I just got a pop-up on the Movie forum that started loading Gator on my machine. I've got nothing else running.... That's mildly annoying.
Has anyone else had this happen?
05-04-03 | 06:06 PM
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That's strange. I'll looked at our ad networks to see if somehow was coming from them.... and it's not. Could it have been a pop-under from another site you had visited?
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05-05-03 | 10:59 AM
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Re: Re: Spyware...here?
Originally posted by Blake
I've never received a pop-up like that, but for Gator to be installed on your machine, you have to approve the pop-up, which I'm sure you didn't do since you run spybot daily.
I've never received a pop-up like that, but for Gator to be installed on your machine, you have to approve the pop-up, which I'm sure you didn't do since you run spybot daily.
Thanks to everyone for their advice...I'm not sure what happened, but I guess it's no big deal.
05-05-03 | 12:35 PM
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Re: Re: Re: Spyware...here?
Originally posted by Hiro11
This is not necessarily the case, I've been hit with Gator and Xupiter without clicking anything.
This is not necessarily the case, I've been hit with Gator and Xupiter without clicking anything.
05-07-03 | 02:16 PM
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Spyware...here?
Originally posted by WildcatLH
You sure you have IE set to prompt before DLs? I've been prompted a few times asking permission to install Gator, but never had it install on its own.
You sure you have IE set to prompt before DLs? I've been prompted a few times asking permission to install Gator, but never had it install on its own.
I use spybot daily.
