Link to Something Awful gave me a bug. HELP!!!
12-08-03, 10:48 AM
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Link to Something Awful gave me a bug. HELP!!!
Yesterday on movie talk Nature Boy posted a link to a joke site (Isn't It Cool News) posted by **************.com
Well evidently this site gives people bugs when they link in from outside (har-de-har-har). The bug makes my computer go wild with pop ups every time I open my Internet Explorer. What can I do to get rid of this?
Well evidently this site gives people bugs when they link in from outside (har-de-har-har). The bug makes my computer go wild with pop ups every time I open my Internet Explorer. What can I do to get rid of this?
12-08-03, 11:48 AM
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While I was on that site, all three of my optical drive trays opened for no discernable reason! Could something embedded there have caused that?
12-08-03, 11:52 AM
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SpyBot can be downloaded here:
http://www.safer-networking.org/
If that doesn't help you, you can try running Ad Aware:
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
Both programs are very easy to use, and scan your system for spyware similar to an anti-virus program. You might be shocked when you see how much junk is on your computer.
They both have auto-update features which I recommend you use before scanning your system.
I run both programs regularly.
http://www.safer-networking.org/
If that doesn't help you, you can try running Ad Aware:
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/
Both programs are very easy to use, and scan your system for spyware similar to an anti-virus program. You might be shocked when you see how much junk is on your computer.
They both have auto-update features which I recommend you use before scanning your system.
I run both programs regularly.
12-08-03, 11:54 AM
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Originally posted by Darren Garrison
While I was on that site, all three of my optical drive trays opened for no discernable reason! Could something embedded there have caused that?
While I was on that site, all three of my optical drive trays opened for no discernable reason! Could something embedded there have caused that?
12-08-03, 12:17 PM
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It seems to me that it was triggered by my homepage. Any time I opened Internet Explorer or went to my homepage it would go crazy. So I reset my internet settings and it doesn't seem to be doing it anymore. I'll keep you guys posted.
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I've visited that page twice and haven't had any problems. How many people are having this problem? And how are you linking to it... copying the URL?
12-09-03, 03:34 AM
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I havn't had any problem either. And one of **************'s other joke pages i think opened all the cdrom drives also. So they may have just put that in for fun
