What's worse than pop-ups?
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Programs being sneakily installed on your computer. Anybody know of a way to stop this? I really don't have a use for those 'pay-for-porn' programs. I prefer to get that for free. <--Signature begins here--> I am... Currently: A Programming Student/Intern. Working on an outside project: A game for the GamePark32 (GP32) portable gaming console. GamePark32 English(Engrish) site[^] Wishing to better learn: Graphical programming with C++. P.S. I'm not good with HTML, so don't expect something fancy in my sig. But I'm working on it, OK?
nssone wrote: Anybody know of a way to stop this? ad-aware CheeseWeasle
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JohnJ wrote: (A Horse/Donkey hybrid for all you crude CP'ers out there ) Cool it. I'm not crude. ;P Hang on... maybe I am: [serious]When I first saw your sig, I read "therapist" as "the rapist" :-O [/serious] :laugh:
Vikram.
My soon-to-be-updated site KI klike KDE kand kuse kit, kbut KI kmust kadmit, kstarting kall knames kwith K kis ksilly. KI khope kthey kwill kgive kup kthis kwhole kscheme ksoon kand kcome kup kwith kreal knames. pI vThink aHungarian nNotation vIs iA aWonderful nThing cAnd pEveryone avShould vUse pIt aAll dThe nTime, adNo nMatter pWhat dThe nContext, adEven adWhen vSpeaking.
Vikram Punathambekar wrote: When I first saw your sig, I read "therapist" as "the rapist" I dunno, I can't do anything right these days, all I do is turn an innocent reply to Chris into a signature and what happens:confused: A dyslexic CP'er turns it into something else;P Its too much, I'm going to have a lie down fo a while:omg:, take some pills:wtf:, maybe book another appointment with the therapist:laugh: John Hudson Its all right - I'll tell the therapist it was all your fault, maybe they won't turn the voltage up so high on the ECT machine this time:omg: http://www.rainbow-innov.co.uk[^]
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Nitron wrote: What's worse than pop-ups? <Austin Powers>Circus folk. Carnies. Nomads, you know. Small hands. Smell like cabbage.</Austin Powers>
Jon Sagara
A bottle a night isn't alcoholism - it's persistence! -- A coworker, jokingly -
nssone wrote: I run Kazaa Lite most of the time, that may be related. Lol, that's what I would blame it on. I had Kazaa installed for a total of about 2 hours one time; never again. That thing was harder to remove than a virus. I highly recommend getting Ad-Aware (I don't have a URL handy, do a search). It scans your HD for spyware and the like (even commercial cookies) and eliminates them. Although, it may disable Kazaa as a result (Kazaa can detect if you mess with its spyware). I recommend everyone who never has to run Ad-Aware; it can be a real eye opener.
David Kentley wrote: I highly recommend getting Ad-Aware You may also want to consider SpyBot Search&Destroy. http://security.kolla.de/[^] The two together seem to do quite well. Dave "You can say that again." -- Dept. of Redundancy Dept.
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JohnJ wrote: (A Horse/Donkey hybrid for all you crude CP'ers out there ) Cool it. I'm not crude. ;P Hang on... maybe I am: [serious]When I first saw your sig, I read "therapist" as "the rapist" :-O [/serious] :laugh:
Vikram.
My soon-to-be-updated site KI klike KDE kand kuse kit, kbut KI kmust kadmit, kstarting kall knames kwith K kis ksilly. KI khope kthey kwill kgive kup kthis kwhole kscheme ksoon kand kcome kup kwith kreal knames. pI vThink aHungarian nNotation vIs iA aWonderful nThing cAnd pEveryone avShould vUse pIt aAll dThe nTime, adNo nMatter pWhat dThe nContext, adEven adWhen vSpeaking.
Love those SNL skits. A: "You drink water out of one of these." Q: "What is a leather glove?" "I'll take anal bum cover for $200." A: "This month ends with tober." Q: "What is Febtober?" "The day is mine!"
..........Zack.......... Developer Extraordinaire && Full Time Geek
"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups." - George Carlin "I will stand on my side of the fence, reguardless of the circumstances or the consequence." - Monoxide "Hugbees!" GCS\P\SS d- s-:- a-- C++$ U--- P--- L- E- W++ N o K-? w+++ O++ !M-- V PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5+ X+ R++ tv++ b++ DI++ D+++ G+>G++++ e* h- r++ y+
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Vikram Punathambekar wrote: When I first saw your sig, I read "therapist" as "the rapist" I dunno, I can't do anything right these days, all I do is turn an innocent reply to Chris into a signature and what happens:confused: A dyslexic CP'er turns it into something else;P Its too much, I'm going to have a lie down fo a while:omg:, take some pills:wtf:, maybe book another appointment with the therapist:laugh: John Hudson Its all right - I'll tell the therapist it was all your fault, maybe they won't turn the voltage up so high on the ECT machine this time:omg: http://www.rainbow-innov.co.uk[^]
JohnJ wrote: A dyslexic CP'er I'm not dyslexic. In fact, we INTPs are excellent at languages* and word play- that's how I found that out. JohnJ wrote: book another appointment with the therapist ROTFLMAO ! :laugh: Nice to meet somebody who shares my brand of humor. * - [shameless plug]I can read, write and speak 4 languages fluently.[/shameless plug]
Vikram.
My soon-to-be-updated site KI klike KDE kand kuse kit, kbut KI kmust kadmit, kstarting kall knames kwith K kis ksilly. KI khope kthey kwill kgive kup kthis kwhole kscheme ksoon kand kcome kup kwith kreal knames. pI vThink aHungarian nNotation vIs iA aWonderful nThing cAnd pEveryone avShould vUse pIt aAll dThe nTime, adNo nMatter pWhat dThe nContext, adEven adWhen vSpeaking.
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Love those SNL skits. A: "You drink water out of one of these." Q: "What is a leather glove?" "I'll take anal bum cover for $200." A: "This month ends with tober." Q: "What is Febtober?" "The day is mine!"
..........Zack.......... Developer Extraordinaire && Full Time Geek
"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups." - George Carlin "I will stand on my side of the fence, reguardless of the circumstances or the consequence." - Monoxide "Hugbees!" GCS\P\SS d- s-:- a-- C++$ U--- P--- L- E- W++ N o K-? w+++ O++ !M-- V PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5+ X+ R++ tv++ b++ DI++ D+++ G+>G++++ e* h- r++ y+
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Vikram.
My soon-to-be-updated site KI klike KDE kand kuse kit, kbut KI kmust kadmit, kstarting kall knames kwith K kis ksilly. KI khope kthey kwill kgive kup kthis kwhole kscheme ksoon kand kcome kup kwith kreal knames. pI vThink aHungarian nNotation vIs iA aWonderful nThing cAnd pEveryone avShould vUse pIt aAll dThe nTime, adNo nMatter pWhat dThe nContext, adEven adWhen vSpeaking.
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nssone wrote: I run Kazaa Lite most of the time, that may be related. Lol, that's what I would blame it on. I had Kazaa installed for a total of about 2 hours one time; never again. That thing was harder to remove than a virus. I highly recommend getting Ad-Aware (I don't have a URL handy, do a search). It scans your HD for spyware and the like (even commercial cookies) and eliminates them. Although, it may disable Kazaa as a result (Kazaa can detect if you mess with its spyware). I recommend everyone who never has to run Ad-Aware; it can be a real eye opener.
David Kentley wrote: I highly recommend getting Ad-Aware (I don't have a URL handy ... http://www.lavasoftusa.com[^]
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I'm particularly fond of those pop-ups that are precisely positioned such that their caption is hidden off the top of the screen, and they have put their own caption/min/max buttons up there to make it look like you click the button and the window goes away. Wrong! It fooled me once, but I learn quickly.
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Nitron wrote: popups Popup, what's a popup. I'm now a convert to the great god Mozilla[^]:omg: Before anybody sets fire to my socks and complains about speed, may I suggest they bite the bullet, go the extra mile and install it manually:eek: and try Mozilla Firebird[^] ooof...does it render a page fast:-D Apologies but I'm feeling Belligerent tonight - I've just paid Mr Gates his 3 pounds of flesh to renew my MSDN Pro subscription renewal:suss: (Sorry Chris you don't do it:(( ) Today what do I get, a very big box, filled with air bag things enveloping a medium size nice looking box, that contained a cardboard box that contained an EULA (Bin;) ), a set of CD'S for Visual Studio .NET 2003 (which you have already sent me - twice:~ ), a nice set of posters (for which I need a larger wall space:| ) and finally a card with a 15 digit number on it, that I just have to enter on an MSDN website before being told to check back in 2 days to make sure it worked:wtf: Since I do this each year, probably on Thurday I will find it not registered. After that I just ring a number to take me to Ireland, talk to a person in India, fax my registration card and invoice because they don't have the subscription number on the database, email a nice person in Ireland a couple of times and finally I'm renewed for 12 months:mad: Pass the tranquilizers John Hudson Its all right - I'll tell the therapist it was all your fault, maybe they won't turn the voltage up so high on the ECT machine this time:omg: http://www.rainbow-innov.co.uk[^]
We would have been happy to take care of all that registration angst for you. All part of the service ;) cheers, Chris Maunder
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nssone wrote: Programs being sneakily installed on your computer. Yikes, can that ever really happen? That's never happened to me before, I always get a "would you like to install?" message. I always say no. If your security settings are set right I can't see how this would happen. I use Mozilla at home... I use IE for those (rare) occasions that I need it. Usually for Flash which I will NEVER install in Mozilla. I HATE flash, it has got to be the most abused net technology since the first animated gif graced a web page. However, now and then there is something that it's good for. It was obnoxious Flash ads (with sound! that would scream across the page you're trying to read! sheesh!) as much as popups that made me switch to Mozilla for good.
David Kentley wrote: Yikes, can that ever really happen? Yup, it can happen, and does all the time. Have you ever run into the Comet Cursor crap? Or the dumb gorilla one that's supposed to be so helpful, but actually interferes with almost everything? We hates them.....:mad:
"The Lion shall lie down with the Lamb;
but the Lamb will not get much sleep..."
Lazarus Long -
JohnJ wrote: A dyslexic CP'er I'm not dyslexic. In fact, we INTPs are excellent at languages* and word play- that's how I found that out. JohnJ wrote: book another appointment with the therapist ROTFLMAO ! :laugh: Nice to meet somebody who shares my brand of humor. * - [shameless plug]I can read, write and speak 4 languages fluently.[/shameless plug]
Vikram.
My soon-to-be-updated site KI klike KDE kand kuse kit, kbut KI kmust kadmit, kstarting kall knames kwith K kis ksilly. KI khope kthey kwill kgive kup kthis kwhole kscheme ksoon kand kcome kup kwith kreal knames. pI vThink aHungarian nNotation vIs iA aWonderful nThing cAnd pEveryone avShould vUse pIt aAll dThe nTime, adNo nMatter pWhat dThe nContext, adEven adWhen vSpeaking.
Vikram Punathambekar wrote: I'm not dyslexic Alright, I surrender... X| Vikram Punathambekar wrote: Nice to meet somebody who shares my brand of humor. Hi Vikram, Yes you are probably right. Although today I am particuarly caustic thanks to Microsoft/Greymatter and CFS (see Profile[^] ) Hopefully I'll be more reasonable tomorrow:~ John Hudson Its all right - I'll tell the therapist it was all your fault, maybe they won't turn the voltage up so high on the ECT machine this time:omg: http://www.rainbow-innov.co.uk[^]
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We would have been happy to take care of all that registration angst for you. All part of the service ;) cheers, Chris Maunder
But you don't do Pro:confused:..do you...:~ No boxes, discs, no bumph, no Irish females on the phone (no forget the last one :omg: )...Send me a reminder next July:-D John Hudson Its all right - I'll tell the therapist it was all your fault, maybe they won't turn the voltage up so high on the ECT machine this time:omg: http://www.rainbow-innov.co.uk[^]
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Nitron wrote: What's worse than pop-ups? <Austin Powers>Circus folk. Carnies. Nomads, you know. Small hands. Smell like cabbage.</Austin Powers>
Jon Sagara
A bottle a night isn't alcoholism - it's persistence! -- A coworker, jokinglyStreet Mimes, too.
"The Lion shall lie down with the Lamb;
but the Lamb will not get much sleep..."
Lazarus Long -
Love those SNL skits. A: "You drink water out of one of these." Q: "What is a leather glove?" "I'll take anal bum cover for $200." A: "This month ends with tober." Q: "What is Febtober?" "The day is mine!"
..........Zack.......... Developer Extraordinaire && Full Time Geek
"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups." - George Carlin "I will stand on my side of the fence, reguardless of the circumstances or the consequence." - Monoxide "Hugbees!" GCS\P\SS d- s-:- a-- C++$ U--- P--- L- E- W++ N o K-? w+++ O++ !M-- V PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5+ X+ R++ tv++ b++ DI++ D+++ G+>G++++ e* h- r++ y+
Classic! Yes, Alex. I'll take "The Penis Mightier" for $400. :laugh: BW "In a world full of people, only some want to fly,Isn't that crazy?" - Seal
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But you don't do Pro:confused:..do you...:~ No boxes, discs, no bumph, no Irish females on the phone (no forget the last one :omg: )...Send me a reminder next July:-D John Hudson Its all right - I'll tell the therapist it was all your fault, maybe they won't turn the voltage up so high on the ECT machine this time:omg: http://www.rainbow-innov.co.uk[^]
JohnJ wrote: no Irish females on the phone I really need to pay Brian Dela a visit... cheers, Chris Maunder
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You have never seen popups without captions, do you? Try to figure out how you close them... PS : task manager.
I usually use alt-f4 - Anders Money talks, but all mine ever says is "Goodbye!"
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Programs being sneakily installed on your computer. Anybody know of a way to stop this? I really don't have a use for those 'pay-for-porn' programs. I prefer to get that for free. <--Signature begins here--> I am... Currently: A Programming Student/Intern. Working on an outside project: A game for the GamePark32 (GP32) portable gaming console. GamePark32 English(Engrish) site[^] Wishing to better learn: Graphical programming with C++. P.S. I'm not good with HTML, so don't expect something fancy in my sig. But I'm working on it, OK?
nssone wrote: Programs being sneakily installed on your computer. http://security.kolla.de/[^] Spybot S&D - Stands for Search and Destroy a very nice program that looks for around 8000 annoying things and can prevent many really nasty things from happening. you will be very surprised when you run it for the first time. i had this 'puter for about two months then installed Spybot, it found 400 trackers and adcrap ware stuff (nothing malicious on me, but read some of the descriptions of what can happen, it will scare it out of you). [EDIT]I see David beat me to it.[/EDIT] -John
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Love those SNL skits. A: "You drink water out of one of these." Q: "What is a leather glove?" "I'll take anal bum cover for $200." A: "This month ends with tober." Q: "What is Febtober?" "The day is mine!"
..........Zack.......... Developer Extraordinaire && Full Time Geek
"Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups." - George Carlin "I will stand on my side of the fence, reguardless of the circumstances or the consequence." - Monoxide "Hugbees!" GCS\P\SS d- s-:- a-- C++$ U--- P--- L- E- W++ N o K-? w+++ O++ !M-- V PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5+ X+ R++ tv++ b++ DI++ D+++ G+>G++++ e* h- r++ y+
Zachery Domo-Kun of DOOM! wrote: A: "This month ends with tober." Q: "What is Febtober?" :laugh:
Jon Sagara
A bottle a night isn't alcoholism - it's persistence! -- A coworker, jokingly -
Nitron wrote: popups Popup, what's a popup. I'm now a convert to the great god Mozilla[^]:omg: Before anybody sets fire to my socks and complains about speed, may I suggest they bite the bullet, go the extra mile and install it manually:eek: and try Mozilla Firebird[^] ooof...does it render a page fast:-D Apologies but I'm feeling Belligerent tonight - I've just paid Mr Gates his 3 pounds of flesh to renew my MSDN Pro subscription renewal:suss: (Sorry Chris you don't do it:(( ) Today what do I get, a very big box, filled with air bag things enveloping a medium size nice looking box, that contained a cardboard box that contained an EULA (Bin;) ), a set of CD'S for Visual Studio .NET 2003 (which you have already sent me - twice:~ ), a nice set of posters (for which I need a larger wall space:| ) and finally a card with a 15 digit number on it, that I just have to enter on an MSDN website before being told to check back in 2 days to make sure it worked:wtf: Since I do this each year, probably on Thurday I will find it not registered. After that I just ring a number to take me to Ireland, talk to a person in India, fax my registration card and invoice because they don't have the subscription number on the database, email a nice person in Ireland a couple of times and finally I'm renewed for 12 months:mad: Pass the tranquilizers John Hudson Its all right - I'll tell the therapist it was all your fault, maybe they won't turn the voltage up so high on the ECT machine this time:omg: http://www.rainbow-innov.co.uk[^]
