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[Monopoly60v8]

..Click HERE to claim your prize

I am so sick of seeing this same stupid advertisement on so many websites, I mean, How stupid do they think people are? There's even one going about that asks "Are you stupid?, Yes or No" :evil:

I just hope fruit-emu doesn't ever start doing those dodgy advertisments :|

[eyleyro]

Oy - frigger - where's my prize? Your link doesn't work.

[Monopoly60v8]

whahaha :wink:

[buzzin_nutta]

You have a new message! Read Now?

And the whole window is a link not just the fake yes button... how annoying are they?

[Pgamblin]

Adware in its lamest form...

Click here for free ringtones
Click here for 0% on your account for life
Click here for a larger Penis
Click here for free viagra
You have been selected by our computer to receive
Free Porn Via Email click here..

It does my nut in.. Ad-aware can remove it but is there any way to actually stop it ??? I mean i get this coolwebsite search program and it installs everytime i open my internet browser.. i removed with ad-aware and as soon as i click on ie bang its back..

Xp's firewall wont stop it so anyone got any ideas here ?? its driving me mad........

[Hibee]

Spybot is quite a good ad-ware remover. And it's free. Not sure if this would do the trick. Maybe, if you use it in combination with a pop-up blocker and a decent ant-virus software. That said I still got a 1,000,000th visitor message on IMDB the other day...

[Pgamblin]

Spybot isnt bad but ad-aware removes stuff that spybot doesnt pick up...

I used to use spybot all the time and to test i ran a check and then ran an adaware check and there were 60 items that spybot didnt pick up..

Also adaware has new updates every couple of days where as i have yet to see an update for spybot...

Popup blockers do stop you clicking the install button but once the software is on your machine its a case of stopping it re-enabling

[guitarkid]

i use avant browser, its a great browser that has its own ad blocker that works a treat... get rid of internet explorer and you will solve you pop up problem...

http://www.avantbrowser.com/

[eddiec]

Pgamblin - xp's firewall is the minimum you should have on your machine. Get a second level firewall such as ZoneAlarm on top,
or have a dedicated machine for a firewall/router etc if you're a geek.

ZoneAlarm Pro will get rid of pop-ups, web-bugs and ActiveX etc etc,
of course pop-ups/unders use Active Scripting and you shouldn't surf
with those enabled anyway given what can be done with it - coupled
with the fact that most people use an admin-level user account all
the time they are on the net, hence so many bot/drone/spam infected
systems. (Note - there are drawbacks to limited user [xp] accounts,
such as NAV not being able to update virus definitions.... can you say
shite os, shite design, shite av program design etc

Anyway, there's a couple of suggestions. Also if you use non-ie browsers
then set the image loading to originating server only. That can help too

[BobbyL]

I've been using MyIE2 for a few weeks now and have got to say it's the dog's hairies.No pop-up/ads etc millions of plugins etc and best of all its free.Give it a try....you won't be dissappointed.