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Old August 6th, 2003, 02:54 PM   Digg it!   #1 (permalink)
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ok i've ran adaware and spybot and im getting no signs of spyware. but i still get this random popup adds that come up if i leave my comp on...the also seem to come up while im playing a game i started a game of Red Faction and i had played about 5 mins when it came up the thing is that screwed my game up it brought me back to the windows screen and when i tried to click back into the game it was all messed up the screen was spinning what on earth could be going on?...also how do i get rid of microsoft messager these things keep popping up too i think that this has something to do with my problem
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Old August 6th, 2003, 03:01 PM     #2 (permalink)
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did you update adaware or spybot? it might be a new thing that they can't detect without an update.
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what do you know...im a moron LOL forgot rule #1.....UPDATE, UPDATE, UPDATE
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Old August 6th, 2003, 05:35 PM     #4 (permalink)
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Usually if your running P2P programs they'll open pop-ups for you.
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Old August 6th, 2003, 10:42 PM     #5 (permalink)
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dont use p2p just for that reason
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Old August 7th, 2003, 01:12 AM     #6 (permalink)
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Are you using any kind of a popup stopper at all?
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Old August 7th, 2003, 04:13 AM     #7 (permalink)
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yep
popup blocker and POW
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