A2600 Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 If I go to a section like private messages a pop-up comes out, if I go to search, a pop up comes out or if Igo back to the index a popup But let me explain you with more depth... I have to visit 2 places in AA, then when I go to the the third a pop-up comes out, even when I went to atariage.com a pop-up came out I dunno if anybody else has got this too! I dont mind but I want to know if Im not crazy!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oesii Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 AA doesn't have any popup aside from notify you of private messages. So if you're getting popups like you describe you probably have some spyware or other program trying to take over your browser for advertising. Go here and download Ad-Aware, get the latest, updated lists and scan your system. http://www.lavasoft.de Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oesii Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 also, it's possible to have other windows in the background causing popups to appear even while you're browsing some other sites. Also, do a search for SpyBot which is also a good program to clean up this kind of thing. As is the Google Taskbar which blocks all popups you don't want in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oesii Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 uh, nice triple post whoops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 As oesii stated, there are no popups associated with AtariAge, so it's either some software you have on your machine (possibly installed without your knowledge) or other sites you visited before hitting AtariAge. First, I suggest not using Internet Explorer, and second, installing Ad-Aware as oesii suggested. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A2600 Posted December 22, 2003 Author Share Posted December 22, 2003 As oesii stated, there are no popups associated with AtariAge, so it's either some software you have on your machine (possibly installed without your knowledge) or other sites you visited before hitting AtariAge. First, I suggest not using Internet Explorer, and second, installing Ad-Aware as oesii suggested. ..Al Thanks Guys, BTW I didnt have any other windows open. ODDLY enough it has stopped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Don't you wish! Something is obviously installed and integrated into your browser. Scan and disinfect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A2600 Posted December 22, 2003 Author Share Posted December 22, 2003 Don't you wish! Something is obviously installed and integrated into your browser. Scan and disinfect No really it has stopped... Thats some wierd Ship I do have to do a "disinfection" havent doen a disk clean up in a while or defragmentation!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 If it happened once, it's going to again. And a disk defrag won't clean your system...you might want to check out that software (which is free) and see what it detects. BTW there is also a free virus detection web site... http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ Hit the scan tag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phosphor Dot Fossils Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 You may also want to use SpyBot - it complements Ad-Aware nicely, as they each pick up stuff that the other doesn't. I've never seen any pop-ups here that didn't have anything to do with a private message, and as much attention as AA gets, I'm sure the Als have been approached about advertising - and they're to be commended for passing it up. Support your favorite sites that put more time into content than advertising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 Sounds like you're infected with winshow.dll You'll need some anti-virus.... try AVG which is a freeware and self updating anti-virus program (also scans incoming/outgoing email for you and stamps the bottoms of your emails to show they are safe) winshow is a nasty, nasty little bugger and you cannot manually delete it from your HD or delete its registry entry either, it will simply replace itself. Get some anti-virus and it'll find the buggers and kill them. Curt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A2600 Posted December 23, 2003 Author Share Posted December 23, 2003 Great Just What I needed to brighten up my day!! Thanks Again For The Help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjk7382 Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 Yeah it is definitely some type of spyware or adware. That stuff can really slow your system down if there is too much and they watch your browsing habbits on the internet and collect personal info and all kinds of nasty things. You should clean that ASAP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 You should clean that ASAP. Clean it with .... Ar *gets head bashed in* ... nevermind, carry on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoOchan! Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 /me Points to Signature I'm an Offical Expert and SpywareInfo.com Forums if you ever need help with spyware related problems. If you have winshow and the like, Download from http://www.merijn.org/files/cwshredder.zip, Extract it & run the program. Click the Next Button & let it scan. Make sure you let it fix all CWS Remnants. If you want to Check for Spyware, Please download Spybot: Search And Destroy From http://www.tomcoyote.org/SPYBOT . Check for Updates first, download ALL Updates and Do a Scan. When finished, make sure ALL RED items have been ticked, and click the "Fix Selected Problems" Button. Next, Download Hijackthis from http://tomcoyote.org/hjt/ and create a log. If you are on Windows 9x, make sure you have a Unzipping utility like Winzip (www.winzip.com). Extract, and Press Scan. Then please save the log and Post that log onto this topic. DO NOT Delete or modify anything yet, as some of it is needed to keep your system healthy! Post the Log It Generates at the Spywareinfo.com Forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Vendel Posted December 23, 2003 Share Posted December 23, 2003 /me Points to Signature I'm an Offical Expert and SpywareInfo.com Forums if you ever need help with spyware related problems. If you have winshow and the like, Download from http://www.merijn.org/files/cwshredder.zip, Extract it & run the program. Click the Next Button & let it scan. Make sure you let it fix all CWS Remnants. If you want to Check for Spyware, Please download Spybot: Search And Destroy From http://www.tomcoyote.org/SPYBOT . Check for Updates first, download ALL Updates and Do a Scan. When finished, make sure ALL RED items have been ticked, and click the "Fix Selected Problems" Button. Next, Download Hijackthis from http://tomcoyote.org/hjt/ and create a log. If you are on Windows 9x, make sure you have a Unzipping utility like Winzip (www.winzip.com). Extract, and Press Scan. Then please save the log and Post that log onto this topic. DO NOT Delete or modify anything yet, as some of it is needed to keep your system healthy! Post the Log It Generates at the Spywareinfo.com Forums. Hijackthis is a nice program, but it is not fully automatic and requires you to do some manual work, AVG Anti-virus will kill most buggers automatically without having to go into directories, delete files, then having to regedit and delete registry entries.... Curt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad2600 Posted December 26, 2003 Share Posted December 26, 2003 I recommend that you get AVG as well. I also have Ad-Aware. You should get Pop Up Stopper as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamerz Posted December 26, 2003 Share Posted December 26, 2003 You should clean that ASAP. Clean it with .... Ar *gets head bashed in* ... nevermind, carry on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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