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Spyware Ads
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 5:17 am
by Sir Jig-A-Lot
occaisionally when click on some of the Clip images in The Stacks for a better look,it redirects me to ads for Spyware programs. does anybody here know if these things are legit?!?
Re: Spyware Ads
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 5:18 am
by AYHJA
First off, the NoScript extension for Firefox will make most of those popups go away...
Secondly, the only things I use for spyware/adware is the Windows Defender program...Oh, and Spybot...I'd recommend those two, used a few others but those seem like they do the job...
Re: Spyware Ads
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 5:38 am
by Sir Jig-A-Lot
i don't use anything but Firefox. can't say i know much about Defender. am pretty happy with the grams i use now which are: Spybot,Lavasoft's Adaware ,Spyware Blaster & AVG. i just got curious as last one i saw supposedly scanned my system & detected trojans which is odd as i just gave my 'puter the weekly once over this morning with the abovementioned grams & came up with zero. i don't go to any strange sites so i don't get it. unless the "scan" was part of the ad itself. the ad/redirection came from the "Lexie - IFeelMyself - Gold " pic btw.
Re: Spyware Ads
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 6:24 am
by AYHJA
Oh yeah, I've seen that one before...Pure BS.... :geek:
Re: Spyware Ads
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 6:41 am
by Sir Jig-A-Lot
glad to hear. even gladder i ignored it. :D
Re: Spyware Ads
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 1:12 pm
by zaphodz
Get yourself NoScript and AdBlock Plus for Firefox.
Had to use IE at work the other day and realised how many annoying ads I'd never seen before.
Re: Spyware Ads
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 1:44 pm
by hotheat
i was the one who posted the Lexie pic. it's hosted on imagevenue. i have never experienced any redirection from the said image host either when using IE or FF.
it may be possible that u mistakenly clicked one of the ads they have around the hosted pic.
or it may be possible that my free avast antivirus is blocking all those undesired pop-ups/redirections. i'm not really sure. i guess the best advice would be to ignore all such annoyances.
at any rate, sorry for the inconvenience. ;)
p.s. i'm now on a clicking spree to test that pic for pop-ups/redirections, but so far there's none. :)
Re: Spyware Ads
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 6:51 am
by Sir Jig-A-Lot
don't be sorry 2H. wasnt your fault. i've seen Imageavenue do that before.i suspect it was your Avast blocking shit. i tried it once but i felt it was slowing actions down much like Norton does.