pop ups

WhiteWashMan

ok. i have a problem. no, not that sort, a problem with pop up advertisement.

the problem is i keep getting pop ups from this address
http://www.clickspring.net/cs/cancer/
and it often tells me about script problems and would i like to contiunue running them.

now, the thing is, that these are random, and they get past my pop up stopper app.

very annoying when your game keeps quiting back to desktop because a pop up has arrived.

now the problem is that i cant figure out where they are coming from. im sure i have something installed that is popping them up, but i dont know what it is.
there is nothing in the add/remove programs list. how do i get rid????????

Seth Brundle

I suspect that you have some sort of spyware installed on your system and that this is opening new browser windows (which possibly explains how it is bypassing your pop up stopper app.
Try AdAware from www.lavasoftusa.com and see if it works.
Killian

WhiteWashMan

beautiful

you have just put into a simple sentence that which i couldnt do in a paragraph!

yes!
spyware.
but i cant see it installed.

its not a case of stopping the pop ups, i want to kill the app to.
i know it may be in one of my other piece of software, the way gator is in kazza, so how do i find out what application its sneaking around in?

Seth Brundle

Without knowing which app is causing it you would need to un-install each app manually to figure it out for yourself.
AdAware should give you a good idea.

adnans

if AdAware doesnt clean it up. try the old msconfig and check out the startup options. if you see anything unusual in there uncheck it and you should be ok.

adnans

DeadBankClerk

If you go to c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts (or the equivilant) and add the line:

127.0.0.1 [url]www.clickspring.net[/url]

windows will not do a dns lookup or load any of the pop-up.