Guest Angus MacVox Posted August 23, 2003 Posted August 23, 2003 You may have noticed that there were Pop-unders on Pyracy Pub. These advertisers didn't pay the pub, rather, I was partipating in a pop-under exchange. Every 2 times the pub showed a popunder ad, the pub was advertised somewhere else on the web. Anyway, a member had a problem with them at work, and they didn't seem to be doing much good anyway, so I got rid of it.
the Royaliste Posted August 23, 2003 Posted August 23, 2003 Kewl..how's about the synth ad every time I close the window? Izzat us?
Iron Bess Posted August 23, 2003 Posted August 23, 2003 You mean the SYNTH is gone!!! WHOOOHA!!!!! It was driving me ..... Thank you sir! Well, you may not realize it but your looking at the remains of what was once a very handsome woman!
TalesOfTheSevenSeas Posted August 23, 2003 Posted August 23, 2003 Is THAT where that Synth thing was coming from!! I hadn't equated the two. Thanks Angus, I didn't like the pop-ups either. -Claire "Poison Quill" Warren Pyrate Mum of Tales of the Seven Seas www.talesofthesevenseas.com
Captain Sage Posted August 23, 2003 Posted August 23, 2003 Death to pop-ups! Huzzah! Captain Sage Captain Sage Visit The Pirate's Realm and Blackbeard's Realm
BatSpell Posted August 23, 2003 Posted August 23, 2003 Arrrrg! Blow th' Damned Pop-Ups out o' th' water!!! Pause My Friend, As You Pass By. -As You Are, So Once Was I. -As I Am, So Shall You Be. -Prepare You Then, To Follow Me. (written on a gravestone)
Deacon Frye Posted August 24, 2003 Posted August 24, 2003 Angus, I am very glad that you have disabled this feature. I haven't visited the forums in a while, and those pop-ups were the reason. I'm not the member you mention, but on two separate occasions, McAffee caught one of those pop-ups downloading what it identified as two virus files onto the computer that I use at, ahem, a different location. Without going into details, it was quite problematic. Here at home, I was bringing a new pc online, and delayed visiting here until I made sure I had my antiviral, anti-pop-up and firewall act together. I would strongly recommend to the members here that you scan your computers after getting the most recent updates for your AV software. I would also recommend getting it scanned by an anti-syware/adware program. (I supect this is what the pop-up was installing). I believe these can be had free on the web. AV software won't necessarily pick up these nasty little implants. I'm a Googler, and Google has a very convenient toolbar available for free. The latest version has an option to disable pop-ups, which has worked well for me. It should be noted that any add-on browser software can bring it's own vulnerabilities, but I think in this case the advantages outweigh any risk. So, don't let yourself be pirated. Nothing more embarrassing than a pirated pirate. BTW, since it has been awhile, I don't recall the Synth ad. What was particularly obnoxious about it?
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