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The New Hobbit Hole
Posted on 03/14/2002 5:07:26 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: Penny1
Hello there, stranger!
After the 10,000th post the 00 preciouses seemed a bit devalued.
To: Overtaxed
Not for me! I've only gotten one before this one!
Nice to get to chat with you this morning! :)
To: Penny1
Nice to chat with you too! I wait all morning for sleepy-head hobbitses to get up. And when they are up, they leave when I start posting again! Was it something I said? :)
To: Overtaxed; Penny1
Hullo... I keep checking in... but I am too frustrated to chat much... I am having a computer issue that is not new, but is about to make me snap finally. I am composing a plea for help to FReeRepublic. It has gotten that bad.
To: Overtaxed; HairOfTheDog; JenB; All
LOL...
I am so tired these days, I barely have time to post from home anymore. And now it's time to get ready for church, so I'm glad I got a few minutes in.
Hope we get a chance to chat later on today, once I get back from church I have NOTHING planned! :) I miss you guys!
To: HairOfTheDog
What's up with your computer, Hair? Maybe I can help...
Ping me to your post when you get it ready, okay?
To: Penny1
I'll be leaving for a BBQ in about a half hour. Look everyone! I'm attending a live, in-person, face-to-face social event!
To: Penny1
I hope you can help.... trouble is, it is a really tough problem to explain.... I will ping you...
To: HairOfTheDog
Using a lot of computer language today, Hair? !@#@!1#$#$#$%%
To: Overtaxed
Sounds like a bold move on your part... tell us how it goes... this BBQ of yours!
To: Overtaxed
LOL! Have fun with your BBQ, OT! ;)
To: HairOfTheDog
I know how that goes. Maybe you'll luck out and it'll be a problem that others have had so they'll understand it right away.
Heading off to church in a little bit, so I'll check for your post when I get back.
To: HairOfTheDog
Okay! The only downside is that I have to be nice to everyone! Well, it won't be that tough. :)
To: Penny1
I have spent coutless hours with tech support at my ISP on this... and searched the MS Knowledge base... and I don't see anything close. No one has heard of it, and that is what is most frustrating.
In short... my browser is sending me to random pages in never never land.
To: Overtaxed
Try to resist the temptation to sit and poke them with a stick.
To: HairOfTheDog
Hehehe. I'll try not to pick up any sticks.
Your browser's being hijacked?
To: HairOfTheDog
my browser is sending me to random pages in never never land. I think I've heard of something similiar... there is some "ad-ware" that downloads itself to your 'puter, then sits and monitors your http requests and redirects them to advertiser sites. There is software available to detect and remove these annoying things, but I don't recall the name of it... I'll do some looking around in Google and get back to you.
To: HairOfTheDog
Oh dear, I think I remember you mentioning that once before. Just off the top of my head, I would say that you picked up something off the 'net that is now residing on your computer and doing this. Basically sounds like a virus of some sort....
My experience with ISP tech support is ithat they have no idea what you're talking about if your problem doesn't fit into the "top 10 problems first-time users have." And the MS knowledge base hasn't been very helpful for me in the past either, so don't lose heart over them not helping you. It doesn't necessarily mean that your problem is too rare for people to be able to help.
Now, off I go...I'll be back in a while...
To: HairOfTheDog
Boy, that didn't take long... "adware" is also called "spyware", btw.
Here's a link to a freeware utility to remove adware. From your brief description, not sure if it will fix your problem, but it sounds like good software to have just in case (sort of like a virus detector).
Haven't used this particular bit of software myself, but from the description it seems very complete.
To: Overtaxed
a live, in-person, face-to-face social event!Oh, I usually hate those... hope you have fun, though. ;)
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