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Drudge Wierdness? (vanity)

Posted on 12/12/2004 6:12:56 AM PST by Kerfuffle

Have any other users had serious tech issues when going to the Drudge Report lately? I've long had a problem with aggressive popups there, but this weekend when I hit his site, it literally crashes my computer, blue screen of death and all. Anyone else have this problem?


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1 posted on 12/12/2004 6:12:56 AM PST by Kerfuffle
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To: Kerfuffle

My firewall crackles with nuked popups every time I try to access Drudge. Its like watching bugs on a windshield. I don't even bother any more.


2 posted on 12/12/2004 6:14:39 AM PST by asgardshill ("We march by day and read Xenophon by night.")
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To: Kerfuffle

Don't go to his site.


3 posted on 12/12/2004 6:14:49 AM PST by Drango (Those who advocate robbing (taxing) Peter to pay Paul...will always have the support of Paul.)
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To: Kerfuffle
This can solve your crash problem:

http://www.linux.com/

4 posted on 12/12/2004 6:16:00 AM PST by Tarpaulin (Look it up.)
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To: Kerfuffle

I don't have that problem since I went to the Firefox. You may have been infected with lots of spyware. I suggest that go to www.komando.com website. She is a computer geek for everybody. There are lots of links for FREE software to fix problems. Then go get the Firefox.


5 posted on 12/12/2004 6:16:57 AM PST by TMSuchman (American by birth,rebel by choice, MARINE BY GOD!)
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To: Kerfuffle

Download a pop up blocker, they are great!


6 posted on 12/12/2004 6:17:49 AM PST by Jewels1091
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To: Kerfuffle

I just went to his site, but then I reject all of his cookies, have Spy-bot running, and have pop-up blocker on. I run Win XP and used Firefox. Nope, no problem.


7 posted on 12/12/2004 6:17:54 AM PST by Clara Lou (Hillary Clinton: "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.")
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To: asgardshill

Same here, don't even go there anymore. With a rural connection speed somewhere between smoke signals and Morse code, all that extra junk makes it too slow even if I wanted to.


8 posted on 12/12/2004 6:18:03 AM PST by CrazyIvan (What's the difference between Joseph Goebbels and Michael Moore? About 150 pounds.)
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To: Kerfuffle
I'm more upset at the recent pop-ups coming at me in FreeRepublic.com

What the hell is going on? Aren't 4 fundraisers per annum sufficient?

9 posted on 12/12/2004 6:18:47 AM PST by DCPatriot (I don't do politically correct very well either.)
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To: Kerfuffle

Get off your internet exploder addiction and download Mozilla Firefox for your web browser. It is a simple 1-2-3 download and setup.


10 posted on 12/12/2004 6:19:46 AM PST by Rebelbase (Who is General Chat?)
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To: DCPatriot

You get pop-ups from FR?


11 posted on 12/12/2004 6:19:50 AM PST by Clara Lou (Hillary Clinton: "We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.")
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To: Kerfuffle

Yes. Even with a pop up blocker my computer still goes into slow motion. I never go there now unless there is a story I really want to see. Drudge is just hurt himself with this. I can understand the desire to make money and have no problem with it. As it is now the amount of pop ups are ridiculous.


12 posted on 12/12/2004 6:20:36 AM PST by foolscap
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To: DCPatriot
I'm more upset at the recent pop-ups coming at me in FreeRepublic.com

I doubt that FR has any pop-ups. At least they don't show on my system.

13 posted on 12/12/2004 6:21:00 AM PST by Drango (Those who advocate robbing (taxing) Peter to pay Paul...will always have the support of Paul.)
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To: Kerfuffle
What is the URL for Drudge? When I set up my new computer, I lost a lot of bookmarks. If you can, please let me know what his address it.


14 posted on 12/12/2004 6:22:16 AM PST by SheLion (Happy Holidays to all my friends in Free Republic!)
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To: Clara Lou
Well the top frame of the ads say "microsoft explorer...", but they are coming up randomly ala DrudgeReport style.

Have seen Sony Vaio and Singular phones in the last minute.

15 posted on 12/12/2004 6:22:46 AM PST by DCPatriot (I don't do politically correct very well either.)
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To: CrazyIvan; asgardshill; Drango
I agree. I rarely go to Drudge anymore.

If something big is put up, the story will appear in minutes here at FR anyways.

16 posted on 12/12/2004 6:22:58 AM PST by DoctorMichael (The Fourth Estate is a Fifth Column!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: SheLion

www.drudgereport.com


17 posted on 12/12/2004 6:24:03 AM PST by DCPatriot (I don't do politically correct very well either.)
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To: Jewels1091

I'm well set up with a popup blocker, and run my antispyware program religiously. But when I go to Druge now, it's as if he has some sort of a kamakaze popup that, if it can't get in, smashes your OS to bits. I suppose I should blame Bill Gates, but then, I blame him for everything the way Dems blame Dubya.


18 posted on 12/12/2004 6:24:34 AM PST by Kerfuffle
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To: CrazyIvan
With a rural connection speed somewhere between smoke signals and Morse code...

LOL

19 posted on 12/12/2004 6:25:25 AM PST by jigsaw (God Bless Our Troops.)
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To: DCPatriot
You have spy ware on your computer. There are no popups on Free Republic.
20 posted on 12/12/2004 6:26:02 AM PST by Max Combined (Clinton is "the notorious Oval Office onanist")
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