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Free Republic Scammed Me and Zotted my (Vanity)
FreeRepublic | October 3, 2008 | Me

Posted on 10/04/2008 2:07:12 AM PDT by MarkT

Yesterday, I was on FreeRepublic and read an article. There was a prompt that said I could download something that would help the GOP if I did. It is somehow affiliated with Yahoo.

Well, long story short, it is garbage. It takes me a few minutes to get on the internet. When I hit my homepage (msn), my screen goes white and at least 2 or 3 minutes later, I get the internet. I tried to call FreeRepublic to report and could not find a phone number in Fresno. Somebody tell me how to get this crap off.


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: assistance; gop; scams
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To: MarkT
If it was the FreeCause GOP toolbar mentioned in post 5 you installed and you're sure this is causing the problem (frankly, I doubt it is the problem), this looks like how you remove it.

http://support.freecause.com/?rm=faq&a=27

21 posted on 10/04/2008 2:26:48 AM PDT by TheWasteLand (I've been downhearted baby, ever since the day we met.)
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To: MarkT

Here’s all your posts, so you can find the thread that possibly gave you a problem:

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:markt/index?brevity=full;tab=comments


22 posted on 10/04/2008 2:26:51 AM PDT by Cindy
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“FreeCause”(maker of GOP Toolbar) e-mail support page (and FAQ):
http://support.freecause.com/?rm=feedback

Another brand of fundraising toolbar...I can vouch for this one (uses Yahoo as the engine):
http://www.goodsearch.com/


23 posted on 10/04/2008 2:30:06 AM PDT by Drago
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To: MarkT

If you are still having difficulties go to rescutechslive.com for support — it costs money but I know they are good techs.


24 posted on 10/04/2008 2:33:11 AM PDT by Boucheau ("Congress: Bingo with Billions." - Red Skelton)
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To: JennysCool

You’re solution is to buy a Macintosh computer. No virues, worms, trojans, browser highjacking or crashes. Ever.


25 posted on 10/04/2008 2:50:50 AM PDT by lefty-lie-spy (Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/)
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To: lefty-lie-spy
You’re solution is to buy a Macintosh computer. No virues, worms, trojans, browser highjacking or crashes. Ever.

Except sometimes.

26 posted on 10/04/2008 2:53:16 AM PDT by JennysCool (Death to all vanities and searing pain to those who post them. - Petronski (McCain-Palin '08))
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To: JennysCool
All right. I haven’t spewed beer for a long time. That did it.

What kind of brew was it?

27 posted on 10/04/2008 2:58:41 AM PDT by Genesis defender (The world is full of people who want my money.)
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To: Hugin
Really? Someone posted an article? I thought the format had been changed to all vanities.

Who cares? All I need to build up a good outrage is a title. The article just gets in the way.
28 posted on 10/04/2008 3:03:58 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Paying taxes for bank bailouts is apparently the patriotic thing to do. [/sarc])
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To: lefty-lie-spy
You’re solution is to buy a Macintosh computer. No virues, worms, trojans, browser highjacking or crashes. Ever.

Macintosh Viruses
http://antivirus.about.com/od/macintoshresource/g/macvirus.htm

http://antivirus.about.com/od/macintoshresource/Macintosh_Viruses_and_Mac_Virus_Resources.htm
29 posted on 10/04/2008 3:11:08 AM PDT by Proverbs 3-5
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To: MarkT

To reach FR’s Tech Support Desk please dail 1-800-IMA-TROLL.


30 posted on 10/04/2008 3:28:30 AM PDT by A_Tradition_Continues (formerly known as Politicalwit ...05/28/98...Ain't no Noobie!)
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To: Genesis defender
What kind of brew was it?

Just Anchor Bock, alas. But it spews good.

31 posted on 10/04/2008 3:40:17 AM PDT by JennysCool (Death to all vanities and searing pain to those who post them. - Petronski (McCain-Palin '08))
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To: MarkT

All your homepage are belong to us.


32 posted on 10/04/2008 3:49:08 AM PDT by Calpernia (Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
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To: shibumi

Turn your computer upside down and shake vigorously.

Mine reboots.

33 posted on 10/04/2008 3:54:17 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (The Democratic Party strongly supports full civil rights for necro-Americans.)
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To: Drago
He most definitely has problems...
Or as Susan's mother said on Seinfeld, "there's something missing, alright..."
34 posted on 10/04/2008 4:03:53 AM PDT by samtheman
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To: MarkT
There are no "scam" programs, auto-downloads, viruses, or any other kind of Trojan software on Free Republic.

To determine where you downloaded your unwanted program, it would be most helpful for you to pull up History on your computer and look at the different websites you visited at the time you downloaded the program.

If you have an updated anti-virus program on your computer, you may wish to run a complete scan of your computer.

Please use either Freepmail and the Abuse button for similar questions in the future. Thanks.

35 posted on 10/04/2008 4:09:44 AM PDT by Admin Moderator
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To: MarkT
You downloaded the Racism Worm. You have to vote for Obama or you will be infected for life.

You could down load the "soulobrotha" trojan to compensate but it will most likely ask you to quit your job and ignore your children.

36 posted on 10/04/2008 4:10:46 AM PDT by DainBramage
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To: JennysCool
Except sometimes.

Correct. Enough Macs out there now to make it worthwhile for those who get their jollies with virues, worms, trojans and browser highjacking. I keep telling my customers, but many of them are having a hard time adjusting to the new reality.

Also Macs have ALWAYS crashed. Mac users just don't admit it to Windows users.

37 posted on 10/04/2008 4:13:39 AM PDT by Roses0508
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To: MarkT

The suffering you are experiencing is your contribution to the cause.


38 posted on 10/04/2008 4:23:42 AM PDT by Krankor (Are you claiming you eat toucans or)
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To: MarkT

If you could give more info....

PC?
Firefox? IE?
XP? VISTA? Linux?

for starters.

==

If PC with XP,
Close browser.
Try uninstalling FreeCause through the Control Panel/Add-Remove Programs.
Try restarting browser. If you no longer get the white screen, you might re-install the toolbar and try again. There may have been a glitch during the initial installation. If you still get the white screen, you have some other program.

Next, you might try a System Restore to a time previous to your original installation of the FreeCause toolbar.


39 posted on 10/04/2008 5:15:24 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: ShadowAce

Um, tech ping?


40 posted on 10/04/2008 5:31:29 AM PDT by JoJo Gunn (War is sometimes necessary for weeding out the horrifically stupid.)
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