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Deluge of Anti-Bush Pop-Ups
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Posted on 05/31/2004 12:27:06 PM PDT by ChocChipCookie
Yahoogroups.com is deluged with anti-Bush ads from the Kerry campaign. They account for almost 100% of the pop-up ads I see as I browse through my messages. Two-thirds simply bash Bush as opposed to extolling the virtues of Kerry. They're pretty damned annoying when all I want to do is catch up with my Atkins and Star Trek: Enterprise message boards!
TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: antibush; bush; fundraisingads; kerry
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Comment #2 Removed by Moderator
To: ChocChipCookie
LOL! We have the same thing here at FR...only they're freepers.
To: ChocChipCookie
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posted on
05/31/2004 12:32:09 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(#1 Freeper Pickup Line: "You must be a Breaking News thread, 'cause I could bump you all night!")
To: ChocChipCookie
LOL - I can't think of a better way to irritate voters and turn them against him! I hope he keeps it up!
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posted on
05/31/2004 12:33:12 PM PDT
by
Humidston
(Mark Levin is a hunka-hunka!)
To: Slings and Arrows
On a somewhat related note- my yahoo email has been crashing every other click for several weeks.
It's not my server, or my system- the same thing happens at work. Only on Yahoomail.
Anyone have any ideas!?!?!?!
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posted on
05/31/2004 12:34:00 PM PDT
by
nycmusic
Two-thirds simply bash Bush as opposed to extolling the virtues of Kerry. And which virtues are those?
To: Slings and Arrows
Even better is Pestcontrol from Zone Alarm
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posted on
05/31/2004 12:35:13 PM PDT
by
Kaslin
To: ChocChipCookie
John Kerry, the X10.com of the political world.
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posted on
05/31/2004 12:35:53 PM PDT
by
evilC
To: ChocChipCookie
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posted on
05/31/2004 12:36:02 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(And I never see the IDF 'til it's way too late! Now I'm dyin' in the Gaza Strip in the blazin' sun.)
To: Slings and Arrows
bump for the Pop-up Stopper!!!
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posted on
05/31/2004 12:36:07 PM PDT
by
Robert Drobot
(God, family, country. All else is meaningless.)
To: nycmusic
A few questions: Are you using Yahoomail via the web interface?; what browser are you using?; is it set up to accept cookies from Yahoo.com?; crashing how?
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posted on
05/31/2004 12:37:30 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(#1 Freeper Pickup Line: "You must be a Breaking News thread, 'cause I could bump you all night!")
To: ChocChipCookie
Bump for the Google Toolbar...
To: Slings and Arrows
>>Go to http://www.panicware.com and install Pop-up Stopper. It's free; the peace of mind is priceless.
Yes; also consider myway.com which has free email without popup or banner ads.
To: ChocChipCookie
Simple, don't go there. Change your email address & messages to another enity.
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posted on
05/31/2004 12:49:59 PM PDT
by
Ursus arctos horribilis
("It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!" Emiliano Zapata 1879-1919)
To: Slings and Arrows
Is this the best one that you know of? If I'm finally going to fork over money to pay for a pop-up blocker, I want it to be the best.
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posted on
05/31/2004 12:51:28 PM PDT
by
Hildy
(...love like you've never been hurt and live like it's heaven on Earth. - Mark Twain)
To: Slings and Arrows
Don't say free to me, they want $9.99? Are you a investor? (:>)
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posted on
05/31/2004 12:52:28 PM PDT
by
Ursus arctos horribilis
("It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!" Emiliano Zapata 1879-1919)
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To: ChocChipCookie
All the pop ups may indicate spyware.
Ad-aware,
Spybot, Search and Destroy 1.3 (those using 1.2 should uninstall it first before installing the new version), and
SpywareBlaster are all excellent free programs that will get the junk off your pc, but certain types of spyware will download harmless sounding programs that will continue to update and download nasty stuff even after you eliminate the bugs.
ZoneAlarm®, in addition to being a good firewall, also can be set to require permission for any program trying to access the internet. Many of these bugs are given file names similar to legitimate Windows processes, and this feature can help track them down.
The following sites are good resources for finding and separating the bad stuff from the real Task List processes
Kephyr has a great
Spyware and Adware Encyclopedia and a lot of other info.
Andrew Clover also has a great
spyware, adware, and parasite info page
The
Windows Process Library helps sort it out what is going on in your processor's background, and
Answers That Work also has loads of info including
Task List Programs
I found that the Keenvalue_112 updator snuck into my program files, and I tracked it down with ZoneAlarm and manually removed it-It would download more nasties everytime I logged on to the web, even though I removed them. My boss's kids had their PC so clogged with junk that they were unable to open IE. I was able to clean it with the above programs, and the latest free version of SpywareBlaster now protects Mozilla as well (Yes, as Mozilla becomes more popular, it is also coming under attack)
To: Ursus arctos horribilis; Hildy
Can anything truly be said to be free when opportunity costs, not to mention the burden of the material on one's immortal soul, are considered? As Socrates might have said...
Ummm, what I meant is that there are free and commercial versions, and the free version may be downloaded at http://www.panicware.com/product_psfree.html
Yeah, that's the ticket...
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posted on
05/31/2004 1:01:45 PM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(#1 Freeper Pickup Line: "You must be a Breaking News thread, 'cause I could bump you all night!")
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