To: cyborg
Not that I'm implying anything about your internet habits, but those pop-ups are not always linked to the site you're currently visiting. Often times they are based on cookies or other factors in your web history, possibly a malware program. But AnF or Microsoft are not responsible. I had a porn pop-up when I was on a university website.
54 posted on
04/06/2004 1:30:53 AM PDT by
Skywalk
(You thought I was play-pimpin', didncha?)
To: Skywalk
I've been infected with Gator(?) twice. I think that I got it from typing a website name that seemed "obvious" but was actually a bottom feeder site that bought up "internet real estate".
I wasn't directed to porn but I did get "random" popups (including some that launched while I was reading FR). AdAware and Spybot Search & Destroy both help to keep my system adware/spyware free.
The website that I did get looked like a search engine (and immediately I got a popup asking to let that site become my homepage); some other sites don't even ask.
As I say, these "businessmen" are bottom feeders.
56 posted on
04/06/2004 1:46:14 AM PDT by
weegee
(No blood for ratings-CNN suppressed reports of torture & murder in Iraq to keep their Baghdad bureau)
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