Garrulous Glaahk Captain Uglyhead Posted February 11, 2004 Share Posted February 11, 2004 There's this thing that keeps getting into my computer, and it keeps spitting porn ads at me. Don't get me wrong, from time to time I may get an urge and go looking, but I don't want porn launched at me every bloody minute. I've tried using ad-aware 6, but it seems to be slipping past it now. AA6 got rid of it the first time, but it just keeps coming back whenever I try to use the internet. Someone, please, help me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Schrodinger Posted February 11, 2004 Share Posted February 11, 2004 Ad-aware won't help you with that. You've got a nice little program someone installed on your computer that's really messing with you. Try running msconfig. Do so by clicking on start, then run, and type "msconfig." You should see a list of programs, one of them is probably the culprit. In addition, others have had this problem, and I'd suggest looking at the topic here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Captain Uglyhead Posted February 12, 2004 Author Share Posted February 12, 2004 Any suggestions on how to narrow down my search for the offending program? How do I uninstall/obliterate it once I find it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Schrodinger Posted February 12, 2004 Share Posted February 12, 2004 A bit of help: http://www.sysinfo.org/startupinfo.php http://netsquirrel.com/msconfig/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Lord Sylak Posted February 12, 2004 Share Posted February 12, 2004 if that dosen't work, download ad-aware 6 and spybot S&D and update their core fiels as soon as you run them and see if that helps. oh, and do you use KaZaA? Because it tends to put little things on your computer everytime you start the program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Captain Uglyhead Posted February 13, 2004 Author Share Posted February 13, 2004 Nope, I've never touched kazaa, and I hardly even know what it is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Captain Uglyhead Posted February 13, 2004 Author Share Posted February 13, 2004 One more problem. I was going to try to get help from spywareinfo.com, but now I cannot access it. My connection keeps failing, despite the fact I could access it just fine yesterday. Could the programs that afflict my computer be so organized and clever? I hope not. Any suggestions on how to get around this problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Wise Man Posted February 13, 2004 Share Posted February 13, 2004 this link should be helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fledgling Fyora gamefreak Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 have you tried anti virus? there are FREE online scans from symantec(www.symantec.com), mcafee, (www.mcafee.com), and a faster but not as through one called HouseCall, deveoped by TrendMicro whom made PC-cillin. try spybot again. id put my heart to spybot s&d. if nothing works, backup all your data(dont forget gamesave files) and reinstall windows. you'll probably need new keys for ur spiderweb games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan ef Posted February 14, 2004 Share Posted February 14, 2004 He has an online, not an offline problem, if I understand him right. Though just in case, did you check your registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Microsoft Windows Current Version Run What did you find? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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