My first serious thread in a while... its finally happened

[EsPo]

Originally posted by FalconGuy016
lol wth :)

anyways, who needs internet when you have kazaa dood

hehe.. hes right

[shartley]

Originally posted by MantisMag
you underestimate the willingness of some people to buy/join whatever they see. if it pops up and looks interesting they click on it. those contests run from pop-ups get ludicrous numbers of entries. anything that offers something free will get clicked on. and certain kinds of merchandise can be sold through popup. you just have to know your audience. check out the xcam. there are large numbers of people who surf the internet who would love a "sliver" type setup. the xcam appeals to those people. that's why it sold well.

[animal]

AHH YES... GOOD OLE ADS

I rarely get them anymore. I used a simple windows HOSTS file to remap almost every major ad URL to the local loopback address of my computer (I wish I had thought of it since it's so simple, but I can't take credit). So I just get an error box every time one pops up. They're still there, but I never get those infinite popups that keep spawning themselves :)

Stupid Ads.

[dcmander]

Alt + F4 also closes the top window, along with Ctrl + W.

I hate the popup adds that don't have a close button, and if you click on the X trying to close it, it sends you to more which puts spyware on your computer!!

If you guys have noticed your internet running slower than normal I recommend Adaware. It is a program you can download (use google to find it) and it searches your HD for spyware. Helps out a lot. I scan every week or so, and everynow and then i have .txt files that are from popup ads that contain code sending info from my computer to their sites. Annoying.

There is also a new "personal firewall" program you can use which asks for your permission when ANYTHING is trying to get into your computer/connection. Its probably annoying at first, saying 'Allow' for AIM, Internet Explorer, etc.. But once you tell it once it remembers it, so after the first few days after you use all your common programs it wouldn't be so bad.


Some of you may want to look into these if you have problems with spyware =\ I hate it! My computer/connection got SO SLOW after a few weeks before I used adaware.

[theraidenproject]

I'll say it again, as I do in every pop-up themed thread, Guidescope. In about a year, maybe, I've proabbly only seen about 20 ads. However, I just add those to the block list, and I, nor anyone else using Guidescope, ever has to see it again. The only negative is you will start to dread using the net on a comp without it. I know I find surfing at school a chore, now that I have to see ads again.

[darklord]

anyone ever encounter those pop-up ads that are some kind of flash/shockwave-like thing...I've seen a few when I go to access AOL.com, they can't be closed until the animation is done as far as I know...

[spazzed]

sure have.

http://www.maximonline.com/index.html

has one for Skyy, I believe.

Welll... atleast they used too.

[FalconGuy016]

thanks for guidescope and adaware, really appreciate it

[Trench]

Hum... not bad programs... I am going to try out the Adaware and see what I can come up with...

[bornl33t]

find the Ip, with various TCP dumps and other cute sniffing progies, then set up you're linux box to auto ping them as fast as it can.... see if they care to get pinged 3400 time a minute....


I have no clue if this would work, AND I'm not responcible if you get busted for it... but I sure as heck will laugh my butt off when something happenes...

[sneakyhacker420]

when one of the little buggers pops up, dont take any chances clicking on the little runt, just press

Alt + F4 and it closes the selected window, also a nice joke to play on your friends to shut down their computer when they are on their desktop

[WicKeD_WaYz]

here you can try downloading this it works for me...

https://www.webwasher.com

[MantisMag]

shartley- i guess you're right in a way now that i think of it. the majority of companies that actually make money by running pop-up ads are those that get you to join something and then sell your information to other companies. or send you newsletters with more ads which they get paid to send you. so although they aren't the ones creating the pop-ups they're still making money, but through more ads.

then of course there's those dumb people who will sign up for anything if it offers something free only to get hit with a bill a few months later. they end up paying because they didn't read the fine print. or the company offering a trial period delays the service/delivery of merchandise until just before the deadline to opt out. there's plenty of ways to scam people. and some people will fall for them every time.

[Vegeta]

Oh you have not seen popups like I have.

Enter: Active X + Gay porn popups.

Fifty popups at once, and for every one popup you close, two more open. And after you try to close a few and realize that it is useless, a box appears that says 'active x sucks doesn't it?'. Then once you hit 'Yes' to close that box, another 50 or so popups apear.

Oh yes, Active X is the devil. And it is seemingly easy to program with a copy of VB6 and about five minutes of free time.

[FalconGuy016]

ive had those vegeta... :)