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Popups from **** on TR

By gralfus ·
I had just finished responding to a question on Tech Republic, hit my back arrow and got 40,000 popups with the following URL:
http://ads.com.com/mac-ad?SP=15&_RGROUP=5175&NCAT=22:6230:&CNET-BRAND-ID=9&HUB=cn&PTNR=2&LOCALE=en_US&&CNET-SITE-ID=11&ASSET_HOST=adimg.com.com&adfile=4590/11/573555_wc.ca

This has happened once before and is obviously annoying. I did a spyware scan just to make sure nothing got through, and apparently I'm ok. I had a hosts entry for blocking "ads.com.com" but didn't have one for blocking "adimg.com.com". I do now.

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have you tried other spyware programs?

by Packet Spoofer In reply to Popups from **** on TR

Spybot and adaware....Spybot might miss a few but Adaware gets most of what spybot misses, but it is not an exact science....
Good luck.....annoying to say the least.....

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Yes, it isn't spyware, it's adverts

by gralfus In reply to have you tried other spy ...

The issue wasn't spyware, it was the runaway popups from the advertizer. I was concerned that the popups had installed something, but they hadn't. I use a combination of anti-spyware tools, so that isn't the issue.

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I figured you probably had used the spyware tools,

by Packet Spoofer In reply to Yes, it isn't spyware, it ...

But I thought it was worth asking....everythings cool now though I hope!

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