re: Question about 'Stop Pop-Up Spam Messages'
Wednesday, April 23, 2003 at 9:49 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Julie
(5 messages posted)
We are experiencing the same problem with IE on W2K. Unfortunately, Ad Aware did
not work on a customer's PC. Networking handles the firewalls so the Help Desk has
no access to changing anything on the firewalls. Can someone suggest something else?
On Sunday, February 16, 2003 at 5:07 pm, cmjohnson wrote:
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>I recently started getting these random ads popping up when I didn't even have a
>browser open. (I have cable)
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>I did some research and ended up installing Ad Aware, which is freeware. It located
>no less than seventeen registry entries, files, cookies, and even a complete directory
>that were responsible, and with its assistance, I deleted them and then updated
my
>firewall. I've also pretty much completely denied Internet Explorer any access
>to the 'net at all. (I use Netscape...)
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>The directory that Ad Aware found was called "cydoor" and this is the "parking area"
>for ads that Cydoor.com sends to your computer if you are using certain Cydoor enabled
>software.
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>I would love to see a DOS attack on Cydoor, or better yet, I would love to see all
>its owners found guilty of child pornography charges, as there is NOTHING, and I
>mean NOTHING, that I hate more than internet spam ads!
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>Hell isn't unpleasant enough for these clowns.
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>Get Ad Aware and clean house!
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