I give in.

Jerry · 17 Dec 2003, 03:07 PM

Edwin:

Okay -- I hate the pop ups. Can I buy a "pop up free" subscription?

Jerry

s a · 17 Dec 2003, 03:18 PM

if you are referring to the pop ups that appear when you receive private messages, you can simply stop them by clicking on User C. P. on the top left corner and then selecting no to popups under Options.

If you are talking about an email service you need to post this in the "email help needed" forum.

Jerry · 17 Dec 2003, 03:30 PM

I'm getting "Reunion.com" pop-up windows (720x300) about every third page change as I navigate the FORUM.

Killer · 17 Dec 2003, 03:45 PM

Jerry, I think you got a spambot loading those popups in your computer. Nothing to do with this forum. I don't get any at all during my time here.

***Edwin*** · 17 Dec 2003, 03:50 PM

I can flat-out guarantee that the popups are not being loaded from the Forum itself.

However, my tip in yesterday's installment of my GeekTips blog sounds like just the thing you need...
http://www.geektips.com/2003_12_16_archive

Good luck getting rid of the e-pests!

Killer · 17 Dec 2003, 03:55 PM

A way to check if you got "illegal" loading when your computer starts, try this. Click on start, run. Type in MSCONFIG. A box will popup. Click on startup. There you will see everything that starts when you startup you computer. Look for those unknown program and disable them by clicking off the tick in the check box. You can return here to check them back if you uncheck the wrong one.

Jerry · 18 Dec 2003, 02:11 PM

Hi Edwin:

Very interesting. Okay. I've run Ad-Aware and SpyBot and deleted everything each turned up, and no problems (yet) today.

The odd thing is that yesterday when I did my daily forums surfing (starting with EMailDiscussions), I got the popups on your forum. I had no popups on the other four forums I surfed after that, but when I returned to EMailDiscussions, I got the popups again. They seemed to be triggered by page-change clicks. I was sure they were coming from you.

Sorry to have pointed the fickle finger of accusation at you erroneously.

Jerry

**Gankaku** · 18 Dec 2003, 10:50 PM

Jerry, you might possibly want to keep an eye on the page you came FROM to get to EMD. Sometimes pages will do a popup upon LEAVING the page. (Excite does this).

I've got spybot and all, and that's fine, but it'll clean up but your popups will still appear. Try Google's Toolbar . It's so awesome for stopping popups but will also allow you to have popups where you need them (like on the EMD page to get PMs, or your bank where you might want information notices).

17 Dec 2003, 03:07 PM	#1
Jerry Essential Contributor Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hollywood, CA Posts: 451	I give in. Edwin: Okay -- I hate the pop ups. Can I buy a "pop up free" subscription? Jerry

18 Dec 2003, 02:11 PM	#7
Jerry Essential Contributor Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hollywood, CA Posts: 451	Hmmm . . . Hi Edwin: Very interesting. Okay. I've run Ad-Aware and SpyBot and deleted everything each turned up, and no problems (yet) today. The odd thing is that yesterday when I did my daily forums surfing (starting with EMailDiscussions), I got the popups on your forum. I had no popups on the other four forums I surfed after that, but when I returned to EMailDiscussions, I got the popups again. They seemed to be triggered by page-change clicks. I was sure they were coming from you. Sorry to have pointed the fickle finger of accusation at you erroneously. Jerry

17 Dec 2003, 03:18 PM	#2
s a Master of the @ Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,910	if you are referring to the pop ups that appear when you receive private messages, you can simply stop them by clicking on User C. P. on the top left corner and then selecting no to popups under Options. If you are talking about an email service you need to post this in the "email help needed" forum.

17 Dec 2003, 03:30 PM	#3
Jerry Essential Contributor Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Hollywood, CA Posts: 451	I'm getting "Reunion.com" pop-up windows (720x300) about every third page change as I navigate the FORUM.

17 Dec 2003, 03:45 PM	#4
Killer Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Singapore Posts: 6,762 Representative of: Killer.kkk.sg	Jerry, I think you got a spambot loading those popups in your computer. Nothing to do with this forum. I don't get any at all during my time here.

17 Dec 2003, 03:50 PM	#5
*Edwin* Administrator Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: UK Posts: 3,118	I can flat-out guarantee that the popups are not being loaded from the Forum itself. However, my tip in yesterday's installment of my GeekTips blog sounds like just the thing you need... http://www.geektips.com/2003_12_16_archive Good luck getting rid of the e-pests!

17 Dec 2003, 03:55 PM	#6
Killer Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Singapore Posts: 6,762 Representative of: Killer.kkk.sg	A way to check if you got "illegal" loading when your computer starts, try this. Click on start, run. Type in MSCONFIG. A box will popup. Click on startup. There you will see everything that starts when you startup you computer. Look for those unknown program and disable them by clicking off the tick in the check box. You can return here to check them back if you uncheck the wrong one.

18 Dec 2003, 10:50 PM	#8
Gankaku Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 3,265	Jerry, you might possibly want to keep an eye on the page you came FROM to get to EMD. Sometimes pages will do a popup upon LEAVING the page. (Excite does this). I've got spybot and all, and that's fine, but it'll clean up but your popups will still appear. Try Google's Toolbar . It's so awesome for stopping popups but will also allow you to have popups where you need them (like on the EMD page to get PMs, or your bank where you might want information notices).