Bloody pop-ups

**TosaInu** · 10-24-2005, 15:27

Which ones did you get AdrianII?

**TinCow** · 10-24-2005, 15:58

Just refreshing this thread gives me multiple Capital One and Screensavers.com popups.

**Adrian II** · 10-24-2005, 17:01

Originally Posted by TosaInu

Which ones did you get AdrianII?

All sorts, really, but not AOL. Now they are gone again. I feel like a moron.

**Red Harvest** · 10-24-2005, 17:19

I was getting quite a few with "adyieldmanager" as part of the address. Sounds exactly like what AdrianII was describing. Not sure why the MS update did the trick for me.

**el_slapper** · 10-24-2005, 17:23

Never got one. My job's anti-pop-up seems as efficient as Yahoo's one...

**Mikeus Caesar** · 10-31-2005, 11:38

Oh how annoying, this is beyond ridiculous now. Even though the pop-up blocker is working now, it's very annoying constantly having the little beeping sound and banner saying 'Pop-up blocked' every time i go to a new page. And to make matters worse, it's still AOL!! I ate AOL!! The only thing they're good for is free coasters in the mail!!

**Simetrical** · 11-02-2005, 05:15

Originally Posted by Mikeus Caesar

Even though the pop-up blocker is working now, it's very annoying constantly having the little beeping sound and banner saying 'Pop-up blocked' every time i go to a new page.

Suggestion: get a non-retarded pop-up blocker. Such as Firefox's built-in blocker, or maybe Google Toolbar or something if you're an evil heretical infidel IE junkie.

**solypsist** · 11-02-2005, 05:17

pop up blocker is teh win!

**Adrian II** · 10-31-2005, 21:06

Originally Posted by Red Harvest

I was getting quite a few with "adyieldmanager" as part of the address. Sounds exactly like what AdrianII was describing.

They are back. And they are all from ad.firstadsolution.com, a known spyware and adware adress. I am running my own checks now. See what my anti-spyware comes up with before I blame it on anyone else. But let us keep each other posted on this issue.

EDIT
Meantime my anti-spyware has taken care of the pop-ups, but I still don't know where they originated.

**FesterShinetop** · 11-01-2005, 00:36

Wow... this IS really annoying, they are popping up all over the place! Two of them with every page change!?!?! PLEASE do something about this??

**AntiochusIII** · 11-01-2005, 01:02

I too got the problem. My internet activity has been very limited lately, so it must be somewhere in the .org's server.

It's from ad.yieldmanager....something.

GAH! Even Spybot & Ad-Aware couldn't find it.