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[Kreeger]

... in response to guess, posted by The Mog returns on Jul 12, 2002

... those pop-ups are killing me... every time you want to read a post, a pop-up ad interrupts. Too much spam on that board.

[The Walker]

... in response to Can't stand it..., posted by Kreeger on Jul 12, 2002

Go to adsubtract-dot-com and download the free version. It eliminates pop-ups and a bunch of other crud. However, for some pages you have to turn it off for them to work properly, such as internet banking. But my bank never spams me or tries to place spyware on my computer (unlike Maganak, which does).

Then go to lavasoftusa-dot-com and download the free ad-aware program which gets rid of the spyware doubleclick and others have already placed on your computer.

Then go through and check your cookies files regularly.

You'd be amazed at how much junk people put on your computer without your knowledge.

Maganak is very bad about this, which is why I left them for here long ago and never looked back, plus the cruddy forums, which you all have mentioned.

Don

[Bear]

... in response to Re: Can't stand it..., posted by The Walker on Jul 12, 2002

A new aqauintance we met through a filipino party a few months back asked me to come and look at his computer.  It was extremely slow on a 56K modem connection.  You could literally watch the 6 oclock news after starting the computer and logging on before the screen got through painting.  I dl'd Ad-aware and ran it.  It took four attempts to get rid of all the spyware/malware.  I ended up deleting 183 files folders and cookies.  Now the computer starts up and logs on in seconds ranther than 10s of minutes.  

Unfortunately Adsubtract is charging for thier software now.  

I also use Pop-up Stopper to stop all the unrequested ads popping up on the screen at various sites.  Its a free program you can get from Cnet.com.  I alos use cookie wall from Analogx.com.

Bear

[Jeff S]

... in response to I agree, posted by Bear on Jul 13, 2002

Go to: http://f--kmicrosoft.com/content/ms-hidden-files.shtml (substitute uc in the dashes) I cleared out 500 Meg off my hard drive! Then I switched to Opera.com as a browser (the fastest there is) with no pop-ups.

-- Jeff S

[The Mog returns]

... in response to Re: Can't stand it..., posted by The Walker on Jul 12, 2002

They had a lot of posters in the same boat as me, waiting, waiting, and fed up, so it was a good place to check out, because misery loves company. But some self-righteous moderator has to step in and censor a whole bunch of messages when a couple people tell it like is and one person complains, thats baloney.
Censorship is communism.

[Jeff S]

... in response to Re: Re: Can't stand it..., posted by The Mog returns on Jul 12, 2002

.. is demanding what can or can't be on someone's private property (their www board.)  This is Patricks board. If he doesn't want talk about prostitution, or anything else here - he has the absolute right to do with it what he wishes. That is NOT censorship. You are free at any time to set up a board using your own time and money, and talk about anything you wish - prostitution, lazy-azz embassy workers, farting, anything you want. But screaming censorship when having your pro PETA post deleted from a hunting board, is not only a misunderstanding of what censorship actually is, it's downright silly. If you don't like Mag-Anak, just leave. If others follow and it turns into the same six people stroking each other - so be it.

-- Jeff S.

[The Walker]

... in response to Re: Re: Can't stand it..., posted by The Mog returns on Jul 12, 2002


I was serious about Maganak. If you do not have a firewall and good antivirus and ad-blasting software and a spyware remover, I wouldn't go there.

Try the ad-aware and see how much junk you've collected. Most folks have no idea.

OBTW, I have never had adware or spyware try to get onto my machine from this page. Thank-you, Patrick.

Don