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Problem...
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2003 4:34 am
by Oliver
Ok I have this weird problem.
Words like "work, job" etc are links in my browser to some page where I could get a job.
It started about 2 days ago.
It's even in Mega-Tokyo and EVEN in this post.
How can I get rid of this?!?!??! :-[ :-\ :'(
>:( ???
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Re:Problem...
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2003 4:49 am
by CESS.tk
Ad-aware prolly does the trick.
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
Re:Problem...
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2003 3:08 pm
by df
adware, gator and all those lovely things
you have been trojaned! (well automatically installed something from a web page).
Re:Problem...
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2003 10:09 pm
by Eero Ränik
Or with some program... People want to earn money by inserting adware in their programs.
Re:Problem...
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2003 11:57 pm
by Andrew_Baker
I also recommend the application Ad-Aware. Back when I was running MS 98, I ran it and found, oh, about 200+ adware, spyware trojans chilling out on my computer. Often, one spyware would have spawned itself multiple times.
Ad-Aware killed them all.
One question, though, is why the makers of spyware programs aren't prosecuted, as it is truly unaccepted trojan horsing of one's software, and is almost like a virus?