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ah, the irony...

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FuzzyBee

Diamond Member
...of a pop-up advertising a pop-up blocker.
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Originally posted by: Thraxen
Yeah, I hate those. I also get those spam e-mails advertising anti-spam utilities.
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What's next? Email viruses that pop up advertisements for virus protection? 😀
 
it's odd, but I very rarely have problems with pop-ups.... Maybe I'm just lucky? Maybe it's the types of sites I visit? Maybe it's the lack of spyware on my computer? I dunno, but no problems here..
 
Originally posted by: rudeguy
Originally posted by: amnesiac
Google Toolbar = no more popups that i don't want.
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I have the new toolbar...but it doesnt block anything...what do you have to do?
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You should be able to configure it. I don't have it installed currently myself, but there's a config dialog built into it that allows you to set all the popup blocking options, etc.
 
I take the really cool animated .gifs you see on popups from time to time, and then I open their properties dialouge and use it as my avatar at some of the forums I frequent. Free hosting! Free animations!! Free GIFTS!!!!
 
Originally posted by: Encryptic
Originally posted by: Thraxen
Yeah, I hate those. I also get those spam e-mails advertising anti-spam utilities.
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What's next? Email viruses that pop up advertisements for virus protection? 😀
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Close, in the last couple of days, I've encountered two popups that asked me to download and install their "Security Software". They even claim to be Verisign 3 certified. Forgot what the company name was, but I just closed the popups.

The first time I encountered it, I was about to log into my online bank account. I called the bank and asked them about it, the rep said she sees it all the time and just clicks OK because their bank is very secure. I told her she better inform her security staff about it, she said she'll mention it. We'll see. Looks suspicious.
 
Originally posted by: cheapbidder01
Originally posted by: Encryptic
Originally posted by: Thraxen
Yeah, I hate those. I also get those spam e-mails advertising anti-spam utilities.
Click to expand...

What's next? Email viruses that pop up advertisements for virus protection? 😀
Click to expand...

Close, in the last couple of days, I've encountered two popups that asked me to download and install their "Security Software". They even claim to be Verisign 3 certified. Forgot what the company name was, but I just closed the popups.

The first time I encountered it, I was about to log into my online bank account. I called the bank and asked them about it, the rep said she sees it all the time and just clicks OK because their bank is very secure. I told her she better inform her security staff about it, she said she'll mention it. We'll see. Looks suspicious.
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It's people like that genius who spread viruses across supposedly secure networks. She probably clicks on every one of those emails that give you a URL to go to for a prize or something, because her system is "very secure". Yeah, it's secure until you get owned by a Trojan that you let in of your own free will.
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Nice to see someone else here reads Dork Tower. You're a few days late, though (Comic dated July 16)

-- Jack

I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image.
-- Stephen Hawking
 
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