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I finally bowed to the pressure of historical inevitability and dumped my Netscape for IE. Now it seems I can't turn on the browser without getting a window asking me if I want to buy a PC camera or some other junk. How do I stop this?

Registered: Dec 1999
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I had a similar problem and thought it was IE too. If you're not using AOL, have you downloaded any free software lately- ie. PCDJ? A lot of them have the added nifty feature of exactly what you mention- ads. They actually tell you this way down in the fine print of the contract. I had to dismemeber PCDJ and scrub it from my computer to get the ads to stop coming on.
Good luck!
Michael

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Registered: Mar 2000
Location: Richmond, VA, USA
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IE

That actually has nothing to do with IE. It is just the "new" way to advertise at most big sites now. An ad pops up when first visiting a site. Porn sites started this craze (not that I would know).

Registered: Feb 2001
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Actually, I'm pretty sure it's not site-specific, most often its for the xj-2000 (or something like that) camera. very annoying.

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Originally posted by dietrichbohn
Actually, I'm pretty sure it's not site-specific, most often its for the xj-2000 (or something like that) camera. very annoying.

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Originally posted by dietrichbohn
Actually, I'm pretty sure it's not site-specific, most often its for the xj-2000 (or something like that) camera. very annoying.

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Registered: Sep 2000
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Filter out the annoying ads

I used GuideScope to block unwanted ads. The website is www.guidescope.com

Registered: Aug 2000
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Norton Internet Security has ad blocking as well as offering a firewall.. Something very important if you use a broadband connection..

I use it's (pre Norton acquired) predecessor, AtGuard..

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Registered: Jan 2000
Location: Twin Cities, MN
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It is site specific, but sometimes it is hard to tell which site is causing it.

A new trick it to pop-up a very small window BEHING your current window. There is a timer in this tiny window that will eventually trigger a large pop-up window with an ad in it. By the time that ad pops up, you're most likely on a different web site.

The easiest way to shut this off is to turn of Javascript in your web browser, though that can severly limit what you do on the internet.

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Registered: Jan 2000
Location: Twin Cities, MN
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This may be what happened to you too...

http://www.bugnet.com/alerts/ba0103231.html

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Registered: May 2000
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Site-specific, also can be triggered by cookie presence...

Go get AnalogX's Pow, which has a smaller footprint as GuideScope.

Unlike Guidescope, which is service-based, you will have to manually add and delete pop up windows with Pow. No need to have trust or privacy statements or the like.

Registered: Mar 2001
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Originally posted by homer
This may be what happened to you too...

http://www.bugnet.com/alerts/ba0103231.html

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