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Hey y'all, I'm hoping one of you super cyberpunks can help me out here. In the last few months I've been getting these pop-ups stating that my registry or something else may be infected, corrupted, etc. They want me to type in the web address (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Hey, I've been having a similar problem! All the popups come if I open MSN messenger, or IE. They also take me to some *&%#@& 'Kita-search.com' 'here4search.com' 'win-eto.com' and some more. I've run Norton, but even after it wipes everything (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) A brief Google search yielded this: (URL) last post seems to blame Messenger which appears to be the cause of the above problem. -Orion (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Using a good, non-microsoft web browser will help a great many of these woes. I personally like (URL) Firefox>. It's free, installs in seconds, MUCH faster than some other browsers, has tabbed windows, built in protective measures. Yeah. Just try (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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I forgot to mention that the pop-ups occur even when I'm not online. Dave "Mark" <snowleopard@foxinternet.net> wrote in message news:IBqCty.MwB@lugnet.com... (...) woes. I (...) free, (...) windows, (...) does (...) reccomended. (...) have no clue (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Such is the invariable burden of a network connected Windows machine. Unfortunately, the only "fix" (I put that term in quotes deliberately) is to stay up to date with Microsoft's patches to the OS. The version of IE that comes with XP SP2 (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Another reason to avoid IE whenever possible. (Disclaimer: the following info was given to me by an IT pro friend of mine, he's smarter at this stuff than me, that's why I listened to him. Why? Because he can hack, and occassionaly, does) (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)
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(...) Some more Googling yielded this: -*-*-*- One thing you do not want to do is click on any of those fake popup "notices" about "spyware found on your computer" You may have the Windows Messenger service which apparently is where you are (...) (20 years ago, 12-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Hi, I would suggest installing and using Firefox for all web surfing. That should hopefully stop most of them from appearing. Its free (as in beer and as in press) and good!!! Here's a link (URL) Tim (20 years ago, 16-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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