XP Search Engines

anthonyrstanley · 02-20-2005, 12:26 AM

Okay this is a problem that i keep getting alllllll the time.

While playing a game or serfing for non-cloathed females or whatever hundreds apon hundreds of search windows pop up sounds like a Virus buttttt trust this i don't do viruses i was thinking it was a Keyboard Driver error cause i switch keyboard a lot. If you had this problem before please tell me how to fix.

red onion · 02-20-2005, 03:57 AM

Make sure you have all updates for windows, and are clean of spyware and ad ware. That is most likely the problem.

R3D · 02-21-2005, 03:17 PM

heyy

yeah i use SP2 and the google toolbar and after I got them I never get any pop ups.

Blue · 02-21-2005, 03:40 PM

Well I never got pop ups :-) but when I installed service pack 2 I Uninstalled my popup blocker because the one built into IE is great. So update that if you have not already. My fiace every so often gets attacked by popups with SP2 but that's when I know she's not been keeping her machine clean so remove the spyware and she's good to go.

If you havent already then run all updates and remove spyware and hopefully that helps.

**Praetor** · 02-21-2005, 05:05 PM

Or if you really really want to avoid popups ... get a

**Praetor** · 02-21-2005, 05:05 PM

Or if you really really want to avoid popups ... get a serious heavy duty firewall and set it up for whitelisting

anthonyrstanley · 02-23-2005, 12:21 AM

ahhh i have spy ware adware killerz and a firewall from hell so when i get home from this deploy ment i will get more of each.

The Search engines are like the star>search>files search not a internet pop up deal so i guess i will get the google toolbar as well. And i have SP2. So it must be spy ware.

02-20-2005, 12:26 AM	#1 (permalink)
anthonyrstanley Bronze Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: ShawAFB, SC Age: 23 Posts: 81	XP Search Engines Okay this is a problem that i keep getting alllllll the time. While playing a game or serfing for non-cloathed females or whatever hundreds apon hundreds of search windows pop up sounds like a Virus buttttt trust this i don't do viruses i was thinking it was a Keyboard Driver error cause i switch keyboard a lot. If you had this problem before please tell me how to fix.

02-21-2005, 03:40 PM	#4 (permalink)
Blue VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: London Ontario Age: 35 Posts: 3,555	Well I never got pop ups :-) but when I installed service pack 2 I Uninstalled my popup blocker because the one built into IE is great. So update that if you have not already. My fiace every so often gets attacked by popups with SP2 but that's when I know she's not been keeping her machine clean so remove the spyware and she's good to go. If you havent already then run all updates and remove spyware and hopefully that helps. __________________ FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358

02-21-2005, 05:05 PM	#5 (permalink)
Praetor Administrator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Age: 25 Posts: 19,954	Or if you really really want to avoid popups ... get a __________________ ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, Q6600@3.7 / ASUS P5ND, E6400@3.8 4GB OCz Platinum XTC 8500 / 4GB CorsairXMS2 6400 5x500GB Seagate 7200.10 / 2x500 Seagate 7200.10 OCz 8800GTX 768MB @ 630/800 / 2x Galaxy 8800GT SLI

02-21-2005, 05:05 PM	#6 (permalink)
Praetor Administrator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Age: 25 Posts: 19,954	Or if you really really want to avoid popups ... get a serious heavy duty firewall and set it up for whitelisting __________________ ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, Q6600@3.7 / ASUS P5ND, E6400@3.8 4GB OCz Platinum XTC 8500 / 4GB CorsairXMS2 6400 5x500GB Seagate 7200.10 / 2x500 Seagate 7200.10 OCz 8800GTX 768MB @ 630/800 / 2x Galaxy 8800GT SLI

02-23-2005, 12:21 AM	#7 (permalink)
anthonyrstanley Bronze Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: ShawAFB, SC Age: 23 Posts: 81	ahhh i have spy ware adware killerz and a firewall from hell so when i get home from this deploy ment i will get more of each. The Search engines are like the star>search>files search not a internet pop up deal so i guess i will get the google toolbar as well. And i have SP2. So it must be spy ware. __________________ My computer specs: All i have to say is- GeForce FX 5950 ULTRA 256 1Gig PC400 RAM Copper Heat sink 200,and a 30 Gig The 200 is named Big Gig LMmFAO nothing else is good. ------------------------------------------ EWW EWW and 1+1= 00000010 :o Also.::. Your network is only as fast as the Slowest point.

02-20-2005, 03:57 AM	#2 (permalink)
red onion Platinum Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Quebéc, Canada Age: 39 Posts: 544	Make sure you have all updates for windows, and are clean of spyware and ad ware. That is most likely the problem.

02-21-2005, 03:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
R3D Silver Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Scotland, Glasgow Age: 20 Posts: 108	heyy yeah i use SP2 and the google toolbar and after I got them I never get any pop ups.

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