Subj : Re: Windows question: how to remove automatic timed popup ads?
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Gerard Wassink
Date : Mon Jul 12 2004 06:03 pm

On 12 Jul 2004 07:52:47 -0700, Charles Fox scribbled:

> Yes I know this is a linux group but I reckon you guys are smarter
> than the windows groups :)  (I dual boot by the way, I'm moving to
> linux but still have some legacy stuff on windows.)
> 
> Just wondered if anyone has seen this: every 5 mins or so I get an
> explorer ad window pop up out of nowhere.  Is there some simple way to
> get rid of this?  Or at least a way to find out where the cause is? 
> Please point me to some info if you can.
> 
> Sorry for the mispost, but hey, it's another illustration of how
> terrible windows world is getting these days.

Okay, just this once ;)

Have you ran Ad-Aware 6.0 and Spybot S&D lately?

Good chance one of these will detect what's wrong, anyway, that would be my
first step.

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