Popups on IE - even at blank pages

ReRuss · Post by **ReRuss** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 5:54 pm

I've run scans using Ad-Aware , Spybot , and Bitdefender and I deleted stuff I found manually , but I keep getting popups when I use IE , my homepage is blank , and I even get popups then

every popup window says "Advertisement by outerinfo"

Anyone know a fix for this (other than firefox which I already have)

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 6:13 pm

Stop using IE altogether?

Seriously, you are asking for trouble.

Annihilated · Post by **Annihilated** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 6:16 pm

http://www.tomcoyote.org/hijackthis/

Quitting on IE altogether is just dumb. There are too many sites that will not work with Firefox.

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 6:19 pm

Annihilated wrote:http://www.tomcoyote.org/hijackthis/

Quitting on IE altogether is just dumb. There are too many sites that will not work with Firefox.

If you said Opera, I wouldn't have looked at this twice, but that is grossly inaccurate.

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 6:35 pm

ReRuss wrote:I've run scans using Ad-Aware , Spybot , and Bitdefender and I deleted stuff I found manually , but I keep getting popups when I use IE , my homepage is blank , and I even get popups then

every popup window says "Advertisement by outerinfo"

Anyone know a fix for this (other than firefox which I already have)

Try scanning in safe mode.

PHoNyMiKe · Post by **PHoNyMiKe** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 6:37 pm

taking the information you gave us and redirecting it into google gets you this:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Ad ... gle+Search

Annihilated · Post by **Annihilated** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 7:30 pm

What does Opera have to do with anything?

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 8:36 pm

Annihilated wrote:What does Opera have to do with anything?

Let me be clear. If you complained about Opera and site compatibility, I wouldn't take too much issue. Firefox is very good on website compatibility. The fact is that sites that are not compatible are simply not written to standards and/or include ActiveX.

When spyware is mentioned, it is a symptom of using IE 99% of the time.

blackmyst · Post by **blackmyst** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 9:27 pm

Annihilated wrote:http://www.tomcoyote.org/hijackthis/

Quitting on IE altogether is just dumb. There are too many sites that will not work with Firefox.

That's supposed to be their problem, not mine, right?

I don't really remember the last time I was forced to use IE for a website anyway.

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 11:22 pm

and for the sites that REQUIRE IE, you can simply use IETAB

whicker · Post by **whicker** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 2:41 am

franpa wrote:and for the sites that REQUIRE IE, you can simply use IETAB

IETab embeds an instance of Internet Explorer. Hence, it brings with it the same issues as Internet Explorer.

Annihilated · Post by **Annihilated** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 3:15 am

Deathlike2 wrote:
Annihilated wrote:What does Opera have to do with anything?
Let me be clear. If you complained about Opera and site compatibility, I wouldn't take too much issue. Firefox is very good on website compatibility. The fact is that sites that are not compatible are simply not written to standards and/or include ActiveX.

When spyware is mentioned, it is a symptom of using IE 99% of the time.

You're probably talking about Internet Explorer 6, and the reason it's so wide open to spyware is because Microsoft took about 5 years off before they finally upgraded it again. I have Windows 2000 so I can't get IE7, but it's supposed to be a lot better.

That's supposed to be their problem, not mine, right?

If you're the one who can't view a website correctly because you refuse to use the standard browser, that sounds like a problem for you.

As Firefox becomes more popular it becomes less secure. I used to never see a pop-up in Firefox and now I'm fighting them off frequently. It isn't really the browser's fault. Besides, if you use precautions and common sense, you shouldn't have much of a problem with spyware. HijackThis should solve the original problem in this thread. Just make sure you aren't removing EVERYTHING and only remove what you know doesn't belong there.

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 4:00 am

Annihilated wrote:As Firefox becomes more popular it becomes less secure.

That is WRONG. As Firefox becomes more popular, people are looking to find security holes, just like anything with popularity. Popularity does not imply poor security.

sweener2001 · Post by **sweener2001** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 4:03 am

how do you have pop-ups in firefox? i still don't have any.

adblock plus + filtersetg == smooth internets

and seconding hijackthis!

Annihilated · Post by **Annihilated** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 4:30 am

Deathlike2 wrote:
Annihilated wrote:As Firefox becomes more popular it becomes less secure.
That is WRONG. As Firefox becomes more popular, people are looking to find security holes, just like anything with popularity. Popularity does not imply poor security.

Finding security holes means more ads and spyware. Therefore it is less secure. So it isn't wrong, you're really just agreeing with what I said.

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 4:42 am

Annihilated wrote:
Deathlike2 wrote:
Annihilated wrote:As Firefox becomes more popular it becomes less secure.
That is WRONG. As Firefox becomes more popular, people are looking to find security holes, just like anything with popularity. Popularity does not imply poor security.
Finding security holes means more ads and spyware. Therefore it is less secure. So it isn't wrong, you're really just agreeing with what I said.

Apparently you are clueless. You fail at logic.

Again, popularity or lack of popularity does not imply security. Good or bad security does not imply popularity.

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 5:36 am

whicker wrote:
franpa wrote:and for the sites that REQUIRE IE, you can simply use IETAB

IETab embeds an instance of Internet Explorer. Hence, it brings with it the same issues as Internet Explorer.

IETAB does not require IE, it is just the browser chosen by default when you install IETAB.

and if your smart and know if the site your visiting will screw your pc up in IE then use mozilla FF, and dont set IETAB up for that website.

Noxious Ninja · Post by **Noxious Ninja** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:02 am

sweener2001 wrote:how do you have pop-ups in firefox? i still don't have any.

adblock plus + filtersetg == smooth internets

and seconding hijackthis!

Filterset.G is behind the times, man.

http://easylist.adblockplus.org/

franpa wrote:IETAB does not require IE

You must have a pretty big ass to be able to pull so much out of it.

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 7:02 am

franpa wrote:IETAB does not require IE

You must have a pretty big ass to be able to pull so much out of it.[/quote]
if it only supports IE then why does IETAB let you specify location manually and set parameters? theres bound to be a reg key specifying the location of the browser that has not changed in any versions since v6 sp1, thus they could have it always refer to that regkey for the location of the external program and remove path to external browser.

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 7:23 am

http://ietab.mozdev.org/

Requirement: Microsoft Windows + Internet Explorer > 4.0

I need not say more.

sweener2001 · Post by **sweener2001** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:19 am

Noxious Ninja wrote:
sweener2001 wrote:how do you have pop-ups in firefox? i still don't have any.

adblock plus + filtersetg == smooth internets

and seconding hijackthis!
Filterset.G is behind the times, man.

i also subscribe to that list, as it's an option within the plug-in. so i'm subscribed to two lists, and it may be redundant, but whatever.

Noxious Ninja · Post by **Noxious Ninja** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:29 am

franpa wrote:if it only supports IE then why does IETAB let you specify location manually and set parameters?

That controls the "Open Link in Ext. App" context menu option. It can be quite useful to be easily open the page in, say, Opera.

Post by **Agozer** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 8:57 am

I have yet to see a single pop up in Firefox with Adblock Plus, and if I ever see one, said extension has no problem blocking the pop up for good with some clever filter rules.

There isn't much use for FilterSet.G if you use Adblock Plus. It might be a different story with the regular Adblock however.

Deathlike2 · Post by **Deathlike2** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:30 am

Opera's been fine to me in dealing with popups... I don't recall popups succeeding in Opera at all now that I think about it (if any, it was rare).

soulmata · Post by **soulmata** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:48 am

Depending on the country you are talking about, FireFox propagation is sometimes higher than 50% - making it the majority browser, not IE. Worldwide, its share continues to grow for very good reasons.

The truth is, Analhiated, the majority of the sites on the Internet do not require IE. It is not a "standard" browser by any stretch of the word. Ditching IE is a very feasible option, moreso than it ever has been before - and that isn't just because of Firefox.

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