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Mfreddy

Posted on 06/09/2015 5:29:28 PM PDT by mfreddy

Is it just me, or are others dealing with pop up ads that make it impossible to navigate the page? I thought this was the purpose of the quarterly fundraiser, to make these ads not necessary.


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KEYWORDS: idiot; malware; virus
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To: mfreddy

https://www.malwarebytes.org/lp/sem/5/?gclid=CjwKEAjwndqrBRC16IyeqPicp3ASJAB-vB-c_sI53-npeQ58G-H-C-hiGg9XhOiujA1C6hygyMWw5RoCexbw_wcB


21 posted on 06/09/2015 5:35:20 PM PDT by wolfpat (Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to be always a child. -- Cicero)
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To: mfreddy

You’ve been infected with some kind of malware. You need to do a search and remove it, ASAP, because the longer it stays, the more it’s likely to spread.


22 posted on 06/09/2015 5:35:36 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Yo-Yo

Thanks all. I’m running anti spyware and anti virus now. I am logged in. I’m in a hotel, I wonder if that has anything to do with it.


23 posted on 06/09/2015 5:36:44 PM PDT by mfreddy
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To: mfreddy

Download this. It’s free.

https://www.malwarebytes.org


24 posted on 06/09/2015 5:37:33 PM PDT by Signalman
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To: Theoria

Am I logged in?


25 posted on 06/09/2015 5:39:24 PM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: mfreddy

It isn’t Free Republic. You’re infected............


26 posted on 06/09/2015 5:40:25 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s, you weren't regally there....)
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To: mfreddy

It’s unlikely that the hotel uses popups for all web-browsing but it may be possible.


27 posted on 06/09/2015 5:40:56 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Funny how Hollywood's 'No Nukes' crowd has been silent during Obama's Iranian nuclear negotiations.)
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To: mfreddy

Until you said you are at a Hotel, I was leaning toward what all the others had suggested, however, you could also be getting ads injected by the hotspot provider at the hotel.

It isn’t a nice thing to do, but it can be done. Also, using open wifi, you subject yourself to other malicious activity, not just from the provider you think you are hooked too.


28 posted on 06/09/2015 5:43:19 PM PDT by FreeAtlanta
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To: mfreddy
I've never seen a pop-up ad on the FR web-site.
29 posted on 06/09/2015 5:44:12 PM PDT by WayneS (Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
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To: mountainlion

Are you?


30 posted on 06/09/2015 5:48:10 PM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: mfreddy

What protections and security software are you running, as you use wifi in a hotel?


31 posted on 06/09/2015 5:48:17 PM PDT by ansel12
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To: Theoria

Are you?

I can’t tell


32 posted on 06/09/2015 5:50:46 PM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

this is the easiest and fastest site to download. plus I’m ready to throw up because there are transgender freak on America’s got talent. it never ends and everyone applauds these freaks. it’s not normal!!!


33 posted on 06/09/2015 5:50:56 PM PDT by dp0622
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To: dp0622

Saw a preview of the next episode of “The Briefcase” on SeeBS.

It would appear that one of the “couples” are female homosexuals.


34 posted on 06/09/2015 5:55:15 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: mfreddy
Thanks all. I’m running anti spyware and anti virus now. I am logged in. I’m in a hotel, I wonder if that has anything to do with it.

What browser are you using, and what sort of popup ads are they?

I dealt with a new issue with Chrome over the last two weeks involving extensions & scumware. Solved it, but it's pretty new in the wild, methinks.

35 posted on 06/09/2015 5:55:46 PM PDT by kiryandil (Egging the battleship USS Sarah Palin from their little Progressive rowboats...)
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To: mfreddy

FR as no pop-ups.

If you are getting pop-ups, it is because some other website or software is intiating them.

You probably need to do some computer maintenance: cleaning your registry, running virus scan, running spyware scan, etc.

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What are the contents in the pop-ups? That could help in isolating how and where they are originating.


36 posted on 06/09/2015 5:56:18 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: ansel12

I use ESET and superantispyware, run them regularly, and never had a problem. Would it be the general consensus that anti malwarebytes is a better program?


37 posted on 06/09/2015 5:56:19 PM PDT by mfreddy
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

my GF watches that crap. I used to work in the evenings. cant wait to again. nighttime TV is disgusting and worthless. I’ll be passing on the briefcase. thanks for the warning.


38 posted on 06/09/2015 5:57:24 PM PDT by dp0622
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To: TomGuy

unfortunately I didn’t write down what the ads were but they seemed mainstream. They did prohibit me from clicking on any links or otherwise navigating. I had to reload the page several times to log in and post before the ads (banner style with 2 vertical ads) popped up again.


39 posted on 06/09/2015 5:59:02 PM PDT by mfreddy
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To: Hebrews 11:6

No assumption, thus the question “is it just me?”


40 posted on 06/09/2015 6:01:21 PM PDT by mfreddy
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