problems with popup ads?

[8247 0]

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I was getting pop up ads galore for a while. I then contacted an email link on one of them. I spammed that email telling them that every time I got a pop up ad, they would get a nasty email from me. I sent over 50 emails to that link, and the creep actually emailed me back apologizing for the popups. He said that he didnt send them, and that I should email someone else about it. He gave me a link, and that led me to "Purity Scan" It is trojan horse spy ware disguised as a pornographic material scan to locate it on your computer. Why would you need to scan for it? If you put it on your computer, its there. If you didnt, it's not there. lol Anyway, I tried to email them, and their email was full. I looked in my program list and sure enough, Purity Scan was there. I deleted it, and the response was not the usual "Are you sure you want to un install?" This was more like #$%^ you!. lol

After I got rid of it, the popups STOPPED completely.

Check out these 2 links...The first is a page telling you about Purity Scan, protect your family, blah blah blah.

The second one says it all.

 

1 http://www.purityscan.com/aboutus.html

 

2 http://www.sexualbikini.com/webmasters.shtml

 

If you have a problem with popup ads, look in your programs list for Purity Scan. don't look in add or remove programs. You wont find it there. Look for it from the start menu programs list. If you find it, right click on it, and uninstall it from there.

[Captain Jean-Luc Picard 1]

I only get pop-ups from specific websites. AOL has a pop-up blocker. :blink:

[emojams 0]

i have msn and they take care of 99% of them, but i feel your pain bro.

[mrskirk 0]

Thanks for the heads up 8247. I don't have a problem with pop ups because I take a 3 pronged approach to avoiding spyware (which is what this purity scan seems to be). First, I don't use IE to surf the net. I use Avant Browzer which has a built in pop up blocker. To keep spyware off my computer, I use a software firewall (Sygate-free) and have installed two other programs which scan for and delete spyware-Ad-Aware 6.0 and SpyBot Search and Destroy. Both of these are free programs and keep my computer pretty much spyware and pop up free.

[8247 0]

Thanks for the heads up 8247.  I don't have a problem with pop ups because I take a 3 pronged approach to avoiding spyware (which is what this purity scan seems to be).  First, I don't use IE to surf the net.  I use Avant Browzer which has a built in pop up blocker.  To keep spyware off my computer, I use a software firewall (Sygate-free) and have installed two other programs which scan for and delete spyware-Ad-Aware 6.0 and SpyBot Search and Destroy.  Both of these are free programs and keep my computer pretty much spyware and pop up free.

Adaware 6.0 doesnt work against Purity Scan. I have adaware. Thats why I was so mad when I was getting them. But, like I said, I'm popup free now too. lol

[Riaan 0]

Thanks for the heads up! I just checked for it on my work computer, I'll check my home computer.

[Goose 0]

I only get pop-ups from specific websites.  AOL has a pop-up blocker.

Stardate:213595.5

 

 

 

I have AOL as well.Dont you just love AOL's popup blocker :lol: Ever Since they put it in the 8.0 version i havent gotten one popup!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LouiseTrek 0]

I find pop up annoying and all the spam I get from different companies . Thanks for the advice on pop-ups.

[A l t e r E g o 9]

Mines all clear, thanks for the warning.

[Takara_Soong 4]

It's funny to hear people saying how great AOL is. The only time I ever get any type of pop-up ad is a pop-up instant message and I only started getting those after installing AIM.

[Lessa_Soong 0]

I know how you feel, 8247. I started getting a pop up that was porn on my computer and i was shocked. I deleted every thing i could find with its name, but later i had the problem again and discovered that the files had renamed themselves and one was even called "Brent" (as in Brent Spiner who plays Data) I went through again and deleted the ones with the same picture and now i am ok, but i think i am gonna install some more protection!

[JTKirk1 0]

I have Earthlink and thier pop-up blocker works great but I went ahead and checked for it a low and behold it was there. Thanks for letting us know about it.

[8247 0]

I have a cable modem, so I dont need AOL or Earthlink. I moved recently, and I just thought that all the pop up ads came with the new ISP, but after some investigating...lol

[8247 0]

I have Earthlink and thier pop-up blocker works great but I went ahead and checked for it a low and behold it was there. Thanks for letting us know about it.

No problem. I'm glad. I hope more people find it, and get rid of it. I posted it on ST.com too. I encourage everyone to copy and paste my original post and put it on every message board they are on. Just list it on this thread so we all know where it went so we arent guilty of spamming.

[ddillard 2]

It's funny to hear people saying how great AOL is.  The only time I ever get any type of pop-up ad is a pop-up instant message and I only started getting those after installing AIM.

Don't even get me started on AOL. As you know I installed it on my computer to do a project and ever since then I cannot get all the spyware to go away even with Spybot and Adaware. I have a third party pop up blocker that closes them, but I am getting reall close to just wiping my Hard drive and starting over and I did not have any of the issues until I installed AOL and then they started about three minutes after the install.

[mrskirk 0]

I searched my computer and found no purity scan, but there is another type of trojan floating around that my anti-virus just caught and deleted after I updated it and ran a complete scan on my system. It's called "MusicSearch". I'm not exactly sure what it does-I'm thinking, judging by the name, that it's searching my hard drive for any downloaded music. As I mentioned earlier, AVG (my anti-virus software) identified it as a trojan horse and deleted it. I think it got into my system while my son was using my computer because he sometimes forgets to put the firewall up before going online. I'm wondering if this trojan was released by the RIAA to check people's computers for illegal music? I do know that they are now issuing subpoenas by the hundreds. What do you guys think? Am I being paranoid? Does anybody know what this "MusicSearch" trojan really does?

[8247 0]

I searched my computer and found no purity scan, but there is another type of trojan floating around that my anti-virus just caught and deleted after I updated it and ran a complete scan on my system.  It's called "MusicSearch".  I'm not exactly sure what it does-I'm thinking, judging by the name, that it's searching my hard drive for any downloaded music.  As I mentioned earlier, AVG (my anti-virus software) identified it as a trojan horse and deleted it.  I think it got into my system while my son was using my computer because he sometimes forgets to put the firewall up before going online.  I'm wondering if this trojan was released by the RIAA to check people's computers for illegal music?  I do know that they are now issuing subpoenas by the hundreds.  What do you guys think?  Am I being paranoid?  Does anybody know what this "MusicSearch" trojan really does?

I did a search for it on the net, and all I found were links to message boards of people that said the exact same thing that you did. There doesnt appear to be any information on the net about it.

[mrskirk 0]

I did a search for it on the net, and all I found were links to message boards of people that said the exact same thing that you did. There doesnt appear to be any information on the net about it.

To borrow a phrase...fascinating. I just might jump over to techtv.com and start a thread on the ScreenSavers message board about this. The posters on that board are pretty computer savvy and might know a thing or two about this. I mean, if the RIAA is installing trojans on people's computers, isn't that an invasion of privacy issue?

[Tal 0]

My computer is clean thanks for the heads up about it.