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Author Topic: My I.E. Explorer is overloaded With Pop Up Ads! Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-10-2003 08:19 PM                     Yesterday this thing called a hot bar appeared below the standard address bar on my I.E. Explorer, ver. 6.0.2800.1106. I am also getting barraged by pop up ads. Is there any way to get rid of the Hotbar, and or filter out the pop ups? I've tried unclecking the Hotbar when you right click on it, but it comes back if I go out and then back into I.E. Thanks, Mark  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 06-10-2003 08:24 PM                     Go to download.com.com and search for Lavasoft's AdAware version 6.0. That will get rid of your pesky hotbar and any other spyware crap on your system. And it's free! Note that this may screw with KaZaA, CuteFTP and some other shareware software, so tell AdAware to make a backup file of the stuff it removes so that you can restore it if you find that you removed something you need.  |  IP: Logged Mark Lensenmayer Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1605 From: Upper Arlington, OH Registered: Sep 1999 posted 06-10-2003 08:31 PM                     Here is some specific information on removing HOTBAR: Hotbar Removal I personally use a commercial program called PEST PATROL that clears up almost any mess.  |  IP: Logged Rick Long Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 759 From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Registered: Nov 1999 posted 06-10-2003 08:31 PM                     I contracted these new "hotbar smiley faces too." It was driving me crazy, so I used the traditional My Computer, Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs and blasted those happy faces to HELL! At time of deletion, it actually had the nerve to ask me WHY I am deleting it.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-10-2003 08:35 PM                     Thanks for the tips.... I'll work on it right now..... Those pop ups are really a nusance! Mark  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 06-10-2003 08:42 PM                        So you don't have to go through Download.com looking for AdAware you can download it directrly from LavaSoft's download page: AdAware Free Download.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 06-10-2003 10:36 PM                        Daryl that was not a direct link to the file itself. I recommend that you be banned.  |  IP: Logged Randy Stankey Film God Posts: 6539 From: Erie, Pennsylvania Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-10-2003 10:48 PM                     You guys are so lucky! I don't get all this cool stuff on my computer. The only time I get a pop-up window is when I click on a link that specifically opens a window. I'm only partially joking! Really! The only virus I've ever seen in person was a copy of NIMDA that came in on an e-mail. My computer spit it out. Oh! I once got hit with "SevenDust" (AKA: "The 666 virus") but all that does is scramble your screen and crash your computer. Took me about 30 minutes to get rid of it. I say, "You're lucky!" because having trouble helps develop the ability to deal with it. I was told that dozens of new viruses appear on the Internet every day! With all these viruses/worms floating about and all this spyware installing itself on your computer, I'd be stumped if I ever caught one!  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 06-10-2003 10:54 PM                        Just for Joe... lazy ass!  |  IP: Logged Christopher Duvall Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 500 From: Denver, CO Registered: Dec 1999 posted 06-11-2003 01:11 AM                     Spyware absolutely pisses me off. Those who write that need to be strung up by their jewels. Anyhoo, Mark, in conjunction with AdAware, I use SpyBot. It will catch a few things that AdAware misses. It is totally freeware and you can get it on cnet.com. I also had hotbar on my machine and adaware missed it but spybot got it. Then again, that was earlier this year so they probably updated their files.  |  IP: Logged Steven Privett Expert Film Handler Posts: 208 From: Pasadena, TX, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 06-11-2003 08:42 AM                    Spybot works well. Very well. It continues to run and catches every little spyware program that comes around trying to attach itself to your PC.  |  IP: Logged

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