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Subject: Advice for anyone getting there IE Homepage altered

ScottA opened this issue on Feb 17, 2004 ยท 13 posts


JohnRender posted Tue, 24 February 2004 at 2:57 PM

What is the name of the script that we should change? Is it in the WINNT folder or the System folder? {Sometimes that pretty hard on a high speed connection because the suckers pop up so fast and in your haste to close them. You accidentally activate one by mistake} And, why oh why, in this day and age, are you NOT using pop-up blocking software? Heck, even Yahoo offers pop-up blockers. I prefer Ad-Subtract myself, since it eliminiates banner ads as well. But, Google has a toolbar that will also block po-ups. But, your advice is excellent: NEVER, EVER, EVER click on a pop-up window or on one of those "Your clock is wrong. Click here to correct it." banner ads. These ads lead to stupid little programs that "fix your clock" (like it's so hard to set the correct time by yourself). But, these programs are usually infested with spy-ware and other nasties: things hijack your home page, your search page, and even change the ads that you see or send info back to the "marketing" (read: future spammer) company.