Where are these popups coming from? (AG conspiracy theory)

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Posted by Damo on Apr-08-2002 05:46:

Where are these popups coming from? (AG conspiracy theory)

quote:
What would you think if I told you someone was monitoring every page you visit, every form you fill out, and every web email you send? This article covers a company that's doing just that, and how they're attempting to hide what they're doing.

Found a weird article located here. Am I the last horse to pass the finish line? or did you not know about this because apparently it affects AG users.... wtf

Posted by evil_bastard on Apr-08-2002 06:11:

I've been getting pop up ads on AG lately.

I didn't click to accept Gator or Web Accelorator either.

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

Posted by nrjizer on Apr-08-2002 07:07:

Yep, all older versions of AG apparantly had that little gem. Do a search on your hard drive for vx2.dll. If you find it, your infected

Posted by Thor on Apr-08-2002 07:42:

Download Ad Aware, it will remove such spyware programs.... I use it daily, and it works awesome.

Posted by whiskers on Apr-08-2002 11:09:

i've been getting ag pop-ups too, but thanks to panicware, they've been killed

while we're on the subject, read this: http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/intern....idg/index.html

quote:
Users often skip reading the terms of service when installing software, and most people probably don't know that they installed Brilliant's software when they set up KaZaA on their PCs, Burmeister says.

and since we're there, bill gates got fooled by and april fool's joke!
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/indust...reut/index.html

Posted by d-jay MyTH on Apr-08-2002 18:56:

quote:
Originally posted by nrjizer
Yep, all older versions of AG apparantly had that little gem. Do a search on your hard drive for vx2.dll. If you find it, your infected

so can u delete this file or what? is it safe to do so?

many thx

Posted by jon on Apr-08-2002 20:49:

quote:
Originally posted by d-jay MyTH

so can u delete this file or what? is it safe to do so?

many thx

Yeah delete this file (i did when i heard about this nasty file), the worst that could happen is that audiogalaxy may not work properley, if so uninstall it, and download the latest version which doesent include the dll file

Jon

Posted by Sadmafioso on Apr-09-2002 00:23:

do myou know wich version of ag has the nasty file?

Posted by jon on Apr-09-2002 00:41:

quote:
Originally posted by Jpx
do myou know wich version of ag has the nasty file?

I dont know, but if you do a search for the dll file and it isnt there, your version is clean!

Posted by Damo on Apr-09-2002 01:23:

Thanks Jon and nrjizer for your help.

TiestoITM & Thor:

quote:
Have you had an ad pop-up while you've been browsing lately? Has it happened on a site that doesn't normally have popups? But you run adaware, right? Think you've blocked all spyware and embedded ad-serving software? Wrong. (Update the latest version of Adaware 5.62 and the new reference file will catch it, you must make sure to be using the latest reference file.)

....might want to double check that. It's not just those annoying popups , it's the fact that they can monitor your private information if you're not careful. Rat bastards.

I only recently downloaded AG on my current system so I should be ok, but I am going to check for those .dll files.

Posted by AnotherWay83 on Apr-09-2002 01:33:

theres another such site which monitors alot of ur activity thru the use of cookies...doubleclick.net

Posted by Tranex02 on Apr-09-2002 02:04:

I have an older version of Ad-aware, but i recently updated the reference file, should that make a difference?
( i already got rid of the Dll file)

Posted by Nightmonger on Apr-09-2002 02:57:

Internet is turnin into a mess time to collect proves and sue someone privacy has to be defended damn!

Posted by ABTsportsline on Apr-09-2002 17:40:

not having any problems with AG, but TA has had a LOT of popups recently... at some points i can't even write b/c of all the damn popups.... and this is when i ONLY have TA on... no other windows or sites in the background....

kinda annoying but i'll live... just an observation.

-ABT-