NationStates Jolt Archive

Jeeze! Every single page, every single time! [ cusses ] :(

Firefox + Adblock = solution.

Firefox + Adblock = solution.
'Mornin', Fass! How u be? :)

I already have a spyware blocker, but everytime Jolt throws up one of those double-damned "Avenue A" programs the page stops loading and I have to hit "Refresh," and sometimes they throw the damned thing at me again! Grrrr! :headbang:

'Mornin', Fass! How u be? :)

I already have a spyware blocker, but everytime Jolt throws up one of those double-damned "Avenue A" programs the page stops loading and I have to hit "Refresh," and sometimes they throw the damned thing at me again! Grrrr! :headbang:

I have no idea what you're usin', but I've not had this problem. O.o

never had this problem, usign firefox with adblock.

I'm just using plain old IE and I'm not having any problems.

I'm just using plain old IE and I'm not having any problems.

I've used that, FireFox (with adblock), and now Opera, all with Spybot S&D's teatimer thing running, never had a problem like I said. Eut, I'd wager it's the program you're usin', rather than the the spyware.

I'm just using plain old IE and I'm not having any problems.

me too...

I'm just using plain old IE and I'm not having any problems.
Maybe it's something on Eutrusca's computer then. It's probably still IE's fault that it's there in the first place though - remember kids, unprotected sex (software exchange) can spread viruses.

Eut, go into the options setting of your browser and delete your cookies. And stop visiting porn sites. :p

Eut, go into the options setting of your browser and delete your cookies. And stop visiting porn sites. :p
Right. Like I've been visiting pr0n sites after my prostatectomy! Uh huh! :p

It's probably still IE's fault that it's there in the first place though - remember kids, unprotected sex (software exchange) can spread viruses.

whats everyone's obsession with insulting IE? please go and find something more important to talk about...IE and firefox do the same thing...

Right. Like I've been visiting pr0n sites after my prostatectomy! Uh huh! :p

Any male grandkids? It's easy to blame it on grandpa. And maybe they don't understand what a prostatectomy does.

IE + Norton Internet Security = Das sweetness. No viruses, worst adware being tracking cookies, and no spyware. Subscription fees are buggers, but worth it in the end methinks. ;)

Additionally, Microsoft's Anti-Spyware program is surprisingly good. It caught stuff that Spybot did not, though I still use both, but I favor the MS resident over Spybot's.

Any male grandkids? It's easy to blame it on grandpa. And maybe they don't understand what a prostatectomy does.
Could be female grandkids too, you never know these days...

whats everyone's obsession with insulting IE? please go and find something more important to talk about...IE and firefox do the same thing...
Only on an abstract level.

Only on an abstract level.
Exactly.

I am using Firefox with Adblock and Noscript - and I have NO popups at all and no spyware problem.

IE + Norton Internet Security = Das sweetness.

Agreed. :D

I only use firefox w/ no adblock or other add-ons and I never had an "Avenue A" spyware.

IE, "Anitvir" antivirus, Adaware, Microsoft antispyware.

ALL free, and I haven't had ONE trace of spyware or viruses since.

Well... maybe the point is that we shouldn't have to protect ourselves from jolt in the first place? I find it annoying to have to clean my computer of spyware everytime I finish browsing the forums.

Exactly.

I am using Firefox with Adblock and Noscript - and I have NO popups at all and no spyware problem.

I hadn't heard of Noscript. Looks cool. :)

I use both IE and Firefox. Never had a problem.

Well... maybe the point is that we shouldn't have to protect ourselves from jolt in the first place? I find it annoying to have to clean my computer of spyware everytime I finish browsing the forums.

Whatchoo talkin 'bout, Willis?

No problems in IE or firefox on a windows machine

Or Firefox mozilla links lynks or konquer on my BSD Boxes

Well... maybe the point is that we shouldn't have to protect ourselves from jolt in the first place? I find it annoying to have to clean my computer of spyware everytime I finish browsing the forums.
Agreed about the shouldent have to part ... but I have not observed the need to spyware scan after these forums

Some others I am on have some issues (but thats usualy their advert banner acting up)

No problems here... IE6 XPSP2, M$ anti-spy hotfix & Spybot SD Innoculaion.

IE + Norton Internet Security = Das sweetness.Norton Internet security is too heavy...It slows down my comp.

Eut, are you running any sort of firewall, besides WinXP's? You might want to consider getting a nice software one, ZoneAlarm's the best and it also sweeps spyware.

Norton Internet security is too heavy...It slows down my comp.
AIEEEEEEEE! I am forced by Truth to agree with OD2! My EYES! MY EYES! ;)

Fie on Symantec! System hogs make M$ look like they write clean code. :headbang:

IE + Norton Internet Security = Das sweetness. No viruses, worst adware being tracking cookies, and no spyware. Subscription fees are buggers, but worth it in the end methinks. ;)

Additionally, Microsoft's Anti-Spyware program is surprisingly good. It caught stuff that Spybot did not, though I still use both, but I favor the MS resident over Spybot's.
Ick Symantec makes a good anti-virus but NIS blows
Not only is it rediculously system intensive it is idiodic in its spyware determinant

We see it kill all kinds of outlook ... web based outlook and other legit applications

Add to that the compleatly not intuitive settings editor and you get something that is bulky ... anoying ... and hard to coustimize (to reduce that anoyance factor)

There are many other lighter free utilities I would choose any day of the week


AS far as M$ anti spyware program I have to agree ... they did good by buying that utility off of someone else (it shows no way they would have made that usefull of tool origionaly by themselfs)

But all in all it has been valuable for spyware (and even more so for seting up the envyronment for a rootkit removal)

AIEEEEEEEE! I agree with OD2! My EYES! MY EYES! ;)

Fie on Symantec! System hogs make M$ look like they write clean code. :headbang:
Somtimes yeah ... their corp editions are alright ... specialy when we can force a local update

But general retail I agree

Actualy if I had to pick an antivirus program I would use Trendmicro (they had their own but recently bought out pc-cillin)

Free .. AVG or avast (avast more latly)

IE doesn't seem to have any issue...

Somtimes yeah ... their corp editions are alright ... specialy when we can force a local update

But general retail I agree

Actualy if I had to pick an antivirus program I would use Trendmicro (they had their own but recently bought out pc-cillin)

Free .. AVG or avast (avast more latly)
I've got CA eTrust EZ-Antivirus on all my machines. Seems to work rather well with decently low resource overhead. My occasional use of a Standalone product never finds anything, so I'm satisfied. They have an "all in one" product, but I think mix-n-match may have a better kill rate.

I'm using firefox wtih ad block and I am having the same problem with spyware on Jolt. I am having problems on another British website as well, but I think that's a crazy server problem and not spyware since it keeps jumping from one server to another at random. But I have not had any problems with any other website.

People claim to not have problems if they use firefox. Why is firefox allowing this spyware through on mine. Did I miss an update or something.

I've got CA eTrust EZ-Antivirus on all my machines. Seems to work rather well with decently low resource overhead. My occasional use of a Standalone product never finds anything, so I'm satisfied. They have an "all in one" product, but I think mix-n-match may have a better kill rate.
I have used them they area lright
I just got into Trendmicro by using their sysclean stand alone

Absolutly amazing

Its not an "easy" use (for standard users) but when we are cleaning machines it is wonderfull

And personaly I dont use much for anti-virus on my personal machines ... no real need when I am not running windows or mac and also know what to do to lock a *nix box down

I have used them they area lright
I just got into Trendmicro by using their sysclean stand alone

Absolutly amazing
Its not an "easy" use (for standard users) but when we are cleaning machines it is wonderfull
Agreed. That's what I use as a standalone. I keep an updated copy on my thumb-drive. I also like their web-based "House Call". It might miss some embedded stuff, but it gets most everything else. That's what I tell people to do before I get there... ;)

I'm using firefox wtih ad block and I am having the same problem with spyware on Jolt. I am having problems on another British website as well, but I think that's a crazy server problem and not spyware since it keeps jumping from one server to another at random. But I have not had any problems with any other website.

People claim to not have problems if they use firefox. Why is firefox allowing this spyware through on mine. Did I miss an update or something.

If you're using Adblock, you have to use the Adblock G updater as well.

It's also good to use NoScript.

I have NO problems.

Agreed. That's what I use as a standalone. I keep an updated copy on my thumb-drive. I also like their web-based "House Call". It might miss some embedded stuff, but it gets most everything else. That's what I tell people to do before I get there... ;)
Yup most deffinatly used here (though housecall is not as usefull to us ... most of the viruses we see around here are network aware worms) and once our network detects the worm spread attempt they are cut off and shipped to a different subnetted vlan

As such they dont have internet connectivity lol but sysclean (along with some hand written aps like blacklist ) are invaluable

whats everyone's obsession with insulting IE? please go and find something more important to talk about...IE and firefox do the same thing...
Yes, in the same way the Robin Reliant and a Rolls Royce do the same thing.

whats everyone's obsession with insulting IE? please go and find something more important to talk about...IE and firefox do the same thing...
In a different way ... with different material ... different controll options ... different display options

In fact besides displaying roughly the same content they dont really "do the same thing" at all

I have NO problems.
no problems here using IE.

i have no problems with IE at all for that matter (as this thread seems to be degenerating into the usual anti "M$" nonsense). it meets all my needs and gives me no grief = good

'Mornin', Fass! How u be? :)

I already have a spyware blocker, but everytime Jolt throws up one of those double-damned "Avenue A" programs the page stops loading and I have to hit "Refresh," and sometimes they throw the damned thing at me again! Grrrr! :headbang:
Firefox is a wonderful thing. I love it. I've had no problems. May not be my comp though, may just be the way luck has lined up, if that be the case, sorry.

no problems here using IE.

i have no problems with IE at all for that matter (as this thread seems to be degenerating into the usual anti "M$" nonsense). it meets all my needs and gives me no grief = good

When I used IE, I always had to set it to not use ActiveX controls, and had to disable all scripting, and I used several different anti-spyware programs at the same time (plus a couple of hours of maintenance each night to constantly scrub the new spyware off the machine).

I run McAfee Anti-Spyware once a week - and I'm always clean - using Firefox with Adblock, Adblock G Updater, and NoScript.

no problems here using IE.

i have no problems with IE at all for that matter (as this thread seems to be degenerating into the usual anti "M$" nonsense). it meets all my needs and gives me no grief = good
Where as I have run acrost tones of IE issues

Though a lot of it is M$'s intigration into XP that pisses me off

Firefox an un-install and reinstall is always an option ... not so in the XP world they consider IE so integrated that it is not un-installable (using stock applications)

The only way to manage it is manual removal or IE-iradicator (or some other simmilar third party software)
It is a touchy process that sometimes manages to do way more harm then good

Maybe I'm wrong, but all the IE only users who say they have no problem, try running Spybot SD...I'm willing to bet that you just don't know what's coming in every nanosecond through IE...

Firefox with Adblock and Noscript! Yay!;)

Maybe I'm wrong, but all the IE only users who say they have no problem, try running Spybot SD...I'm willing to bet that you just don't know what's coming in every nanosecond through IE...

Firefox with Adblock and Noscript! Yay!;)
i'm using ad-aware on-access protection and i don't see any nasties coming my way at all :confused:

UpwardThrust: (sorry i can't be bothered to go back a page and quote), why would i need to uninstall IE when i'm perfectly happy with it?
but i understand a lot of people have a lot of problems with IE and the like - a friend of mine switched accross to macs because of the crap he kept on getting. me, i seem to just be lucky or something :)


Deep Kimchi: i scan for spyware and malware roughly once a week with adaware scanner and i find nothing, ever. again, lucky i guess
i never get viruses either for that matter

Obviously Pure Metal never visits any dodgy sites, so the potential security risks of Internet Explorer don't matter. On the other hand, think of all the benefits you could get from Firefox, like... er... tabs and... er... well, there are dozens of entensions and themes (https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/?application=firefox), so I'm sure there's somthing of interest for everyone - like the extension that adds a spellcheck option for every text box - none of that waiting for the website to implement its own spellcheck facilities.

Obviously Pure Metal never visits any dodgy sites, so the potential security risks of Internet Explorer don't matter.
ahahahaah you made milk come out of my nose! oh wait... that's not milk! :eek: :p


pah i don't need a spellchecker in my browser: i just try not to spell stuff wrong :P
the one really useful firefox plugin i've found is chatzilla: to allow me to use IRC without any effort at all (setting up Trillian was a pain)