RE: G D computer pop up ads
Has anyone found a way to eliminate these without having to pay tribute to the very mother______s that send them?
Are you getting pop-ups even when you're here on this site? Then you've got adware and/or spyware installed on your computer. This site doesn't use popups at all. If you do have adware, don't bother trying one of those pop-up blocker programs. All they do (if they even work) is mask the problem.
Get yourself BOTH Ad-aware and Spybot Search & Destroy. They're both free.
Ad-Aware:
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/
Just click one of the links under "Ad-Aware Standard Edition".
Spybot Search & Destroy:
http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?lang=en&page=download
Use any of the download buttons at the bottom of the screen.
Also, if you use any so-called "freeware" programs like Kazaa, these programs will likely make them inoperative. That's because "freeware" usually comes with spyware/adware built in (so they can supposedly get their costs back). They usually won't work without the spyware running all the time. If you can't live without the programs and are unwilling to pay for them, you'll just have to deal with the popups and the knowledge that everything you do is being tracked by some dirtbag marketing company. In the case of Kazaa, I believe the "Kazaa Lite" doesn't contain spyware, so you may have to step down to that.
One more thing. If you ever get a popup like the one below...
http://home.att.net/~mtdarrah/warning2.jpg
NEVER EVER EVER NEVER EVER NEVER EVER EVER NEVER EVER click YES!!!!!!!!!!!! Those popups look like the prompt you get when you need to install a plugin for your browser, but it's NOT! Once you click Yes, you just gave them permission to install their POS software on your computer. Look where it says "Total Velocity". That's the scumbag company that's trying to talk you into letting them install their crap on your PC. Gator is another one. I honestly and truly wish God himself would strike these people down in the most severe and horrific manner. I would get great pleasure watching them burned alive in front of their children.
Whew. Sorry about that. ;-) But those companies, especially Gator, just make me want to go postal.
In any case, run both of the programs above, and they'll remove anything those dirtbags have installed.