Adware warning for lyrics.com

[Silverzone]

I went to lyrics.com and about 10 seconds later, look how much adware was installed. a pop-up apeared and it said you have downloaded a browser enhancer. It pissed me off, but I fixed it. Thank God For Adaware. Pic:

 

[eddieturner2002]

Did you click yes or no to the browser enhancer because if those pop-ups come up I either right click on the bottom toolbar to close the window or if that doesn't work then I manually end the program in Task Manager. I don't seem to get any adware.

 

[Event]

I don't get any adware or spyware. I use Firefox.

 

[LoudMusic]

Lyrics.com is f'ing evil! What really ticks me off is that they get about half the Google hits for anything I search for. Sooooo irritating.

 

[Silverzone]

I don't get any adware or spyware. I use Firefox.

I use firefox at home, but can't at work.

 

[Silverzone]

Did you click yes or no to the browser enhancer because if those pop-ups come up I either right click on the bottom toolbar to close the window or if that doesn't work then I manually end the program in Task Manager. I don't seem to get any adware.

It just said "congratulaions, you have downloaded a browser enhancer.

 

[240Z]

It just said "congratulaions, you have downloaded a browser enhancer.

That's like saying "Congratulations, you've got Ebola! "

 

[Flerbizky]

That's like saying "Congratulations, you've got Ebola! "

Or even worse - "Congratulations - You've just installed Real Player!"

 

[LoudMusic]

Or even worse - "Congratulations - You've just installed Real Player!"

Ha ha!

 

[Stinky Chicken]

Or even worse - "Congratulations - You've just installed Real Player!"

That gave me quite a tickle, I must admit.

Silverzone - I notice quite a tiny scrollbar there on the right hand side. How many frickin porn sites do you surf, dude?

No, kidding - you really should try and run a virus scan every time you click the "Disconnect from the internet" button - but you know this, you watch the news, you're obviously computer literate.

Another thing with these Ad-Aware, and Spybot, and Spyware Blaster, and all these other programs - they're a false sense of security. I had a guy come in today because some porno spyware thingy had taken over his homepage, I went into the registry and deleted it, changed the hompage back to the default through Internet Options, gave the PC a good restart and then loaded up the internet and the page was still this damn hijacked one. Had to spring a full format on the guy, told him to come back the next day.

 

[Flerbizky]

Another thing with these Ad-Aware, and Spybot, and Spyware Blaster, and all these other programs - they're a false sense of security. I had a guy come in today because some porno spyware thingy had taken over his homepage, I went into the registry and deleted it, changed the hompage back to the default through Internet Options, gave the PC a good restart and then loaded up the internet and the page was still this damn hijacked one. Had to spring a full format on the guy, told him to come back the next day.

About yer hi jack, there's a little utility called CWShredder that has fixed 99.8% of the Hi Jacks I've encoutered... A little easier than having to do a complete re-install

The guy has a few more tricks up his sleeve you'll find when you check the page !... Ad ware / malware / spyware etc. designers must really really hate him !..

Ohh... I know it's not free, but I highly recommend SpySweeper from webroot... A nasty little program that'll check everything that gets on your computer while surfing.. And block it !...

 

[Silverzone]

That gave me quite a tickle, I must admit.

Silverzone - I notice quite a tiny scrollbar there on the right hand side. How many frickin porn sites do you surf, dude?

No, kidding - you really should try and run a virus scan every time you click the "Disconnect from the internet" button - but you know this, you watch the news, you're obviously computer literate.

Another thing with these Ad-Aware, and Spybot, and Spyware Blaster, and all these other programs - they're a false sense of security. I had a guy come in today because some porno spyware thingy had taken over his homepage, I went into the registry and deleted it, changed the hompage back to the default through Internet Options, gave the PC a good restart and then loaded up the internet and the page was still this damn hijacked one. Had to spring a full format on the guy, told him to come back the next day.

this is from my comp at work, and for as much as I know, it has not gone to any porn sites. and adware doesn't only come from porn sites.

 

[Sharky.]

Or even worse - "Congratulations - You've just installed Real Player!"

Or how about: Congratulations, you just downloaded Kazaa!

 

[ExigeEvan]

Better do a Ad-aware scan now. Went on lyrics.com but can't rmember if it was in Mozilla or IE.

 

[Solid Lifters]

I just got rid of AIM. I had it for about a week. I did an Ad-Aware scans every day. I was getting between 9 and 15 spy ware a day from it. Try this, open and close AIM. Then, do an Ad-Aware scan and clear everyting. Open AIM. Do another Ad-Aware search. Scarry, isn't it?

 

[tabs]

I just got rid of AIM. I had it for about a week. I did an Ad-Aware scans every day. I was getting between 9 and 15 spy ware a day from it. Try this, open and close AIM. Then, do an Ad-Aware scan and clear everyting. Open AIM. Do another Ad-Aware search. Scarry, isn't it?

Exactly why I don't use AIM as often as I used to. The pop ups are also getting pretty bad. 👎

I'll probably switch over to another messaging program. Any recommendations? MSN? ICQ??

 

[Solid Lifters]

Exactly why I don't use AIM as often as I used to. The pop ups are also getting pretty bad. 👎

I'll probably switch over to another messaging program. Any recommendations? MSN? ICQ??

MSN is awesome. But, it doesn't have the features that AIM did. But, I don't care. It's easier to use. And, it just looks better, IMO.

 

[Flerbizky]

Exactly why I don't use AIM as often as I used to. The pop ups are also getting pretty bad. 👎

I'll probably switch over to another messaging program. Any recommendations? MSN? ICQ??

MSN.. They're taking over the world anyway - Why not join sooner instead of later

 

[I6-4-eva]

Get Deadaim it's basically AIM without the crap ads plus a few more options.

 

[tabs]

Anyone ever heard of Trillian? It looks pretty cool.