No.....

Don't get popups courtesy of Pop-Up Stopper.

No

Yeah Legolas, I had the same problem, it ain't just Gator, there's other stuff too like nCase. Doesn't really happen to me anymore, but I will confirm that it is spyware and that it did happen to me and some friends of mine too.

Oh and what the hell is "EbatesMoeMoneyMaker", just go to your system configuration utility and you'll see all SORTS of crap installed on your system. It P***es me off.

Get spybot search & destroy, update it then run it, it will find any spyware and remove ir. Also has an immunize feature which refuses pop ups and installs from known spyware sources, very helpful.

I've been running and repeatedly refreshing while not logged in (so I see all the ads) and I am not getting pop-ups of anything.  If you are logged in, you don't get manners, either.  What you are reporting does not sound like it is coming from this site.  Please remember that some site have delayed spawn pop-ups.  I will look further into it on Monday when I get into the office if anyone else can replicate this on our site.

It sounds like an ActiveX component for downloading unsolicited crud like GAIN/Gator to one's computer, rather than a messenger service pop up. I think Kona (aka although all I think of is Legos when I see that nic) said before that he's running a firewall (at least I hope so) and if so it shouldn't be messenger svs pop ups.

Outside of tightening one's IE settings to disable ActiveX and scripts, one easy way to keep some spyware from being downloaded at all is to download SpywareBlaster. It blocks such things through placing killbits in the registry to prevent installation of specific spyware programs. So you don't have to add yet another running program to your PC in addition to pop up killers and whatever else you may have running. It's free and available here: http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html and there is also a support forum for it. All one need do is occasionally check for program or definition updates since new spyware or new methods are being introduced fairly quickly. Much easier to prevent an "infestation" sometimes than clean out afterwards. Again it's freeware although the author does accept donations. Just thought I'd suggest another no-resource-using preventative measure, not intended as a substitute for Adaware or SpyBot S&D.

As for where that thing is coming from, the purveyors of scumware are getting pretty sneaky, so it may or may not be from the site on which you saw it, depending where you were before. As KG previously mentioned their ad provider is not supposed to run such stuff here. So at least we know that WC doesn't approve of or willingly allow such adverts and downloads to be associated from this site. As long as KG is on the case this site at least will be checked out just in case the ad provider has lapsed from their agreement.

Glad I don't see that stuff at all, I might get click happy in an absent minded moment.

Here's an old article on Gator from the Spywareinfo site: http://www.spywareinfo.com/newsletter/archives/august-2002/08282002.html Gator's been around for a long time.

I didn't think you were infected, just that this thing uses an ActiveX component to try and install itself to your PC. At least you got a prompt, they've been known to stealth download to PC's with low browser settings as noted in the article. The article also talks about Gator using delayed pop-unders so that it doesn't necessarily appear on the site that actually generated the prompt for download.

It might be a toolbar your using. My sister has this thing called My Search or something and it just gives pop ups out of the wazzo

She thinks its something else, I tell her to get rid of that tool bar spyware.



I use Wincustomize to check for spyware pop ups all the time because I know there are no pop-ups here (I go to my own site too because I really know there are no pop ups there). Now I have learned that when the pop-up first comes up it tells you for the first second or so where it is coming from.
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I missed the virus thing. Yeah, that's just another advertising pop up trying to sell you a product by suggesting you've got an infected PC. It's BS and just sleaze marketing. There are a number of them that use "scare tactics" to try to get people to download their crud. Some advertising popups even try to mimic the look of an MS info panel that you'd receive on your system so that people think it's a legit system process and click on their friggin links (but the IE info on the top bar gives it away). Unfortunately some people see this stuff, freak and click and the next thing they know they have some sleazy marketer's crud on their machine.

I'd get po'ed seeing all that stuff so I have an ad/popup blocker (Proxomitron). Why not at least get a popup blocker app? There are good freeware one's out there. Here are some recommended from a BroadBand Reports Software forum poll: http://www.dslreports.com/faq/1773 and some others noted on the Lists of Lists: http://lists.gpick.com/pages/Ad~PopUp_Tools.htm

Yeah, MyIE2 really does a good job of blocking ads and popups. I was really impressed when I first tried it. Well you sound set. Maybe someone else can use the links then. Although the Lists of Lists is a pretty good reference point for finding all sorts of programs on the net: http://lists.gpick.com/index.html (Just in case there are any interested lurkers out there.)