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Off-Topic => All of all! => Topic started by: wildguy3922 on August 22, 2005, 07:56:14 PM

Title: Anybody recognize this?
Post by: wildguy3922 on August 22, 2005, 07:56:14 PM
I've never seen this before, maybe someone on Charas has.

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Where I have circled on the pictures in yellow are green hyperlinks. They appear EVERYWHERE I go on the internet. I see on Yahoo, MSN, Charas, etc.

I just noticed it and I would like it gone. Does anybody know how to get rid of it.

And the hyperlinks search the word that is underlined and takes me to a search engine to search up the word.
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Post by: wildguy3922 on August 22, 2005, 07:57:49 PM
Here it is again on this page!

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Post by: Bluhman on August 22, 2005, 08:01:46 PM
Interesting... Have you installed any suspicious online software?
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Post by: AsakuraHao2004 on August 22, 2005, 08:03:26 PM
Hah! IE does that sometimes, randomly inserts ads based on text. My advice: Get firefox.
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Post by: Leon_1990 on August 22, 2005, 08:05:16 PM
yep, its definately IE....
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Post by: wildguy3922 on August 22, 2005, 08:05:23 PM
I was having a party Saturday night and one of my friends went on the internet and downloaded a game named Fate, I never heard of it. And I don't know what else he downloaded. I'm jus trying to figure how I get rid of it.
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Post by: wildguy3922 on August 22, 2005, 08:09:11 PM
And it goes away when I press refresh.
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Post by: Bluhman on August 22, 2005, 08:10:14 PM
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Originally posted by wildguy3922
I was having a party Saturday night and one of my friends went on the internet and downloaded a game named Fate, I never heard of it. And I don't know what else he downloaded. I'm jus trying to figure how I get rid of it.


FATE is made by a game company known as WILDTANGENT. They make VERY nifty games. It's a shame that once you download them, you can't uninstall them. They constantly upload information from the Wildtangent site. Wether or not your information goes to them or not is still rough to me.

Long story short: Wildtangent and their games are all Spyware.
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Post by: Osmose on August 22, 2005, 08:19:02 PM
It might have something to do with you having the horrible Yahoo search bar. Why again do you have it?
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Post by: Bluhman on August 22, 2005, 08:21:42 PM
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Originally posted by Osmose
It might have something to do with you having the horrible Yahoo search bar. Why again do you have it?


Or that could be the problem.
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Post by: wildguy3922 on August 22, 2005, 08:24:15 PM
No, because I've always had the Yahoo search bar. I use it to go to the homepage, check mail, popup blocker, and search up stuff really fast.

I don't use any of the other stuff.

But, that's not the problem.
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Post by: blaze_shinigami on August 22, 2005, 09:45:41 PM
eZula does something like that too...
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Post by: DragonBlaze on August 22, 2005, 09:55:58 PM
Yeah, ezula did that to my computer a while ago, use a spyware removal program to fix it. If that doesn't work, you can use a program called hijackthis to get rid of it, but I don't recommend it because you can accidently delete something your computer needs.
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Post by: Trevlac on August 22, 2005, 09:57:32 PM
IE can allow adware to download to your computer without your knowledge when you are randomly surfing the net.  I had that adware thing, it was some gay toolbar that took so effing long tog et off.  So I got Firefox after that.
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Post by: Darkfox on August 22, 2005, 10:25:27 PM
I had this once. Allow me to help you. Look for a folder inside Program Files called somthing like "Text" somthing.
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Post by: Drace on August 22, 2005, 11:46:03 PM
I had this ones, a long with millions of pop-ups. A few tools later(don't know which) and a different browser fixed it all.
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Post by: BlackIceAdept on August 23, 2005, 12:05:02 AM
I wonder if alex could support firefox by putting a link on charas?

anyways yeah firefox is much better and will save you alot of pain...
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Post by: chocobomaster09 on August 23, 2005, 01:16:39 AM
use firefox, fixes all your problems...well most of em
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Post by: wildguy3922 on August 23, 2005, 02:19:52 AM
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Originally posted by Darkfox
I had this once. Allow me to help you. Look for a folder inside Program Files called somthing like "Text" somthing.


Nothing says Text in my program files.
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Post by: wildguy3922 on August 23, 2005, 02:56:09 AM
Everything on the net says its TopText and Ezula.

Should I download TopText and uninstall it?
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Post by: X_marks_the_ed on August 23, 2005, 02:43:49 PM
Get Ad-aware and Stinger.

Together, these programs protect your computer no matter what. The problem with virus programs is that they try to take down both adware AND viruses.

These two each combat seperately.

Stinger attacks viruses, Ad-aware attacks adware and spam.

Get Ad-aware here: http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html

Get Stinger here:
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/


Just don't forget to update them as often as you can.
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Post by: Drighton on August 23, 2005, 02:50:43 PM
Ed is correct. This is most likely Adware/Spyware which sometimes also contain trojans. Non-heinous!

I deal with it at work since I'm the only person who knows what he's doing on the computer. If it takes too much time/work to clean up the mess, I just format and reinstall windows.

Have fun with your adware. :D
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Post by: wildguy3922 on August 23, 2005, 03:05:24 PM
That's just the problem, I've downloaded 3 types of adware software and it's still on the computer. I've searched up and down on my computer and it isn't disappearing.

I'll try the two programs you said, hopefully it will work.

If anybody has any ideas that'll help, PLEASE POST, I need this off my computer before 11pm tonight, eastern time.
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Post by: wildguy3922 on August 23, 2005, 05:15:01 PM
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Originally posted by X_marks_the_ed
Get Ad-aware and Stinger.

Together, these programs protect your computer no matter what. The problem with virus programs is that they try to take down both adware AND viruses.

These two each combat seperately.

Stinger attacks viruses, Ad-aware attacks adware and spam.

Get Ad-aware here: http://www.download.com/3000-2144-10045910.html

Get Stinger here:
 http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/


Just don't forget to update them as often as you can.


I just tried using both of those several times, and it hasn't changed.
Title: Hmmm.....
Post by: X_marks_the_ed on August 23, 2005, 05:19:58 PM
What, what came up on ad-aware? Was it DSSAgent? If so, keep using ad-aware, eventually, it'll disappear (DSSAgent, that is.).

Those two usually do the trick for me.
Title: hacking the game is mess you pc up
Post by: lonewolf on August 23, 2005, 06:04:18 PM
get up you d diver and but all you games thats good on it

things new format pc wipe out  ask a

pc shop for help where you got your pc

and the next thing is get a new diver you now thats ok

you have to pay for this?

it was like that for my dads pc

firewalls  good and you may

get help here on how to stop

you pc messing up


http://web.ask.com/web?q=things+to+stop+my+pc+being+hacked&qsrc=0&o=0

sorry i can not help you more

give me one day i may get you some help

my wife mates a pc hacker doctor he now what to do

and my dad nows someone  can not give names

as there working on my website some

good lawer  thats all im saying

that how i got to now of him

he nows pc cops that help online to stop the hackers
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Post by: wildguy3922 on August 23, 2005, 07:44:30 PM
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Originally posted by X_marks_the_ed
What, what came up on ad-aware? Was it DSSAgent? If so, keep using ad-aware, eventually, it'll disappear (DSSAgent, that is.).

Those two usually do the trick for me.


I just used SpyZooka and it said it located eZula registry keys. It won't let me deleted them without paying $30. I really don't want to pay it because I have a feeling that it won't work once I do it.
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Post by: X_marks_the_ed on August 23, 2005, 08:07:43 PM
Wierd. If it was a registry key, Ad-aware should have knocked it out, wierd.
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Post by: wildguy3922 on August 24, 2005, 12:02:16 AM
All right, guys, I really appreciate your help. I had an expert come over and had him go through my system and delete all adware files. I appreciate everyone trying to help me.
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Post by: Drace on August 24, 2005, 12:09:13 AM
I think that I speak for everything when I say: Peanut Butter Jelly Time.
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Post by: wildguy3922 on August 24, 2005, 12:13:43 AM
Amen to that!  :smoke: