I''ve had enough!

Mon Jul 14, 2003 1:46 pm by mustang

/start rant

My new mobo, P4 2.6c and 3200 DDRam finally arrived. Unfortunately windows decided to throw a wobbly at the new motherboard so a re-install was the name of the game. No big deal, bowled that over in a quarter the time it took to install all the new hardware and figure out the intricacies of the new case I bought (Lian Li alliminium cases are exceptionally sexy btw)

Anyway, to cut a long story short, 1 hr into my new build and 15 minutes onto the internet and I've already picked up a copy of Gator, once again without me realising it. Im so friggin sick of GMT.exe popping up in my task list every half an hour. It seems like thier bloody program is embedded into every site on the net. Now is it just me or is what they're doing illegal?

/end rant

Mon Jul 14, 2003 1:59 pm by freighter fighter

yeah, i imagine it is its eeeeeeeevil

Mon Jul 14, 2003 2:40 pm by Eraser

I know exactly what you mean Mustang ! Every frickin time I visit a site (whatever it may be) and there it is....A GODDAMN GATOR POP-UP !!!

Apparently there are mutiple lawsuits going on against Gator. Check this out for more info ! The Gator Corporation needs a serious smackdown if you ask me...

EDIT: BTW Mustang, you can use programs like Spybot to get rid of these things (like gmt.exe )

Edited by - Eraser on 14-07-2003 16:55:40

Mon Jul 14, 2003 9:24 pm by Lutz

Odd, I surf quite aboit and over various countries websites and I've never come across theis "Gator". What do they do?

If it wasn't for the inky blackness of the night you wouldn't appreciate the brilliance of the stars...

Mon Jul 14, 2003 9:41 pm by Godlike Entity

lol I was going to ask the same thing, I know its bad but I dont know exactly what it does.

Mon Jul 14, 2003 10:01 pm by Leonhart

I never thrust companies like that...never heard of it, never click on it.

Leonhart
General of 1st Cruiser Wing

Edited by - leonhart on 14-07-2003 23:01:06

Mon Jul 14, 2003 10:02 pm by Stinger

Ad Aware should be your next best proggy friend. Problem will be solved with regular usage.

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Mon Jul 14, 2003 11:54 pm by Godlike Entity

Sting does this program just cover ad-ware or is it all that crap like spyware and stuff? Also is it free?

Tue Jul 15, 2003 12:40 am by Stinger

right from the manual...

What is Ad-aware?
Ad-aware is THE award winning, multi-trackware detection and removal utility (designed for Windows 98 / 98SE / ME / NT40 / 2000 / XP Home / XP Pro) that will comprehensively scan your memory, registry, hard, removable and optical drives for known Datamining, aggressive advertising, Parasites, Scumware, Keyloggers, selected traditional Trojans, Dialers, Malware, Browser hijackers, and tracking components.

Ad-aware will provide you with the confidence to surf the Internet knowing that your privacy will remain intact.

I have VERY few proggy's I consider essential to keeping my baby humming like the well oiled machine it is.

Norton Corporate Anti-Virus, Pop-Up Stopper www.panicware.com, Zone Alarm Firewall www.grc.com, Sandra SiSoft Utilities, Trillian www.ceruleanstudios.com (all encompassing chat program that uses minimal resources), and Ad Aware. Years of experience speaking here.

Tue Jul 15, 2003 1:43 am by J.T.Sterling

hey, thats funny. I use almost all the same progs. Ok, so I use McAfee.
ZoneAlarm, Trillian, Ad-Aware and the bunch.

Have to look up that pop up stopper, though.

Sterling

Tue Jul 15, 2003 4:26 am by mustang

Actually I just noticed that my Intel Motherboard came with some free software, one of them being Nortons Internet Security 2003.
I'd have to say it's a pretty snazzy piece of security software, it's got Anti Virus, Firewalling, Intrusion Detection, Privacy Control, Ad blocking and Spam alerts. Not bad for a freebie.

Tue Jul 15, 2003 12:20 pm by kimk

it popped up a couple times on my comp as well.. but its stopped now.

Tue Jul 15, 2003 3:58 pm by Eraser

Probably because Gator doesn´t find you worthy enough to annoy

Wed Jul 16, 2003 4:31 am by Godlike Entity

I think im gona download it, looks really helpful. Besides Im kinda unerved cause my friend told me he found a TON of spyware on his computer, and I have never despyed mine
_______________
ok I downloaded it and found 44 data miner programs, which sounds pretty low compared to my friend who found something like 200 on his computer

Edited by - Godlike Entity on 18-07-2003 03:45:12

Sat Jul 19, 2003 9:47 pm by Wizard

I'm getting tired of those MSN Messenger pop-ups!!
Is it possible to do something about that?

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