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Fleet Mechanic
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From: Gretna ,LA.
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Has anybody while in these forums been getting these BIG pop up ads that cover the whole screen?Its getting aggravating.I sure hope this is not the road FTE is taking.
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From: BC, Canada
FTE doesnt use popups. It sounds like you've got some spyware or adware like Fordfaggiole had.
If you're using Windoze XP you can turn off Messenger too. It is a program that pops up ads on your screeen from time to time. They look different than most ads. They say they Messenger on them so you'll know.
Click your Start button, then Run and type in services.msc and scroll down to Messenger. Double click on that and change the Start Up Type to disabled.
I use Google toobar too like Alex and I do like it. The autofill feature is nice as well.
If you're using Windoze XP you can turn off Messenger too. It is a program that pops up ads on your screeen from time to time. They look different than most ads. They say they Messenger on them so you'll know.
Click your Start button, then Run and type in services.msc and scroll down to Messenger. Double click on that and change the Start Up Type to disabled.
I use Google toobar too like Alex and I do like it. The autofill feature is nice as well.
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Had this "Virus" on two of my work computers- finally got rid of it by tracking it down.
It was running in the backround under the name rundll32*****
By tracking down the file and re-naming it, the pop ups stopped.
Your results may vary.
It was running in the backround under the name rundll32*****
By tracking down the file and re-naming it, the pop ups stopped.
Your results may vary.
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I've never once seen a popup or popunder while surfing FTE. In addition to disabling the messenger in Windows XP, disable the alerter while you're in there.
BTW, I thought rundll32***** is a MS system file and not of concern. Wasn't there something circulating last spring encouraging people to delete it when in fact it should be left alone? Go do a search/find on it and see who the author and what it does.
BTW, I thought rundll32***** is a MS system file and not of concern. Wasn't there something circulating last spring encouraging people to delete it when in fact it should be left alone? Go do a search/find on it and see who the author and what it does.
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I did not think FTE used these, just thought something might have changed.I am trying to track down this stuff, problem is on this work computer it wont let me do certain things like renaming rundll32*****.I did download ad-ware, but it still seems to be happening.
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Originally posted by CowboyBilly9Mile
BTW, I thought rundll32***** is a MS system file and not of concern. Wasn't there something circulating last spring encouraging people to delete it when in fact it should be left alone? Go do a search/find on it and see who the author and what it does.
BTW, I thought rundll32***** is a MS system file and not of concern. Wasn't there something circulating last spring encouraging people to delete it when in fact it should be left alone? Go do a search/find on it and see who the author and what it does.
What I noticed was that rundll32***** would show up in task manager processes always at the same time as the pop up.
Maybe the rundll32***** has been currupted and is a legit bit of code- but I haven't gotten any errors since removing it.
If someone else wants to research and find out what it does- I would be interested.
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