View Full Version : Is this just my computer?


pom
08-04-2004, 09:26 PM
Every time I close out of LEIA, I get this pop-up flood. It's only with LEIA. It acts like a virus, but the computer says there are no viruses... and I was wondering if this happens to everyone or just me... And I don't know if this belongs here or somewhere else. O.O

mz_angela
08-04-2004, 09:29 PM
well it doesnt happen to me and im not sure if its with everyone or just you.

LesPaul59
08-04-2004, 09:29 PM
It doesn't happen to me, so it must be you :(

Shirl
08-04-2004, 09:30 PM
I don't know....it isn't happening to me. Maybe you've got spyware on your PC....you should get spybot. :)

pom
08-04-2004, 09:31 PM
We got spybot. It messed up the computer. So we took it off... So yeah it must be my computer. Curse it.

LesPaul59
08-04-2004, 09:33 PM
Adaware is free, or I really like Spy Sweeper.

pom
08-04-2004, 09:35 PM
What I don't get is why it's just here.

Oh, and it's not just if I close the LEIA window; it's if I have multiple windows open and LEIA is the last one I close. Might be a coincidence... but it's rather odd...

salomeyasobko
08-04-2004, 09:36 PM
that's weird! but it doesn't happen to me =(

Munchkin
08-04-2004, 09:40 PM
That happens to me, but on Internet Explorer. O__o But then, my IE has a virus...

sjb
08-04-2004, 11:39 PM
Its not happening to me, if its an ad from LEIA, if you look at your taskbar you will see it re-direct from lissaexplains.com
i use ad-aware, it doesn't find all things but enough get it here
http://www.download.com/Ad-aware/3000-8022-10214379.html?tag=lst-0-1
I read the reviews for spybot, and most people say it ruins their computer, so i don't trust it, good luck finding what's adding all the pop-ups

darckasasin
08-05-2004, 01:02 AM
It usually is spyware. I use to have Kazaa, Neonapster, Ares, and any mp3 finder you can think of. I went to this one site and got flooded with about 20 pop-ups. Good thing I had the Google toolbar

Little Hushy
08-05-2004, 05:51 AM
When I first go into LEIA I only get a couple ad's. When I close out I get nothing.

Aussie Cap
08-05-2004, 07:07 AM
Maybe the spyware can see that you have an interest in computer related things, and there's a lot of ads that relate to technology? Download the free version of Adaware at the Lavasoft website. (http://www.lavasoft.com)

4sight
08-05-2004, 04:54 PM
Sounds like registry spyware to me, or you have downloaded a bad packet. First I would first start out with adaware or spybot and then check your start-up menu and remove anything you dont recognise.

If that doesnt work try and scan it with something like this (http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/)

xstaticxpallorx
08-05-2004, 06:31 PM
My computer tends to get a lot of pop-ups when it's not even online.

But that's because my computer is just a mess, even Spy Sweeper doesn't work anymore.

ham_let
08-05-2004, 06:36 PM
My computer tends to get a lot of pop-ups when it's not even online.

But that's because my computer is just a mess, even Spy Sweeper doesn't work anymore.
having kazaa on ur pc can do that too. which is why i don't have kazaa nemore..