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Capn Sunshine

(14,378 posts) Mon Oct 15, 2012, 04:06 PM Oct 2012

really annoying pop-unders

Is anyone else getting a popunder that comes with a bunch of annoyingfeatures? Netflix is bad enough. These have google based searches and generally say "please take our survey to win aprise and prented to be from the site you're visiting- like DailyKos for example.

Several of these popunders come with sound which rings like a cell phone.

Is this a virus? I'm on IE8.

Don't give me any condescending snark about it because I work within financial communities whose proprietary software runs on IE only. Besides, Chrome's resolution on graphics is terrible.

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really annoying pop-unders (Original Post) Capn Sunshine Oct 2012 OP

Add some domains to your "restricted" zone. ManiacJoe Oct 2012 #1

good suggestion Capn Sunshine Oct 2012 #3

AdMuncher douglas9 Oct 2012 #2

I hesitate to put another untried antispyware on my machine. Capn Sunshine Oct 2012 #4

UPdate: It was a game file called "Arcade Candy" Capn Sunshine Oct 2012 #5

ManiacJoe

(10,136 posts)

1. Add some domains to your "restricted" zone.

Reply to Capn Sunshine (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 04:28 PM

Oct 2012

http://*.optmd.com
for example.

Doing so will not stop the popunders, but it will stop the annoying flash and sounds.

Capn Sunshine

(14,378 posts)

3. good suggestion

Reply to ManiacJoe (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 19, 2012, 02:17 PM

Oct 2012

Makes sense.

douglas9

(4,358 posts)

2. AdMuncher

Reply to Capn Sunshine (Original post)

Tue Oct 16, 2012, 01:01 PM

Oct 2012

http://www.admuncher.com/testimonials/AdBlock2.shtml

Capn Sunshine

(14,378 posts)

4. I hesitate to put another untried antispyware on my machine.

Reply to douglas9 (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 19, 2012, 02:20 PM

Oct 2012

I might clash with the proprietary bank programs I use. This has happened before.

Capn Sunshine

(14,378 posts)

5. UPdate: It was a game file called "Arcade Candy"

Reply to Capn Sunshine (Original post)

Fri Oct 26, 2012, 03:15 PM

Oct 2012

ostensibly a game portal, the Arcade Candy files have some really nasty hitchhikers.
I deleted Arcade Candy from my programs list, ran Malwarebytes AND Microsoft Safety Scanner, and it's gone.

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