"huddler@earthlink.net" is going away
Richard
I'm going to be dropping my Earthlink account--I've had it with the
level of spam and, now, "Bob jobs" on that account.
I'll be using some sort of spam trap address once I set it up, and it'll
be obvious that it's me.
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Carlfia
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"Richard" <hud...@this.part.invalid> wrote in message
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>
> I'm going to be dropping my Earthlink account--I've had it with the
> level of spam and, now, "Bob jobs" on that account.
>
> I'll be using some sort of spam trap address once I set it up, and it'll
> be obvious that it's me.
I've developed a "pop up" problem that makes me want to set this PC out on
the curb.
Odin
"Carlfia" <car...@optonline.net> wrote in message
> I've developed a "pop up" problem that makes me want to
set this PC out on
> the curb.
Go to http://www.lavasoftusa.com/downloads.html and download
AdAware. It will scan your machine for spyware and remove
the offending software. This will probably cure your
problem, which is probably caused by Bonzai or some similar
spyware. Probably got it from Kazaa.
Carlfia
> > I've developed a "pop up" problem that makes me want to
> set this PC out on
> > the curb.
>
> Go to http://www.lavasoftusa.com/downloads.html and download
> AdAware. It will scan your machine for spyware and remove
> the offending software. This will probably cure your
> problem, which is probably caused by Bonzai or some similar
> spyware. Probably got it from Kazaa.
>
>
Thanks Odin, I'll give it a try.
Richard
There's a recent spammer trick of using the Windows messaging service to
induce a pop-up. I don't believe you can turn it off*, and Optimum On-
line doesn't provide a cable modem with in-built packet filtering.
Carl could run a personal firewall for $50 and probably deal with it
that way.
*I'm not a Windows systems guy, so I may have goofed some detail here.
Carlfia
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> Carl could run a personal firewall for $50 and probably deal with it
> that way.
I'm going to give this thing a personal shot with a bat!!
Dana Craft
I also use a freeware popup killer called NoAds from South Bay Software -
http://www.southbaypc.com/
Just be careful with the popup killer not to add pages you don't want to
kill. My wife added her startup page and then Internet Explorer wouldn't
load. No Ads can be disabled and pages added by accident can be removed. It
has an auto update feature to get targeted ads from their database in
addition to those you add on your own.
I think changing your provider for a new email address will just prolong the
agony until it gets to this point again. One more reason to not Yahoo.
Dana
"pH" <hi...@cidity.level> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 24 Nov 2002 17:58:41 GMT, Richard <hud...@this.part.invalid>
wrote:
>
> >
> >I'm going to be dropping my Earthlink account--I've had it with the
> >level of spam and, now, "Bob jobs" on that account.
> >
> >I'll be using some sort of spam trap address once I set it up, and it'll
> >be obvious that it's me.
>
> It's a pain in the butt, no doubt. Problem is, if you have
> your email addy on a web site... only a matter of time 'till
> it gets harvested, and it all starts back up again (plus, it's
> a tremendous bother to have to change your personal info
> at every frikkin' service, mailing list... whatever).
>
> Have ya looked into MailWasher?
>
> http://www.mailwasher.net
>
> Might be worth checking out before you go through everything
> else (only to have it all start back up again).
>
> Jeff
>
> http://www.jefftturner.com
>
>
Richard
> On Sun, 24 Nov 2002 17:58:41 GMT, Richard <hud...@this.part.invalid> wrote:
>
> >
> >level of spam and, now, "Bob jobs" on that account.
> >
> >I'll be using some sort of spam trap address once I set it up, and it'll
> >be obvious that it's me.
>
> your email addy on a web site... only a matter of time 'till
> it gets harvested, and it all starts back up again (plus, it's
> a tremendous bother to have to change your personal info
> at every frikkin' service, mailing list... whatever).
>
> Have ya looked into MailWasher?
>
> http://www.mailwasher.net
No, but I'm looking at now.
> Might be worth checking out before you go through everything
> else (only to have it all start back up again).
Part of it is I'm using two providers now and I'd like to retire
earthlink.
john v verkuilen
>I've developed a "pop up" problem that makes me want to set this PC out on
>the curb.
Get a popup blocker. I've been happy since I invested in Popup Dummy
(shareware that cost me $18 IIRC). Every once in a while something gets by
it, but it's rare. It does have a bit of a false positive problem so I do
find I have to override it but that's no big deal--just hold down the control
key.
Jay
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J. Verkuilen ja...@uiuc.edu
"It is enough that the people know there was an election. Those who cast
the votes decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything."
--Josef Stalin
Carlfia
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"john v verkuilen" <ja...@uiuc.edu> wrote in message
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> "Carlfia" <car...@optonline.net> writes:
>
> >I've developed a "pop up" problem that makes me want to set this PC out
on
> >the curb.
>
> Get a popup blocker. I've been happy since I invested in Popup Dummy
> (shareware that cost me $18 IIRC). Every once in a while something gets
by
> it, but it's rare. It does have a bit of a false positive problem so I do
> find I have to override it but that's no big deal--just hold down the
control
> key.
>
> Jay
I think I'm going to. I tried the thing Odin suggested, but I'm still
getting them....not quite as often.
JMK
news:qtbE9.1680$t7.2...@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu:
Norton AV and firewall has a popup ad blocker.
JMK
Mike C.
"john v verkuilen" <ja...@uiuc.edu> wrote in message
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Odin
"Richard" <hud...@this.part.invalid> wrote in message
> Carl could run a personal firewall for $50 and probably
deal with it
> that way.
>
> *I'm not a Windows systems guy, so I may have goofed some
detail here.
Firewalls rarely prevent pop-ups because most Windows users
get their pop-ups from spyware that was piggybacked onto
some other application (like Kazaa). But if you want a
firewall you won't do any better than Zone Alarm, and it's
free for single users.
Odin
"Carlfia" <car...@optonline.net> wrote in message
> I think I'm going to. I tried the thing Odin suggested,
but I'm still
> getting them....not quite as often.
Then go here http://www.panicware.com/product_downloads.html
and get a FREE pop-up stopper software. Be advised that it
will stop *all* pop-ups, so be prepared to disable it
sometimes when you want to see a pup up window on a website.
It's easy to disable, just click on the taskbar icon and it
disables then click it again and it restarts.
Mike C.
"Odin" <res0...@verizon.net> wrote in message
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It's even easier to disable than that. Hold the CTRL key down and then click
on the link that gives you the desired popup. This will temporarily allow
popups.
Richard
I actually thought by "pop ups" Carl was talking about the latest rage
in spam--messages sent to the Windows messaging subsystem. Those, a
firewall would block.
Avenger
>
>
>>Carl could run a personal firewall for $50 and probably deal with it
>>that way.
>
>
> I'm going to give this thing a personal shot with a bat!!
>
>
Use Kazaalite instead of regular Kazaa. Download Kazaalite from the old kazaa
before you delete it. Also download and use Zone Alarm (free). It's a
firewall that within a day can stop all the spyware.
Avenger.
john v verkuilen
>I think I'm going to. I tried the thing Odin suggested, but I'm still
>getting them....not quite as often.
Popup Dummy seems to eliminate nearly all popups and it gives you a nice list
of the sits that have been getting you. I still get nailed once in a while
mostly by sites that require me to override the blocker to get at their
content, i.e., ones that have a lot of legitimate popups (if any could be
called legitimate).
But I don't use instant messaging or the like and stay away from sites that
are notorious for aggressive popups.
john v verkuilen
>Panicware.com has a pop-up stopper that is free for personal use.
Hmmm, thanks for the tip. I need to put a blocker on my other computer.
Andy van Tol
>
> I'm going to be dropping my Earthlink account--I've had it with
the
> level of spam and, now, "Bob jobs" on that account.
MailWasher (www.mailwasher.net) does a great job of
tagging/deleting spam before you even download it. It uses lists
of known spam IP addresses, updated constantly.
Might even be able to rescue your Earthlink acct with it.
Andy
Richard
> "Richard" <hud...@this.part.invalid> wrote in message
> >
> > the level of spam and, now, "Bob jobs" on that account.
>
> MailWasher (www.mailwasher.net) does a great job of
> tagging/deleting spam before you even download it. It uses lists
> of known spam IP addresses, updated constantly.
>
> Might even be able to rescue your Earthlink acct with it.
Someone else also mentioned this, and I've been using it for a day or
two. I agree it's very nice, and thanks for the tip.
I'll probably still ditch Earthlink by the end of the year, but with the
help of MailWasher it won't be because the spam is intolerable.
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Zone alarm's free firewall is as good as you're going to get for free. Don't
give them any money for zone alarm pro. I was so enamored of their free
product that I plunked down 40 smackers to upgrade and lost not only the
$40, but their free version as well. I downloaded a corrupt install file and
their idea of customer service is to tell me to send them my visa number
again so I can download another (probably corrupt) install file.
>
>
Nil
in news:as56pc$2fq$1...@cobalt01.janis.or.jp:
> Zone alarm's free firewall is as good as you're going to get for
> free.
Not necessarily. I had problems with Zone Alarm (blue screens, system
instability) so I tried a couple of other free firewall products. The
one I like best it Sygate Personal Firewall. It's a little more
"techie" than ZA and is a little more complicated to set up, but once
that's done you pretty much forget it's there.
Mike C.
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