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Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Wednesday, July 28, 2004 - 9:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It is done, Dra! Bigdog has Windows 98SE on that one, which doesn't have Restore feature. BUT, even if he did, the Symantec instructions are VERY good, and they cover everything, with links as to how to turn it off, how to start in Safe Mode, even how to do regedit, which I ended up not having to do because the Norton did it.

Don't know why I chose to remove with Norton and not AVG. I guess because I found the information about the virus on the Symantec site.

Okay, so Bigdog is all back to normal with working internet and a BIG Post-It about what kinds of files to NEVER open. Sigh.

Mware
Member

09-14-2001

Thursday, July 29, 2004 - 7:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Good idea, Juju. As the saying goes, you can lead a Bigdog to water, but you can't teach him new tricks.

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Thursday, July 29, 2004 - 10:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Amen, Brudda, amen.

I guess I should post another sticky on there and remind him to go on the internet once a week and update his anti-virus too.

Interesting side note - looks like Bigdog's friend Rover got the same virus, but because he has cable and is constantly connected to the internet, his McAfee updated itself and caught and killed the virus as it came in.

Daydreamer
Member

09-16-2003

Thursday, July 29, 2004 - 2:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I was wondering if anyone here knows how to get the e mail headers off e mail from AOL. I'm trying to report someone to e bay and they need the e mail header of the e mail that was sent to me. Thanks in advance.

Draheid
Moderator

09-09-2001

Thursday, July 29, 2004 - 3:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Daydreamer: On AOL 8.0, if it was sent from an internet address (other then AOL), there should be a message at the bottom of the address heading information like this:

details

If you click on the Details link, a box should open with the header information you need.

Hope this helps.

Daydreamer
Member

09-16-2003

Thursday, July 29, 2004 - 5:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thank you so much Dra!! I really appreciate your help!

Lanzee
Member

07-12-2000

Saturday, July 31, 2004 - 12:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Draheid:

I was wondering how I can block the Internet Explorer pop up ads? It always annoyed all night, tonight! I never had that before.

Thanks!

Draheid
Moderator

09-09-2001

Saturday, July 31, 2004 - 12:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Lanzee: Are there any identifying messages in the popups you are seeing? Are they messages from Internet Explorer or advertisments?

If they are messages, what exactly do they say. If they are advertisments, you might need to run an adware remover such as AdAware and/or SpyBot Search & Destroy to clean out any such programs you might have.

If it isn't related to adware or spyware, then you just need to install a good popup stopper program. I use Netscape which has this feature built in so I don't know what is available that works well. I'm sure someone will come along shortly and suggest what works for them.

Hope this helps.

Lanzee
Member

07-12-2000

Saturday, July 31, 2004 - 1:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Draheid: They are the advertisments from internet explorer. I have spybot search & destroy to clean out. I will try that trw and see if it really stopped! LOL!!

Thanks!

Lanzee
Member

07-12-2000

Saturday, July 31, 2004 - 11:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Draheid:

I did SpyBot Search & Destroy to clean out. Also, I did the spyware, too. But the Internet Exlorer pop ads still come up every 3 or 5 min.

It looks like I need install a pop ups blocker program. I guess I have to buy a pop up blocker software?

Anyway, it started the problem last thursday night. I believe it started when I use the BB Screencaps. It usually comes with pop up ads.

Draheid
Moderator

09-09-2001

Saturday, July 31, 2004 - 11:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Lanzee: There are several FREE popup blocker programs available for downloading, I just don't know what they are off hand. I'm sure someone who uses a good one will come in here soon and provide information and a link for you to use.

Did you also run AdAware on your system? I don't know what program you are using to capture BB Screencaps, however, none of the programs I've used have ever added popups to my system that I know of. You might want to try Irfanview (www.irfanview.com) for your screen captures. This is also a free program and works very well for this.

Hope this helps.

Lanzee
Member

07-12-2000

Saturday, July 31, 2004 - 12:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Draheid:

Ok, I will wait for someone who can suggest the best free popup blocker programs for me here.

I did download the adaware but the problem is that I do not know the registeration key number.

I am not using to capture BB Screencaps for irfanview. I go to the website to see the BB screencaps. (www.bbscreencaps.com/thread.php?f=5}

Lanzee
Member

07-12-2000

Saturday, July 31, 2004 - 12:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Draheid:

Sorry to both you. There was a fatal error message after internet explorer pop ads. So, it stuck there. Anyway, it says: Fatal Error: Cannot instantiate non-existent class: domdocument in /var/www/vhosts/couponage.com/httpdocs/popunders/include.php on line 52.

Do you know what it is?

Draheid
Moderator

09-09-2001

Saturday, July 31, 2004 - 12:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Lanzee: First of all, the popups are indeed a function of the site you are visiting. My built-in popup blocker alerted me immediately when I opened the page there from your link above.

As for the fatal error, that looks like some sort of adware trying to install itself onto your computer and it failed.

Here are a couple of resources for free popup blockers and other browser security utilities that may be helpful. I have not tried any of the programs listed here so please read carefully before you download and install any to be sure you understand how they work.

Snapfiles.com Popup Blockers

PCWorld.com Pop-Up Stopper Free v3.1.1012 (Also has other utilities)

Hope this helps.

Lanzee
Member

07-12-2000

Saturday, July 31, 2004 - 1:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Draheid:

Thanks! I will be gone for the day and will be back trw. I will read carefully those popup blockers that you mentioned above trw. Hope there are more free popup blockers here if anyone knows.

I appreciated your help.



Bob2112
Member

06-12-2002

Saturday, July 31, 2004 - 1:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I use the Google Toolbar and I seldom get pop-ups.

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Saturday, July 31, 2004 - 1:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Lanzee, Bob beat me to it. I used to use Pow! popup blocker, which works just fine, but you have to manually add each advertisement. Now I just use the Google toolbar, and it kills 90% of the popups.

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Sunday, August 01, 2004 - 5:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hey Dra, update on the laptop. I tried to follow the instructions you gave Donut, which you told me might work. Nope, couldn't get it to boot to the boot disk I made on CD. So last night I ended up reinstalling Windows. And now I have a brand new year 2000 laptop. I finally got all the Windows updates downloaded. Maybe.

Remember when I got my new CD burner and you suggested it might be a good idea to make a software CD with copies of all the stuff I have downloaded? Well, I did it at the time, and it sure has come in handy today reinstalling all this stuff.

Yay, Draheid!!!!!

Twinkie
Member

09-24-2002

Monday, August 02, 2004 - 4:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I use NoAds and its free and works great!

Dradaddy, Verizon (our dsl) dropped us before Adelphia(cable) picked us up and I NEED to get to my address book in Verizon email? Is there something I can do to get to them? The thought of having to get everyone's email addresses again gives me nightmares. I have only the TVCH addresses on this puter but have ALL family and RL friends on the downstairs puter. I sure hope you can help. Thanks, Dradaddy!

Draheid
Moderator

09-09-2001

Monday, August 02, 2004 - 6:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Twinkie: It depends on what e-mail program you were using. If you had setup Outlook (regular or express) then the address book should be stored in there regardless of which e-mail provider you are using. Is there something I am missing about this? Does Verizon use a different interface to their e-mail service??

Hope this helps.

Twinkie
Member

09-24-2002

Monday, August 02, 2004 - 11:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I use outlook express on this puter and we use both on the downstairs puter. I have only TVCH email on this puter and all of the family and friends downstairs. But we were able to use either outlook or outlook express interchangably.

Does that help?

Jan
Member

08-01-2000

Monday, August 02, 2004 - 11:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Until Dra, gets a chance to answer you Twink, let me just offer my opinion. As far as I know , your email and email addies are resident on your computer and have nothing to do with your ISP. I have changed ISP's a few times and have never lost bookmarks or email files or addresses.

I hope this helps. (sorry Dra, I couldn't resist

Twinkie
Member

09-24-2002

Monday, August 02, 2004 - 11:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I have the address books from outlook and outlook express but with hotmail there doesn't seem to be a way to export them to hotmail all at once or import them from outlook except to type them all out one by one into hotmail. Hotmail doesn't seem to accept a group of contacts into their address book all at once whether using import/export or even select all and copy to.

Twinkie
Member

09-24-2002

Monday, August 02, 2004 - 11:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
We haven't used hotmail very long so I don't know all of the ins and outs of it.

Jan
Member

08-01-2000

Monday, August 02, 2004 - 11:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
hmmm is there a reason you are switching from computer based outlook to web based hotmail?