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Geek Culture / When Did thegamecreators.com Get Ads?

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Preston C
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When did thegamecreators.com get ads from people other than software development? I've been getting weird ads for the past 5 days now, all pop ups, with some doodad I dont even wanna use. What gives? Rich, did you put ads on or something? Either thegamecreators.com got ads, or I got one of those really annoying exe's on my computer forcing ads into my face. Found one of em the other day (deleted abnormally, the page it told me to go for the uninstall was non-existant)


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DMXtra
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Posted: 26th Sep 2003 14:36
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No ads here, you might have some spyware installed thats poping up with ads.

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Joeyjoejoe Shabadoo
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Posted: 26th Sep 2003 14:48
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Yep free of adds here.

Cept for that dark matter 2 one RIGHT BELOW THE POST MESSAGE BUTTON!

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Richard Davey
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Posted: 26th Sep 2003 15:38
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You've got some spyware or something installed on your machine - been downloading hacks from kazaa again? There are no pop-up ads here. Never will be. Period.

(Although we'll continue to run the thin-strip banners at the bottom of the forum pages for our own products).

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Posted: 26th Sep 2003 15:38
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Action 3D here, below the Post Message button...


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Dave J
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Posted: 26th Sep 2003 16:25
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Yeah, I get the alternating Action3D/Dark Matter 2 as well but that's it. I'm pretty happy about it as well unlike other ad-plagued websites.


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Shadow Robert
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Posted: 26th Sep 2003 17:00
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there are a selection of randomised banner ads for TGC products at the bottom, and when your in post mode its just below the posting box.

nothing other than that

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Yes, I forgot it rotates - but then I dont tend to look at it...


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Rob K
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Posted: 26th Sep 2003 19:08
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No pop-up ads here, just a fairly unobtrusive banner below the POST MESSAGE button.


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Hamish McHaggis
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Posted: 26th Sep 2003 19:24
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You got rid of the 'Game' ones then Rich?

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Ian T
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Posted: 26th Sep 2003 19:38 Edited at: 26th Sep 2003 19:38
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I like the thin ad bars, they're nothing like pop-ups. I think you have adware

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Richard Davey
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Posted: 26th Sep 2003 20:15
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Hamish - they didn't fit quite so neatly under the post box

We control the ads on this site now, no-one else. So they'll always be for internal products, services, events or our affiliates that we work with.

Which reminds me I need to create one for the free copy of Starwraith offer

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Posted: 26th Sep 2003 22:36 Edited at: 26th Sep 2003 22:38
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http://www.lavasoft.nu/

it's definately adware. use the "adaware" tool above to get rid.

and ohyea, get rid of kazaa and get kazaa lite.
be carefull though, as the riaa has made up some fake versions of klite AND kazaa which send ALL your information to them. You may be able to remember kazaa suing riaa (copyright infringement), i dont think they have actually sued them yet, but it's been in the n00z.

anyway, you shouldnt be downloading illegal stuff anyway,
i tell you that because the riaa are invading your privacy. stupid riaa, anyway, thats a different subject


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Preston C
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Posted: 26th Sep 2003 23:53
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I DON'T USE KAZAA OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT!!! I DON'T USE PIRATED SOFTWARE!!!

...

Never trusted the thing either. Thanks, I'll use that doohinky, and hope it works.


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Shadow Robert
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Posted: 27th Sep 2003 00:38
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Kazaa is a bloody useful tool for those who are using it responsibly...

for example when i had a decent connection here i used host demo files and patchs on it

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Preston C
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Posted: 27th Sep 2003 00:43
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scanning now, and boy has it already found a lot


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Preston C
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Posted: 27th Sep 2003 00:46 Edited at: 27th Sep 2003 00:48
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ok, 60 items found, 60 items deleted. Only time will tell if it worked.

Thanks everybody


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CattleRustler
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Posted: 27th Sep 2003 00:50
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were any of those things not Tracking Cookies?

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Preston C
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Posted: 27th Sep 2003 00:56
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I have no clue


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Shock
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Posted: 27th Sep 2003 01:01
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well it does log them, i think it saves the log somewhere. have a look tell us what it sez

my guess is at least 58 of those items will be cookies.


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Preston C
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Posted: 27th Sep 2003 01:04
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Log is in the source box


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Posted: 27th Sep 2003 15:13 Edited at: 27th Sep 2003 15:14
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i recognise a couple, and i'm glad you managed to clean your system, for your sake, lol...

For one, you have a dialer. Now thats some nasty sh!t. It'll dial premium rate numbers, and run up a BIIGG phone bill. Some of them are software apps that dial up to recieve pr0n movies and stuff, some of them change your internet access number so you end up dialing for premium rate internet without knowing it (you may be able to tell if you have your modem valume up, and recognise a different number). Ohyea, dialers also affect some types of broadband.

For two, you have an ieplugin called imiserver. This is where your ads are coming from. This will give you all those nasty pop-ups. Also, it is capable of finding banner adverts on websites, and replacing them with it's own advert banners. So when you click that banner when in a nice mood, to help support the website, it may not actually be their banner, it may be supporting whoever created imiserver.

I'd recommend that you run adaware in a week or so, just to make shure everything has completely gone, and hasnt been "reborn"


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Preston C
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Posted: 27th Sep 2003 16:01
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ok, I will


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Posted: 28th Sep 2003 00:59
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I suggest people upgrade to NAV 2004 - its got some to detect spyware - no idea how effective it is though.


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