XXX pop ups

[houllier*]

Hi

I keep getting a load of pop ups and most of them seem to be XXX ones even on sites i know that doesn't have pop ups.

I have Ad-Aware installed and run it daily so something must be installed on my comp that Ad-Aware doesn't recognise, any advice of anything else i can do?

Thnx

[Stalemate]

Stop browsing warez sites and install the Google toolbar to block popups.

[TripleRLtd]

Hi

I keep getting a load of pop ups and most of them seem to be XXX ones even on sites i know that doesn't have pop ups.

I have Ad-Aware installed and run it daily so something must be installed on my comp that Ad-Aware doesn't recognise, any advice of anything else i can do?

Thnx

Download and run HijackThis and let us have a look> but not too much of a look.
http://mjc1.com/mirror/hjt/

[asm481]

Hi

I keep getting a load of pop ups and most of them seem to be XXX ones even on sites i know that doesn't have pop ups.

I have Ad-Aware installed and run it daily so something must be installed on my comp that Ad-Aware doesn't recognise, any advice of anything else i can do?

Thnx

Do you have Spybot Search and Destroy? Have you updated Ad-Aware? Delete cookies?


Adept-Why add a toolbar? Personally I hate all those toolbars, I have a 19 inch monitor and want to look at all of it.

[cgonzo]

I have had a lot of customers with this same problem. I run Ad-aware, Spybot, CWShredder, virus scan. Then I run Msconfig and do a search on anything I don't recognize. Usually end up having to boot in DOS to delete the files named in Msconfig. Good luck.

[Stalemate]

...Adept-Why add a toolbar? Personally I hate all those toolbars, I have a 19 inch monitor and want to look at all of it.

It's the only thing that has successfully worked for me so far (over 1200 popups blocked since I installed it).

You can read what other techs here have said about it here: Google Toolbar.

It doesn't take up anymore space on my IE toolbar as I've moved it to a better position suiting my needs. I hate clutter too.

[FatalException0E]

There was a new build of ad-aware that came out a while back, and all the updates are for that new build. I think its build 181. If you've been getting 'no updated components available' for a long time, you need to uninstall what you have and download the latest version of it.

[houllier*]

There was a new build of ad-aware that came out a while back, and all the updates are for that new build. I think its build 181. If you've been getting 'no updated components available' for a long time, you need to uninstall what you have and download the latest version of it.

It's the newest version.

Thanks for the replies.

It seems to coming from something called 'NCase' and 'CommonName' that is in the registry, i keep deleting them but they keep coming back

[The Computer Valet]

It's the newest version.

Thanks for the replies.

It seems to coming from something called 'NCase' and 'CommonName' that is in the registry, i keep deleting them but they keep coming back

Wouldn't the XXXToolbar do this, too?

Cheers,

m

[houllier*]

Wouldn't the XXXToolbar do this, too?

Cheers,

m

What's that?

[Archer]

Parasite CommonName

CommonName is marketed as a 'keywords' service, allowing one to enter simple names insatead of URLs.

After its original release, the software has become a complicated (and sometimes buggy) search-hijacker and adware, aggressively bundled with many third-party apps.

Manual removal

Each successive variant of CommonName gets harder to remove by hand. Variants with an LSP (Mib, Zenet, Winnet) are particularly tricky: do not try to delete them by just deleting the files. If you manage to delete the LSP you will lose network connectivity.

CommonName/Comwiz

This variant cannot be manually uninstalled from the normal desktop. You have to boot Windows without letting the two self-restoring processes start up.

On Windows NT/2000/XP/2003, you can do this by pressing F8 just before Windows XP starts loading and choosing "Safe Mode". Open the 'Program Files' folder and delete the 'CommonName' folder inside it.
On Windows 95/98/Me, you will have to boot to DOS to do it, and enter the commands:

cd "\Program Files"

deltree /Y CommonName

This is a 'dirty' way of uninstalling the software, leaving behind a bit of a mess. If you like you can clear up by deleting the registry keys mentioned in the instructions fro CommonName/Agent.

http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/CommonName.html

You can also try CoolWebShredder 1.46.3 http://www.spychecker.com/program/coolwebshredder.html

[TripleRLtd]

Just an observation, but if you had downloaded and run HiJack this as asked in an earlier post, we could have had this all sorted by now. Now we have XXX and ncase...so what else is likely to be there? HiJack will help us sort this ALL out rather then going one slooooowwwww step at a time, don't ya think?
BTW, Adaware (new with latest) should have caught this stuff. As I think has been noted, download and run SpyBot as well.

[The Computer Valet]

Ahh, the delightful XXXToolbar. One part of the equally delightful ISTBar. You can find out more if you like:

http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/ISTbar.html

[Prince Abaddon]

If this computer is shared, it may be your older brother? Since YOU don't recognize the sites? And why would you be accepting thoes active X installers from unknown sites?

[confus-ed]

Just an observation, but if you had downloaded and run HiJack this as asked in an earlier post, we could have had this all sorted by now. Now we have XXX and ncase...so what else is likely to be there? HiJack will help us sort this ALL out rather then going one slooooowwwww step at a time, don't ya think?..

Well you said it twice, & no-one was listening ...

Comes top of My list for getting 'malware' anyway

''Immunising' with spybot (another of my 'faves') is also a top tip for those active X 'nasties'

As for flipping pop-up stoppers ... I want my pop-ups thank you very much, I just don't want lots of stupid adds in 'em, & I certainly don't want another 'useless' app floating about - use your Hosts file to convince your comp that the add is on your own machine, quicker & 'better' than a pop up stopper as it doesn't munch bandwidth to get an advert to then block it !!!