Popup / Window multiplier on Railpage Australia™

DF4D-0130 · Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 8:55 pm

G'day!

I do not know if anyone else has had this problem, but on several occasions, when I have been viewing Railpage Australia™, all of a sudden, I get new windows opening up... I go to shut them and they reopen. On several of the occasions, the computer screen has flashed in several colours for about 30 seconds blanking the whole screen and the toolbar on the bottom of the screen. I now wait until things have settled down, then make sure that all the screen has come back to life. I then shut the windows, one at a time, from last window open to the first, back to the original page.

Now, the questions that I am asking... Is this problem confined to my computer or are other Railpage Australia™ users having a similar problem? If this is a problem that is not confined to me, is there a cure for it? I am running up to date anti virus and all the current patches for the system that I am using.

All suggestions and advice greatly appreciated.

Ding.

csyjunior · Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 9:08 pm

Never had that sort of trouble mate.

Johnmc · Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 9:13 pm

I can't say that i've *ever* seen anything like that on Railpage. Shocked

My first guess would be "virus", but as you say you're covered there, I would wonder what you have in the way of anti-adware programs? Popups are the mating call of www ad spam.

All comments made by myself are as a private citizen, and are not made on behalf of QR.

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Hendo · Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 9:29 pm

Someone has been a naughty boy visiting questionable sites, try something like "Spyware Doctor" or similar program

allan · Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 9:44 pm

Ad-Aware will fix it. These things are not sent to you... your computer is asking for them.

http://www.lavasoft.com/products/ad_aware_free.php

Allan Lees

Johnmc · Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 10:15 pm

Graham4405 · Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 11:04 pm

I have become a fan of Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware of late. It seems to get rid of all manner of nasties...

Graham R
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ShowMeTheMoney · Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:23 am

I thought that DF4D-0130's complaint only appeared after visiting "ghay smeg" sites!

NO, SERIOUSLY; Has never happened to me on this site, but back in the mid 1990's I used to get that from trawling password werez, hack and crack sites.

Since I'm over it, it has never happened since, except when I look at a "free smeg" sites.