Posted by member 100397 on 2004-08-05 16:56:10 link
Unless some genius did some monkey business with the installer, you've definitely got some spyware that AdAware hasn't gotten rid of.
LS is purely open-source and therefore ad-free. Never had any popup problems here.
I know I had a similar spyware device on my 2k machine awhile back--I'd leave the computer with nothing running but Windows, come home and see that the processor was being overtaxed and there was no free RAM, all due to the million popup windows that had appeared. It took me awhile, but I eventually found the bug and squashed it. That was a long time ago, though, I don't remember where it was or what its name was.
Check your processes (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC) and see if there's anything you don't recognize running. If you kill it, it may respawn itself.
Chances are, it starts with Windows. I have a util called RegCleaner (before it turned into JV16PowerTools and started costing money) and I can send you the installer if you'd like. E-mail me if you want it. It's a great tool for cleaning out your registry and seeing if there's anything malicious starting with windows. With it, you can delete the key that starts the bug and take note of its location, log in and out (or restart), and manually remove it. LS definitely isn't causing the problem.
LS is purely open-source and therefore ad-free. Never had any popup problems here.
I know I had a similar spyware device on my 2k machine awhile back--I'd leave the computer with nothing running but Windows, come home and see that the processor was being overtaxed and there was no free RAM, all due to the million popup windows that had appeared. It took me awhile, but I eventually found the bug and squashed it. That was a long time ago, though, I don't remember where it was or what its name was.
Check your processes (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC) and see if there's anything you don't recognize running. If you kill it, it may respawn itself.
Chances are, it starts with Windows. I have a util called RegCleaner (before it turned into JV16PowerTools and started costing money) and I can send you the installer if you'd like. E-mail me if you want it. It's a great tool for cleaning out your registry and seeing if there's anything malicious starting with windows. With it, you can delete the key that starts the bug and take note of its location, log in and out (or restart), and manually remove it. LS definitely isn't causing the problem.