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Posted: **Sat Mar 08, 2003 11:28 am**

I received a Gator popup when I logged on earlier as well....
If it happens again I'll take a screen shot

Posted: **Sat Mar 08, 2003 11:30 am**

I close the popups before they pop....

Posted: **Sat Mar 08, 2003 2:31 pm**

I have yet to see a popup for Gator, but attached is a shot of InterCort Systems, Inc. wanting to install something on my machine.

It seems that the popups are on some sort of random rotation because I seem to be getting about half a dozen or so different ads and they don't always come up in the same order. I have two computers at home and on one I have yet to receive this particular ad.

Posted: **Sat Mar 08, 2003 3:16 pm**

Originally posted by HighLordDave
I have yet to see a popup for Gator, but attached is a shot of InterCort Systems, Inc. wanting to install something on my machine.

It seems that the popups are on some sort of random rotation because I seem to be getting about half a dozen or so different ads and they don't always come up in the same order. I have two computers at home and on one I have yet to receive this particular ad.

I have been hit by that one as well....
Given my present paranoia about viruses and other such bodies invading my computer I have installed both Popup Cop and Mailwasher. I fully understand Buck's wanting to raise revenue, and when he has fine-tuned the new system I will likely subscribe to Game Banshee, but in the meanwhile.....

Posted: **Sat Mar 08, 2003 5:51 pm**

I can only point up to my "multi-colored" post earlier on this page, quoting a variety of sources about Gator. I would suggest avoiding that company and its products. It has been likened to a virus, in that it's damn near impossible to successfully remove, controls a variety of processes on your computer independently of your instructions, and overwrites material on your screen.

Posted: **Sat Mar 08, 2003 5:55 pm**

Originally posted by Gorgan
Ther is a program called adaware that you can download and it searches your computer for all known spyware and adware on your computer. The only catch is that if you have kazaa or any program like that which has an integratd spyware it will destroy it. Kazaa wont work if you delete its spyware component.

Adware doesn't automatically delete anything it finds. It notifies you of what it discovers, and then offers to delete, if you wish. It can also backup your current configuration of files, delete several, then rollback to a previous state if something doesn't work.

Posted: **Sun Mar 09, 2003 10:31 am**

I have removed one of the popup companies that I think may have been displaying the Gator ads, and have replaced it with a different popup on a 24-hour interval.

Posted: **Sun Mar 09, 2003 2:19 pm**

Just out of curiosity, how is GameBanshee paid for the pop-ups?

Do we just have to see the ad for you to get paid, do we have to click on them or do we actually have to buy something from the site placing the ad? Or is it a combination of all three?

Posted: **Wed Mar 26, 2003 4:55 pm**

LMAO! I just got a popup for . . . . Popup Blocking software!

Posted: **Wed Mar 26, 2003 5:30 pm**

Originally posted by Gwalchmai
LMAO! I just got a popup for . . . . Popup Blocking software!

lol! I have gotten those as well

I found them pretty funny

It sounds as though Aegis has been blessed with the more interesting forms of popups though

Posted: **Thu Mar 27, 2003 3:09 pm**

Like other posters here I don't really mind the popups.

I actually find one particular popups irony funny, that of a popup for a popup eliminator.

Posted: **Thu Mar 27, 2003 4:58 pm**

Originally posted by InfiniteNature
Like other posters here I don't really mind the popups.

I actually find one particular popups irony funny, that of a popup for a popup eliminator.

Everytime I see that one I smile

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