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Green card lottery pop ups

Our man in Havana · 2003-11-27 13:33:53

Been getting these at random whilst surfing. I am also getting my connection trying to dial out when off line. I ran ad-aware and spy bot but these turned up nothing. Any suggestions? James

27-11-2003 1:33pm

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Our man in Havana

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Been getting these at random whilst surfing. I am also getting my connection trying to dial out when off line.

I ran ad-aware and spy bot but these turned up nothing. Any suggestions?

James

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#2 27-11-2003 1:41pm

scojones

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Quit going to those stupid sites

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#3 27-11-2003 1:52pm

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Any helpful advice would be appreciated.

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#4 27-11-2003 8:48pm

Capt'n Midnight

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messanger service ?

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#5 03-12-2003 12:42pm

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I was getting them too even though I have a personal firewall installed. I stopped the messenger service in Windows, but I know this isn't really the answer. This will just stop you seeing the message. Since I started using a router the port scans seem to have stopped (I don't get alerts about them anymore anyway).

As for the dialling out, have you got up to date virus software and run a full scan? There could be trojan on your computer or some other virus that is looking to reach the internet.

You could also try the Symantec Security Check to see if there are any blatent vulberabilities in your computer.

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