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Wed Jun-22-05 10:34 PM
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I've noticed that some sites produce pop-unders when I visit them. Are these considered spyware or not? I'm running a G4 Powermac w/10.3.8, if that helps.
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Poiuyt
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Thu Jun-23-05 01:17 PM
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1. They are not considered spyware |
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Just devious advertising. The browser developers had eliminated pop-ups and pop-unders, but now some software designers have figured a way around the blocking. I think if you disable java script you can block the pop-unders, but you will also disable a lot of other usefull web features by doing so (not positive about this). Not much else you can do for now.
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Thu Jun-23-05 09:39 PM
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So it won't affect my computer? Every time I run Norton Antivirus, it comes up totally clean, but I figured something might not have been caught.
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Thu Jun-23-05 09:53 PM
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3. If I were you, I'd stop using Norton software |
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I've heard nothing but bad things about Norton.
BTW, there are no viruses or spyware on Mac OSX. I wouldn't worry about checking for it. If you've got a PC, then that's another matter.
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Thu Jun-23-05 10:42 PM
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4. That's what I was thinking. |
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My old Dell laptop (which is actually newer than my Mac) was drowning in spyware no matter what. And one day, the monitor just stopped showing any video.
That's when I dragged my PowerMac out of the box and used OS X. I've had no monitor or spyware problems since.
Thanks for the help, by the way.
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Sat Jul-02-05 07:42 PM
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5. You really don't need norton- and it does mess with people's macs |
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***IF*** (and that's a really big IF) a mac virus comes out, you'll hear about it and be able to protect your computer in time (or apple will just release a security update for you). Norton has been terribly unstable in 10.3 and 10.4 (search for forum discussion on apple.com about this) and like I said, it isn't necessary. If your really paranoid you can use apple's built-in firewall, but that's all you need.
If you are using Firefox (the best browser out there next to Safari) I would install the extension "adblock." You can train it to block ads from certain sites. It works for me now for the DU- no more pop unders!
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