Yay! Popups that Ask Me to Download Stuff! - Page 3

Rasbelin · December 5, 2002, 11:01

Markos, what about those alternative income sources I suggested as examples? This has been a hot issue several times in the past, but AFAIK there has really never been any deceisive statement by you or Dan. Maybe now then?

Thrawn05 · December 5, 2002, 11:35

Quote:

Originally posted by Rasbelin
Thawn,

Maybe we should instead launch a more dramatic fund raising campaign. "Be a beggar and save Apolyton."

If you volunteer to beg at e.g. your local shopping centre, you will get as a bonus the membership of the "Honourary Apolyton Guild" and a custom title.

A custom title? Mmmmm.... sounds tempting. I'll think about it.

Markos: Sorry, no screen shots now. If it happens again I'll do it. Or if somthing very similar, but different company asks me the same thing.

Jaguar · December 5, 2002, 14:06

In US with defaul ultra special (I have no clue what the styles do, but that's the one I have) I get those pop-under things occasionally but never the dialer.

Are pop-unders meant to be more annoying than pop-ups? I think they are.

alva · December 5, 2002, 17:06

Quote:

Could you finally consider introducing premier memberships that allow access to Poly without ads or maybe give something extra for the subscribers?

no extra's needed

MarkG · December 6, 2002, 02:58

UPDATE:

our popup provider says they are not supposed to show any such ad(e.g. somone bought the space and put in something else from what he said he would or something similar). i'm sending them your screens

i have temporary removed the code until they respond that's it's out, or until i implement a way to not show any popup from this service to german visitors(lucky you

)

Rasbelin · December 6, 2002, 03:30

What about those alternative fund raising models?

Harovan · December 6, 2002, 03:53

Quote:

Originally posted by Rasbelin
What about those alternative fund raising models?

Stop these attempts, Rasbelin, Markos won't add an adult section to Apolyton. But if he does, all posters with status King and above should have free access, of course!

The Pioneer · December 6, 2002, 04:24

Great Markos

!

Ralph how many posts do I need to become a King

!

So long...

Harovan · December 6, 2002, 04:57

Quote:

Originally posted by The Pioneer
Ralph how many posts do I need to become a King

!

1000. It's in the FAQ. OT posts (read: spam

) do not count.

Markos:

Thanks a lot!

Rasbelin · December 6, 2002, 06:00

Quote:

Originally posted by Sir Ralph

Stop these attempts, Rasbelin, Markos won't add an adult section to Apolyton.

Since when have I been campaigning for an adult section on Poly?

Ralph, is this some pervert vision you have?

Dauphin · December 6, 2002, 06:09

I got pop-ups asking me to download dialup software - but I've got broadband.

MarkG · December 6, 2002, 07:17

screenshot?

Dauphin · December 6, 2002, 07:38

It happened a few days ago. I didn't take a screenshot and so I'm not sure if it was generated by Poly ads or not.

MarkG · December 6, 2002, 08:15

oook

btw, a html page can not tell if you have broadband or a simple modem(and thank god for that

)

alva · December 6, 2002, 09:02

Quote:

Originally posted by Sir Ralph

Stop these attempts, Rasbelin, Markos won't add an adult section to Apolyton. But if he does, all posters with status King and above should have free access, of course!

I hope your not implying, we should get banners with Mark doing a full monty!?!?

Amesjustin · December 7, 2002, 18:52

Quote:

Originally posted by Lefty Scaevola
Yeah, and if you did not have download active x set to disable or prompt, you would not even get the oportunity to say no to the GD Xupiter crap.

This happened on my work computer - I had no idea what had happened until I came across this thread. Now how do I uninstall this crap?

Caesar the Great · December 7, 2002, 21:01

is there pornography on your computer?

well no ****!

The Pioneer · December 9, 2002, 05:25

I just checked in after a few days of absence and I'll like to say thanks to Dan and Mark for their attention on this matter. Once again

So long...

MarkG · December 11, 2002, 06:05

UPDATE

We have enabled ads from our provider again, after being assured by them that the advertiser(which as i guessed had changed the advertised link from the aprroved) has been removed by their network.

Please let us know if this or a similar problem comes up again

Harovan · December 11, 2002, 06:31

It's already back. Guess this advertiser can't be trusted.

New screenshot (looks a lot like the old):

MarkG · December 11, 2002, 06:50

hmm please do me a favor

check the history tab on your ie
and tell me the url of from www.paypop.com or www1.paypop.com that show up there

if you deleted your history or something like that, visit http://apolyton.net/ads/paypopup.php to get a popup...

thanks

Harovan · December 11, 2002, 07:00

http://www4.paypopup.com/loading.php...ms%26group%3D2
http://www4.paypopup.com/loading.php...s/paypopup.php

Hope it helps.

MarkG · December 11, 2002, 07:08

many thanks
i'll contact them again

meanwhile, i've put some code to not show any popups from this service if you're coming from Germany

let me know if you get the popup again

Lefty Scaevola · December 11, 2002, 23:53

Quote:

Originally posted by Amesjustin
This happened on my work computer - I had no idea what had happened until I came across this thread. Now how do I uninstall this crap?

When I uninstalled it from my wife's machine by Xupiter's own uninstall link, it trashed the registry. The "Ad Aware" ad washer (updated to the Sept? or Oct/ 2002 version, the June02 version will not do Xupiter or Hunt bar)) program from lavasoft.de will safely remove it.

Dis · December 12, 2002, 03:08

mother****er

I accidently hit yes on that. My computer is nearly non-functional now. I cannot access my computer. my window explorer is having all sorts of problems.

Looks like a hard drive reformat for me. Thanks apolyon.

Dis · December 12, 2002, 03:17

OK I cannot access my computer. And using my start menu I cannot access the control panel.

I need to back up my files onto my second hard drive. Any ideas how to do that without being able to transfer files with my computer?

I need to transfer many files to my D drive. I know I can do that with DOS. And I had to do that after my hard drive got corrupted before. But I can't remember exactly how to do that. It looks like DOS is my only hope of saving my files.

DaveV · December 12, 2002, 08:59

Dissident,

The DOS command "XCOPY -S C:\WINDOWS D:\CWINDOWS" will copy the windows directory and all of its subdirectories to the D drive. Or you could do "CD C:\" and then "XCOPY -S C: d:\CBACKUP" to copy the entire C drive to the D drive (assuming you have enough space).

Harovan · December 12, 2002, 09:11

Just to reinstall Windows over the old installation may help too. When installing Windows without reformatting the hard drive, it doesn't delete any of your presonal files. Unless you have hidden your porn in C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32, that is

.

I generally can't imagine how this dialer can screw up a system that badly. It usually changes only your default internet connection to a premium service dialin, which can't hurt you, because it works only in Germany.

MarkG · December 12, 2002, 13:58

update:

the latest news is that they found a second client of theirs running the same campaign. it has been removed as well

we havent removed our filter for german visitors though but any kind people are welcome to try out this page
http://apolyton.net/ads/paypopup.php

beyond that, if we have any detailed reports showing that an ad shown from a company that we cooperate with, we will act upon them instantly

Lefty Scaevola · December 12, 2002, 16:17

Quote:

Originally posted by Sir Ralph
I generally can't imagine how this dialer can screw up a system that badly. It usually changes only your default internet connection to a premium service dialin, which can't hurt you, because it works only in Germany.

I think he is talking about the Xupiter advertising tool bar.