| View Poll Results: How do you feel about adware on your computer? | |||
| I love ads! Computer, feed my brain more suggestions of what to consume! |
   
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6 | 10.00% |
| Ads suck but I can't be bothered to do anything about them. I'd probably have to install software or something, too hard. |
  
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3 | 5.00% |
| I am on a holy crusade to eliminate advertising from my life! My computer shall be free from the satanic mind control adverts! |
  
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51 | 85.00% |
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Eek Eek Oook Oook Screech
 
Posts: 77
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: USA
Reputation Power: 89
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Adware Hatin' -
January 11th, 2004, 03:07 PM
Personally, I absolutely hate advertising, because the world is littered with it. I don't tolerate it in the slightest on my computer, and I'm curious if anyone else is as hardcore as I am :) I use two different ad- and spy-ware scanners, I have a filter for my browser that eliminates pop-ups, banners, and crappy javascript tricks, I have patches or ad-ons for msn, aim, and icq, I use a third-party client for yahoo chat, and I have an elaborate hosts file that I actively maintain based on my own preferences. My motto is, my eyes, my brain, my life, and I have better things to do with them all, then be told what to consume next! Anyone else hate adware as much as I do???
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Yup...
 
Posts: 2,316
Join Date: Jun 2002
Age: 22
Reputation Power: 225
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January 11th, 2004, 03:15 PM
I use ad-aware and spybot, and use the Google Toolbar with advanced features disabled to block popups, though I have been using the Internet so long that banner ads in browsers dont annoy me, so I let those pass. In magazines - I kinda like ads, dont know why. But ads that flash in bright colors - YOUVE WON THE DAILY PRIZE! annoy me, but I figure - Im using the sites bandwidth, so I guess I need to pay for it someway. But ads in programs annoy me, so I either hack em/patch em/or use an ad-less version of the program.
ASUS A8N32-SLI Motherboard AMD 4400+ Dual-Core CPU Windows Vista (Ultimate 32bit) 2 GB (2x1GB) Corsair XMS RAM 2x250 GB (in RAID 0) HDDs EVGA GeForce 7950 GTX 512 MB Creative X-FI Fatal1ty XtremeGamer Also sporting a black MacBook Revision/Release 1 Upgraded to 2GB RAM. |
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sailed away
Posts: 1,248
Join Date: Dec 2002
Reputation Power: 148
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January 11th, 2004, 03:18 PM
I keep AdSubtract Pro running almost all the time. Ads are almost as bad a SPAM on the internet.
I hate ads in P2P applications as well. Forget buying overnet pro, I just block the ads with an external program. Spyware is the devil. Despite what some people may say, Gator is 100% SPYWARE and intrusionware and is pure evil!! :devil :devil :devil |
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Zeropaid Regular
Posts: 3,573
Join Date: May 2002
Reputation Power: 321
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January 11th, 2004, 04:33 PM
i use ad-aware once in a while and i have a pop-up blocker. advertisements aren't that bad, i mean after a little while, you stop noticing them altogether.
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Hurt no more my son.
Posts: 8,056
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: An angel in Heaven and on Earth
Age: 34
Reputation Power: 583
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January 11th, 2004, 04:38 PM
I went to MSN Today.. and some of the pictures had that damn "X"y thing on them.. And im using Explorer .. how dumb are they?
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Born To Sing
Posts: 37
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: N.Y.
Age: 40
Reputation Power: 79
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January 11th, 2004, 05:31 PM
Hate Um'
I use the same recipe a hawkburn - ad-aware, spybot, and Google Toolbar for pop-ups. |
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Zeropaids Member
Posts: 15,235
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Forman's Basement
Age: 87
Reputation Power: 1542
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January 11th, 2004, 05:41 PM
I love ads! I just installed gator for that mind pounding, never ending stream of seamingingly un-ending crap. Love the way its slows down my web browsing and hey, you gotta love those homepages that just keep coming back over and over. What will they think up next to keep the internet users happy??!!
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Adrenaline Junkie
Posts: 195
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: So Cal
Reputation Power: 88
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January 11th, 2004, 05:50 PM
I hate em, who are they to install themselves without my consent. Gotta love Spybot and Ad aware they are effective tools for me
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Zeropaid Regular
Posts: 611
Join Date: Sep 2002
Reputation Power: 124
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January 11th, 2004, 09:23 PM
Actually i use system mechanic to clean up my spyware...disk defrag my hard drive..clean my junk files..history..temp files...broken shortcuts.
It eliminates web popups...gets rid of duplicate files...cleans your registry....cleans up your tracks...you can recover your email or lost data... It can tweak your computer...giving a boost to your internet speed...defrag your memory... It can securley clean your hard drive...so if you want to sell or donate your hard drive..it will clean everything off except for the main programs that start up your computer. It gives you a second recyclin bin and when you put files into it..you can set it on how many times it will overwrite the file...so the FBI software won't recover it. Good program..but i still use adaware and spybot just in case it missed some....but so far so good. You can get System Mechanic 4 Pro here... http://www.iolo.com/sm/4pro/app/iolo...=AboutSMDialog |
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Zeropaid Regular
Posts: 208
Join Date: May 2003
Reputation Power: 90
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January 23rd, 2004, 05:23 PM
I dont mind the unobtrusive ads if they are supporting the P2P app, i hate poopups and stuff like that, but a small little banner ad i wont complain, money's gotta come from somewhere
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Registered Moonatic
Posts: 746
Join Date: May 2003
Location: The Moon
Reputation Power: 117
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January 24th, 2004, 06:10 AM
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If it slow down my computer or pop up a box outside the program that I am using or taking up too much band weight then I get ride of that. A picture(s) on a web page that is ad and allow me to goto that page to buy things that the ad about then OK. No extra software just a simple gif, jpg, or png file and a link. No exe, no js, no vbs, no cab, no rar, no zip and no scr files. Just use the ip address to find about they live and uses the right ad for there. If I from BC, I don't want to hear about something that I can only get in the US. :hole |
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sleeping pygmy
Posts: 664
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: England
Reputation Power: 117
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March 3rd, 2004, 11:27 AM
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a troll chucking flaming spam out..".....who me? |
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w00t!
Posts: 1,016
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Over by those boxes
Age: 24
Reputation Power: 125
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March 3rd, 2004, 01:42 PM
Here's a question on the same topic - what's the point of including ads in p2p apps? If someone's using a p2p app, it probably means they don't like spending money - what makes anyone think they're gonna spend it on their product?
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People on my cool list...
Posts: 3,214
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Swindon
Age: 26
Reputation Power: 244
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March 3rd, 2004, 03:32 PM
Because we can't get everything in life for free. I spend a fortune on hardware.
If you are even slightly concerned about your BT speeds, please check this thread. SuprNova and LokiTorrent Alternatives - reliable sites, no registrations, no foreign languages. Constantly updated. |
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Zeropaid Regular
Posts: 835
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: So. California
Reputation Power: 138
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March 3rd, 2004, 05:44 PM
..um ..if you use firefox 0.8 as your browser ...you get no pop-ups ...and pages load faster.
Add it to the above suggestions. It's free You can post anonymous (dot) . No registration required! BEST emoticons ever! http://www.whofailedtoday.com/newbbs/viewforum.php?id=1. |
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