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Whammy
02-25-03, 04:13 PM
As of 5:12pm cst, I getting "The page cannot be displayed" when I try to log on DbsForums.com.

Anyone else getting this?
BearsFan
02-25-03, 04:19 PM
I keep getting sent to some stupid search engine page with a ton of pop-ups as well.

--BearsFan
Mike123abc
02-25-03, 04:43 PM
Originally posted by BearsFan
I keep getting sent to some stupid search engine page with a ton of pop-ups as well.

--BearsFan

It is possible that you had an annoying spamware search engine installed on your computer. I had a computer get it on there once and had to remove it from the add/remove programs from the control panel. I think it was installed by the program I listened to the holiday music with.
Mark Lamutt
02-25-03, 04:45 PM
They're down for me as well.

And as for the annoying spamware crap, Ad Aware is great at getting rid of that stuff. Do a google search to find it.
Jasonbp
02-25-03, 04:51 PM
I am not getting anything. It's really slow getting to that "The Page Cannot Be Displayed" page with me.
Kevin
02-25-03, 05:00 PM
lavasoft.com for Ad-Aware 7
Wolfmanjohn
02-25-03, 05:02 PM
Same here @ 3:50 PM PST. Second time in as many weeks.
Frapp
02-25-03, 05:41 PM
OH BOY .. Here we go again :shrug:

I think the head guru over there unplugs it once or twice a month just so they can get mentioned over here on the hottest DBS board around :lol:
TimL
02-25-03, 05:53 PM
Was that shot REALLY necessary?
RandyAB
02-25-03, 06:07 PM
Originally posted by Kevin
lavasoft.com for Ad-Aware 7

I believe you actually want lavasoftusa.com for adaware
Geronimo
02-25-03, 06:25 PM
It's Ad Aware 6 and can be downloaded from many servers. tucows.com for one.


Here is a link that should work.


http://www.majorgeeks.com/article.php?sid=506
Robert James Clark
02-25-03, 06:40 PM
No big loss.

DBS forums is a painfully unpleasant place to talk satellite...
DishDude1
02-25-03, 06:41 PM
www.panicware.com for pop-up stopper pro and you will NEVER have a pop-up again!
Chris Freeland
02-25-03, 07:44 PM
Just got around to installing Windows 2000 Professional on my old 98 and can not get to DBSforums either, glad to see it was not just me that could not get on the site. :)
DBSLurker
02-25-03, 07:45 PM
Their ISP's New Yoprk POP is down.
Frapp
02-25-03, 07:48 PM
Originally posted by TimL
Was that shot REALLY necessary?

Yes .......
Frapp
02-25-03, 07:52 PM
Originally posted by DBSLurker
Their ISP's New Yoprk POP is down.

Now I wonder who would be informed of this type information about their site ... I know, I know ..... A DBSF.... Admin in hiding ;)


P.S. I don`t even know where New Yoprk is .....
Scott Greczkowski
02-25-03, 07:55 PM
According to Dan's ISP there are problems with their New York Circut.

2/25/03 02:59:32 PM New York local circut issue

Region : New York
E.T.A. : (none)
Services Affected : local New York DSL service

Our circut in New York is incrementing errors, which is causing intermittant DSL service. We are currently working with our Vendors to rememdy this problem.

Update: 2/25/03 05:13:31 PM
The New York local circuit continues to pass errors. Our Engineering department and our Vendors are still working on diagnosing and resolving this issue
Chris Freeland
02-25-03, 08:00 PM
Their back up now :).
Nick
02-26-03, 08:20 AM
They're back up now :rolleyes:.
BearsFan
02-26-03, 11:17 AM
The pop-up ads I can get rid of...

What I wanna know is how to stop my IE browser from going to this "search" page instead of giving me the "This Page Cannot Be Displayed" page.

I've already removed all that I could find in the "spyware" department. Any further suggestions?

--BearsFan
BearsFan
02-26-03, 11:21 AM
Originally posted by Robert James Clark
No big loss.

DBS forums is a painfully unpleasant place to talk satellite...

I agree...to a certain degree. I made the big mistake of going to their "chit-chat" forum, and got in a flame war with someone there who, apparently, is NEVER wrong, is ALWAYS right in his opinion, and can NOT accept that just because others disagree with him doesn't mean he has the right to belittle them, take personal shots at them, and act like he is the God of all knowledge. It was also childish on my part to get started with this guy in the first place...I learned my lesson the hard way.

Granted, people like that might exist here, but I've never seen quite that caliber of a flame war here.

I prefer this 'site by far to DBSForums.com...but I'll still frequent both.

--BearsFan
Mike123abc
02-26-03, 01:17 PM
What web site are you going to if it is not search.msn.com? I had that problem and found out there was a program installed on my computer that switched the default search engine out.
BearsFan
03-03-03, 01:01 PM
Originally posted by Mike123abc
What web site are you going to if it is not search.msn.com? I had that problem and found out there was a program installed on my computer that switched the default search engine out.

My PC goes to http://www.searchresult.net .

I am unable to find a program in the add/delete program window that installed this process on my PC.

Anyone have any ideas?

--BearsFan
Mike123abc
03-03-03, 03:56 PM
Here is a link how to get rid of it, essentially you have to edit some files on your computer:

http://boards.cexx.org/spyware/messages/3686.html

http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/IGetNet.html
BearsFan
03-03-03, 04:22 PM
Originally posted by Mike123abc
Here is a link how to get rid of it, essentially you have to edit some files on your computer:

http://boards.cexx.org/spyware/messages/3686.html

http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/IGetNet.html

Awesome! Thanks for the tip. As the one 'site said, I think I'll have the "tech guy" here help me out, before I cause damage to my PC.

--BearsFan