http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ How to Get Rid of Things: Forum Forum: Computers - Recent Posts en Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:29:49 +0000 http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/get-rid-of-crt-monitors#post-2119 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:49:21 +0000 yellowbananas 2119@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>wow thats awesome.......I have a few crt monitors.....looks like I'll be heading to best buy :D </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/get-rid-of-crt-monitors#post-2117 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:23:45 +0000 samoya22 2117@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>I like those numbers. </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/get-rid-of-crt-monitors#post-2115 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:58:27 +0000 getagrip 2115@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Now thats using the ol brain and a great idea..what do you say..J? </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/get-rid-of-crt-monitors#post-2107 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:14:15 +0000 kadydid 2107@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Just found out Best Buy will take 1 monitor per week per family and on top of that, they give you a $10 gift cert </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/computer-question#post-2071 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:49:50 +0000 Anonymous 2071@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>i will suggest you that just dont struck to your PC for long hours, have some rest in between and just take a little exercise by moving ur neck to on and off otherwise u will face this problem for a long time, just also try some spray for immediate relief. </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/google-ads#post-1892 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:44:20 +0000 getagrip 1892@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>I would never ever look at celebrity porn sites!! Hey did you see the one comparing Paris Hilton and Pam Anderson's ability to ...uh Oh... never mind?! </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/google-ads#post-1889 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:22:09 +0000 samoya22 1889@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>That's a question I couldn't answer with any authority. Java is good. It makes the internet much easier to use. The problem is, it also makes the internet more dangerous, because people use Java to attack you the same way they use any other platform. So, tell Norton it's okay if there's a little Java on the page and then cease all visits to shady porn sites or sites claiming to have the latest nude pictures of (insert celebrity here). </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/google-ads#post-1838 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:19:40 +0000 getagrip 1838@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>So why do some security systems let Java in? I know my Norton hates it and will fight me to the death over their downloads. </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/google-ads#post-1829 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 06:01:49 +0000 jm888 1829@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Pop-up ads or pop-ups are a form of online advertising on the World Wide Web intended to attract web traffic or capture email addresses. It works when certain web sites open a new web browser window to display advertisements. The pop-up window containing an advertisement is usually generated by JavaScript, but can be generated by other means as well. But i think google as a <a href="http://myglobalstaff.com">webmaster</a> is trying to do something about it!! </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/get-rid-of-crt-monitors#post-1799 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:39:52 +0000 getagrip 1799@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>YARD SALE!!!! Make some cash for sitting around one Sat. morning. Even if you sell it for 5 bucks you've "recycled" and maybe helped someone out that can't afford a new one..Now get busy and empty those closets of all that "other" stuff. </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/get-rid-of-crt-monitors#post-1798 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:30:46 +0000 mouse 1798@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>I have a 17 inch monitor the {big one} and I can't seem to even give it away. They will not allow me to throw it in the trash. No one seems to be collecting them not even the county dump. </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/computer-adware#post-1668 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:44:10 +0000 samoya22 1668@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Avast does on occasion flag things that aren't really adware. (ie. false positives.) However, Alexa is technically spyware since it's sending usage statistics back to its servers in order to keep track of where you are or where you've been.</p> <p>I assume you installed this for a reason? </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/computer-adware#post-1658 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:22:19 +0000 luigi05 1658@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Avast reports malware for the Alexa Toolbar that I installed from <a href="http://www.alexa.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.alexa.com</a>.</p> <p>Am I the only one getting this? </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/computer-adware#post-1636 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:20:48 +0000 getagrip 1636@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Computer musta crashed from all that adware..Did we all know that a click overrides your security?..Just say NO to clicks! </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/computer-adware#post-1630 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:07:18 +0000 samoya22 1630@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Bossy go byebye? </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/google-ads#post-1623 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:42:48 +0000 samoya22 1623@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>T'is true. Marketing specialists have been tracking you and your behaviors for decades. There are white papers written about you and your family that companies like Walmart and Target use as references when they're designing store layouts. I can pay $50 today and learn just about anything I want to know about you and your family, including where you lived, previous addresses, credit information, etc--just about anything really.</p> <p>So, what Google is doing is hardly news, and it's a lot less evil than anything real marketing companies do. Watch the movie "Consuming Kids." You'll throw your television in the garbage and start homeschooling your children. </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/google-ads#post-1618 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:58:02 +0000 getagrip 1618@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Hey Billirubin ...you know that "bonus card" you use at the grocery store, that thing they call a "driver's license" you carry LOL..smile..you're in a data base. Look yourself up on this internet, they know things about you that you've forgotten. It's the future baby. PS Love the name. </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/google-ads#post-1615 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:02:35 +0000 samoya22 1615@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>The Google is your new god, knave! It's not your place to question its presence. It exists whether you accept it into your heart or not.</p> <p>But seriously, those ads are the only reason we are able to spend our days doing research and writing articles for you. Sure, they can be annoying sometimes, and spooky at other times, but we actually get people telling us that they're happy we have them because it gives people options when they're searching for solutions to their problems.</p> <p>Personally, I don't think I've ever clicked on an ad in my life. That's just me. </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/google-ads#post-1613 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:01:01 +0000 bilirubin 1613@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Get Rid of Thingers,<br /> Is there a way to block all of the annoying ads that show up on the side bars and banners of so many websites these days (including yours). They are against my religion.<br /> I know they have pop up blockers. Why can't we block google ads? Is it because "the google" wants to control everything, and makes enormous amounts of money by poisoning our minds with targeted ads? We even allow them to read what we are writing so they can target the ads further. There is something very wrong with that. Don't you agree?<br /> Yours Truly,<br /> Billy Rubin </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/computer-adware#post-1605 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:17:40 +0000 getagrip 1605@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Try this..go to the library or someone's house you don't like..using thier computer log onto that site. If it happens again it's THEIR SITE that's intentionally doing it, if not it's YOUR hardrive and your security missed it. Oh, is your hard drive partitioned? I'm an ol Symantec user..if you log on to them they will scan your system. It's malware not a cookie..you may need a tool to remove it..they have that also. </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/computer-adware#post-1599 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:09:35 +0000 samoya22 1599@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Which site is it, by the way? </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/computer-adware#post-1598 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:09:20 +0000 samoya22 1598@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Bossy,</p> <p>I'd say you're doing the best that you can. I had a similar situation with one of the dragonflying sites I frequent. I had to contact the system administrator/owner of the site to alert them to the presence of the malware. After that, it's up to them to solve the problem. There's not a lot else you can do aside from what you've already done. You seem like a fairly knowledgeable person when it comes to computer matters, so I don't think this answer comes as any surprise.</p> <p>You could always try putting the malware's url into your host file as a 127.0.0.1 registration, but I'm not sure you want to be messing around with your host file or convincing your computer that their site is your localhost.</p> <p>-J </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/computer-adware#post-1596 Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:38:30 +0000 bossy1299 1596@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>I received adware today from a site that I visit regularly that is self-replicating and is the kind that the only way you can get out of it is to turn off your computer. It is one of those ads that purport to be a computer virus protection program and does a rendition of what they say is a scan of your computer and says that you have all these virus on your computer and so you need to buy their program to get rid of the virus, trojans, spyware and other malware. I have tried contacting the site I visit where this malware connects with me (it doesn't happen on any other site I visit, so I know its not my own security programs), but with little help. The only other avenue I know is not to go to that site anymore. Even after contacting them, I have tried blocking the malware's urls, emptying my history, cache and cookies with no success. Any other suggestions would be appreciated. I am a Windows XP OS user, using Foxfire browser, with Spyware Doctor, AVG virus protection as well as the internal virus security and firewall supplied by my XP. </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/freeware-that-is-falsely-advertised-as-free-software-never-shipped#post-1228 Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:27:30 +0000 maggierose 1228@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>I am really getting miffed at MSN, Windows, ZDNET, CNET, to name a few, who give you the information to fix/clean/repair/increase speed, ect FREE, only to find out in the end that ya get the info free, but not the FIX (even after going back and rereading the full website and it is to be totally free--no catches). You have to go and get a second mortgage to fix the problems, your are just told you have them free! Or the "with trial pay"... Go this route and everyone in the internet will get your information one way or another. What happened to the real fixes for Internet Exp or MSN or Windows? Don't they want to have some credibility, after all the recent publicity over leaks? You can't even get "HELP". Is there a reporting service for false advertising? I am not referring to the "free scan"; I mean the free everything as recommended by MSN, ect.</p> <p>I purchased my Dell Latitude last March and still do not have ANY of the disks, even for the software I purchased--they said it was shipped, deal with Windows, Windows sends you to Dell. I do not have any restore disks, Office disks. Where can a person go to report all of this? I am out close to $900.00 in purchased software that has been verified to never have been loaded on my system by Dell and Window, but I am told to repurchase it!! HELP.</p> <p>I am so tired of trying to do this on my own. </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/pop-up-for-winning-free-stuff#post-1122 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:33:38 +0000 getagrip 1122@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>What security program do you have? Most have pop up blockers.Now Symantec told me that no matter what program you have once you "click"something you override the program and allow whatever in. Think before you click. </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/pop-up-for-winning-free-stuff#post-1119 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:03:48 +0000 maggierose 1119@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>All I know is DO NOT TOUCH! I have some very major problems with tracking stuff like the 2o7 things and 112.2o7 things; open portals; and about a kazillion others I can't get rid of.</p> <p>Duh! I'm sorry, to wrapped up with my NEW piece of computer with ugh, Vista! Use your Pop-up Blocker! Turn it on and then frustrate over having to hold down your control key then click, to open certain sites. Example would be Lowes sale flier in your e-mail or Rocklers e-mail catalog update/sale flier. To get there from your email, gotta hold down the control/click or you will get zapped. </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/pop-up-for-winning-free-stuff#post-1116 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:56:30 +0000 Doublekk 1116@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Help, I keep getting verbal notices on my computer that i have won an i pod ,or free lap top, etc, ran all virus and spyware programs , no luck , thanks, kak </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/computer-question#post-759 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 16:17:50 +0000 Anonymous 759@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>I think you should try the new neck approach. </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/unwanted-pop-up-ad#post-656 Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:58:42 +0000 samoya22 656@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>I'm a fan of Avast! It's free and I think they even have an online virus scanner. If there isn't a virus detected, you may want to get your hands on Lavasoft's Ad-Aware. That's pretty good for removing malware and other "nonlethal" but intrusive softwares. </p> http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/topic/unwanted-pop-up-ad#post-646 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:45:25 +0000 getagrip 646@http://www.getridofthings.com/forums/ <p>Don't remove it until you're sure you have an anti virus program running. Is this a new computer? What brand is pre installed..McAfee? That's a tough one to get rid of. </p>