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06-30-2004, 11:52 AM
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GAIN Adware
I just got a notification that GAIN was trying to load something on my PC on page load. Anyone else seen this one? I am trying to narrow down the ad. It looks like it may be a Gateway ad that's doing it, but want to get a second.
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06-30-2004, 12:25 PM
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Same thing happened to me.
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06-30-2004, 12:30 PM
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Umm...sure don't have seen that..may be my SpyWareGuard and SpyWare Blaster caught it before it has a chance to load...
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06-30-2004, 12:33 PM
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Re: GAIN Adware
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Originally posted by Convergent
I just got a notification that GAIN was trying to load something on my PC on page load. Anyone else seen this one? I am trying to narrow down the ad. It looks like it may be a Gateway ad that's doing it, but want to get a second.
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Time to run Ad-aware
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06-30-2004, 12:37 PM
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Check this out guys..
GAIN
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06-30-2004, 12:53 PM
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Check this out guys..
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Ahhhh...it's "GATOR". I can't begin to count how many times that miserable adware program has tried to access my home computer. It's everywhere.
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I have been victimized by them in the past. I knew not to load the software, but I did notice it tried when I opened the home page. GAIN is nasty spyware/adware.
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06-30-2004, 01:01 PM
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OK guys, no one has answered my question... are you seeing the Gateway ad (probably at the very bottom of the page), when this pops?
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06-30-2004, 01:05 PM
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OK guys, no one has answered my question... are you seeing the Gateway ad (probably at the very bottom of the page), when this pops?
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Nope Mike..not on mine...
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06-30-2004, 01:06 PM
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So what ad are you seeing? I have to kill the ad that is generating it. This is very sneaky because I've only seen it once and it is in an ad that I know comes up more than that... so maybe they got complaints and pulled it from the ad.
My only way of killing these guys is identifying the ad that causes it and then turning it off.
Thanks for your help and patience.
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06-30-2004, 01:23 PM
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