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Pop Ups? Anyone still seeing them?
- Thread starter tsptalk
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Re: bugs in the machine
Is anyone around today that was having problems logging in back when we did the the pop up fix last week?
I may try to implement the new firewall again but I need to test the login problem. Once I have someone I can test this with, I'll activate the firewall again and we'll see if you can still login.
If you can't login later, use the tom@tsptalk...... address to contact me.
Thanks
Is anyone around today that was having problems logging in back when we did the the pop up fix last week?
I may try to implement the new firewall again but I need to test the login problem. Once I have someone I can test this with, I'll activate the firewall again and we'll see if you can still login.
If you can't login later, use the tom@tsptalk...... address to contact me.
Thanks
FogSailing
Well-known member
bugs in the machine
Sorry to hear of your problems with the credit card Stoplight. Decided to buy the extended Dell warranty to get their technician to kill the bugs in my machine and reformat my hard drive with new OSS. Hopefully
Lly I'll be back online in a few more days. What a pain. Bought McAfee Security Suite for all the home machines. Was disappointed that AVG didn't do the job. Think it's time to pull out the bourbon for a little stressed releiver.
FS
Sorry to hear of your problems with the credit card Stoplight. Decided to buy the extended Dell warranty to get their technician to kill the bugs in my machine and reformat my hard drive with new OSS. Hopefully
Lly I'll be back online in a few more days. What a pain. Bought McAfee Security Suite for all the home machines. Was disappointed that AVG didn't do the job. Think it's time to pull out the bourbon for a little stressed releiver.
FS
burrocrat
Well-known member
Buster
Well-known member
burrocrat
Well-known member
Re: zbots
i get "logged off" when i try to access or respond to restricted politics threads. but not on the pc's i access tsptalk with, only my android phone. i can be logged into the forum with the pc's and when clicking politics or "reply to thread" then things work great now. but when i do the same on my phone, i have to re-login on the new page. when i go back to the forum main page i have to re-log in to that too. and re-login to any new politics thread. if i stay out of the politics threads requiring permission then this multiple login and booted out thing does not happen. but only on my phone, not on the pc's.
at first i thought maybe julian assange or the clinton campaign was trying to send me a message (which is different than sending me a massage - way different - yuck), like a vast ecuadorian conspiracy or something, but then i used my thinker, i do that sometimes. and i thinked that it is probably a compatibility issue between tsptalk security settings and certain operating or browser software settings. with the diverse digital universe we all now live in no matter how much we pretend we don't want to, these kind of conflicts are bound to happen in a free exchange world. at least until we all agree to move to the bottom of the sea and live in a yellow submarine and trade insults on a holistic homogenic isolated intranet with a sanitized steve jobs pokemon skin, not the wild west internet thingy al gore invented. thanks a lot al gore.
i get "logged off" when i try to access or respond to restricted politics threads. but not on the pc's i access tsptalk with, only my android phone. i can be logged into the forum with the pc's and when clicking politics or "reply to thread" then things work great now. but when i do the same on my phone, i have to re-login on the new page. when i go back to the forum main page i have to re-log in to that too. and re-login to any new politics thread. if i stay out of the politics threads requiring permission then this multiple login and booted out thing does not happen. but only on my phone, not on the pc's.
at first i thought maybe julian assange or the clinton campaign was trying to send me a message (which is different than sending me a massage - way different - yuck), like a vast ecuadorian conspiracy or something, but then i used my thinker, i do that sometimes. and i thinked that it is probably a compatibility issue between tsptalk security settings and certain operating or browser software settings. with the diverse digital universe we all now live in no matter how much we pretend we don't want to, these kind of conflicts are bound to happen in a free exchange world. at least until we all agree to move to the bottom of the sea and live in a yellow submarine and trade insults on a holistic homogenic isolated intranet with a sanitized steve jobs pokemon skin, not the wild west internet thingy al gore invented. thanks a lot al gore.
Stoplight
Active member
Re: zbots
Got it, Tom !!!
Seems okay now...but will post here if the log off issue returns !!!
Stoplight...
Got it, Tom !!!
Seems okay now...but will post here if the log off issue returns !!!
Stoplight...
Re: zbots
I tried to add another layer of protection via a firewall, once the malware was cleaned. Unfortunately that led to about a half dozen people - of those who reported it - not being able to login this morning, so I deactivated the firewall.
I haven't heard of anyone getting logged out besides you, but I've had a few issues uploading files onto the server, so I don't know what is happening. Settings have been changed and it apparently has an impact.
I plan to implement the firewall again but probably not until later on Friday after the IFT deadline.
I tried to add another layer of protection via a firewall, once the malware was cleaned. Unfortunately that led to about a half dozen people - of those who reported it - not being able to login this morning, so I deactivated the firewall.
I haven't heard of anyone getting logged out besides you, but I've had a few issues uploading files onto the server, so I don't know what is happening. Settings have been changed and it apparently has an impact.
I plan to implement the firewall again but probably not until later on Friday after the IFT deadline.
Stoplight
Active member
FS,
Not related to your situation, but I feel your pain !!!
We're fighting with our credit card company over a fraudulent billing...turns out the Wife made a purchase from a Pinterest vendor...I see where there has been a card skimming code inserted into the web sites of 6,000 vendors...
These Ma and Pop stores don't have the knowledge or resources to police their web sites...so we (or the credit card company !) get screwed !
In my card company's defense, they have again reversed charges, when I was presented a receipt from the billing company, and again protested it !!! So I haven't paid it yet...but what a PITA !!! I suspect the card company will eat it...'cause I'm damn sure not going to !!!
Be careful out there....
Stoplight...
Not related to your situation, but I feel your pain !!!
We're fighting with our credit card company over a fraudulent billing...turns out the Wife made a purchase from a Pinterest vendor...I see where there has been a card skimming code inserted into the web sites of 6,000 vendors...
These Ma and Pop stores don't have the knowledge or resources to police their web sites...so we (or the credit card company !) get screwed ! In my card company's defense, they have again reversed charges, when I was presented a receipt from the billing company, and again protested it !!! So I haven't paid it yet...but what a PITA !!! I suspect the card company will eat it...'cause I'm damn sure not going to !!!
Be careful out there....
Stoplight...
burrocrat
Well-known member
Re: zbots
well then that's your problem right there. by only hovering over safe sites, you prevent the porn bots from doing what they do best, which is eliminate all competition and hog the channel, aggregating the disease. porn is, after all, selfish. so let them do what they are good at, squeezing out the sneakier 'legitimate appearing' players, get down an dirty with them, then you snare them in your net, sometimes to catch phish you gotta cut bait. the porn bots are easy to spot and clean up after. you are asking for trouble insisting on only tested safe offerings, usually those are the biggest liars and cheats.
just sharing from personal experience... always glad to help out a friend.
well then that's your problem right there. by only hovering over safe sites, you prevent the porn bots from doing what they do best, which is eliminate all competition and hog the channel, aggregating the disease. porn is, after all, selfish. so let them do what they are good at, squeezing out the sneakier 'legitimate appearing' players, get down an dirty with them, then you snare them in your net, sometimes to catch phish you gotta cut bait. the porn bots are easy to spot and clean up after. you are asking for trouble insisting on only tested safe offerings, usually those are the biggest liars and cheats.
just sharing from personal experience... always glad to help out a friend.
FogSailing
Well-known member
zbots
What's funny Burro is that I try not to click on anything that isn't certified or isn't on the up and up. What I've learned is that most websites are managed by well meaning companies but that lots of sites have sponsored ads from third parties (also good companies) but they do not have the resources to continually update their ads and hackers take advantage of the gap and attach viruses that download automatically. I read that you don't even need to click on the advertisement..just run your mouse over it. Amazing. I probably visit at least 10 certified market based websites every day; not to mention NASA related sites.
Right now I've ordered 2 new hard drives and will be completely reinstalling everything G soon. For now I'm learning how to use my new tablet..Later.
FS
What's funny Burro is that I try not to click on anything that isn't certified or isn't on the up and up. What I've learned is that most websites are managed by well meaning companies but that lots of sites have sponsored ads from third parties (also good companies) but they do not have the resources to continually update their ads and hackers take advantage of the gap and attach viruses that download automatically. I read that you don't even need to click on the advertisement..just run your mouse over it. Amazing. I probably visit at least 10 certified market based websites every day; not to mention NASA related sites.
Right now I've ordered 2 new hard drives and will be completely reinstalling everything G soon. For now I'm learning how to use my new tablet..Later.
FS
burrocrat
Well-known member
Re: computer issues
stop watching porn.
or at least just watch the free porn pop ups. it's when you give them your credit card data that they got you by the short hairs. if you have short hairs, never can tell these days.
stop watching porn.
or at least just watch the free porn pop ups. it's when you give them your credit card data that they got you by the short hairs. if you have short hairs, never can tell these days.
FogSailing
Well-known member
computer issues
Just a note to all. I'm writing this from my new Samsung tablet that I purchased today. Both home computers are infected with the zbot virus which has trashed both machines. I have ordered new hard drives for both computers and have shut everything down. This virus is very bad. I won't bore you guys with all the rotten things this does to you system but basically it trashed everything. Will probably be offline for another week or two untill I get things back to normal. No idea where this thing came from. Somehow it got past my home security system. Be careful folks.
FS
Just a note to all. I'm writing this from my new Samsung tablet that I purchased today. Both home computers are infected with the zbot virus which has trashed both machines. I have ordered new hard drives for both computers and have shut everything down. This virus is very bad. I won't bore you guys with all the rotten things this does to you system but basically it trashed everything. Will probably be offline for another week or two untill I get things back to normal. No idea where this thing came from. Somehow it got past my home security system. Be careful folks.
FS
