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Author Topic: Having problems with WinShow Popups? Matthew Bailey Master Film Handler Posts: 461 From: Port Arthur,TX Registered: Sep 2000 posted 02-28-2004 07:00 PM                     Is anyone having problems wtih WinShow PopUps? It keeps instaliing itself while I'm online & renders IE6.0 inoperative despite what I have done to stop it. 8ad.com is responsible for this program & if it messes up IE6.0 one more time,Ill take legal action against 8ad.com by reporting them to federal authorities.  |  IP: Logged Dino Panagiotopoulos Expert Film Handler Posts: 139 From: Windor, Ontario, Canada Registered: Jan 2003 posted 02-28-2004 07:12 PM                     I doubt you can take legal action against this company, mainly because it doesnt exist. What you do most likely have though is the CoolWebSearch trojan on your machine. I would download CW Shredder which will eliminate that. Then you have to get yourself some adware software. Ad-Aware is a great program plus theres a few browsers that have built in blocking software. I use My IE2 and I havent seen a pop-up in months. Hope this helps. If that doesnt work you can try this.  |  IP: Logged Daryl C. W. O'Shea Film God Posts: 3977 From: Midland Ontario Canada (where Panavision & IMAX lenses come from) Registered: Jun 2002 posted 02-28-2004 07:22 PM                        CoolWebSearch usually prevents you from accessing web pages without specifying a fully qualified URL by changing the default prefixes to point at their site. If you can't get it removed, change the following keys in the registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\URL\Prefixes\home to http:// HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\URL\Prefixes\www to http://  |  IP: Logged

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