Mon Oct 15, 2012, 04:06 PM

really annoying pop-unders

Last edited Mon Oct 15, 2012, 04:08 PM USA/ET - Edit history (2)

Is anyone else getting a popunder that comes with a bunch of annoyingfeatures? Netflix is bad enough. These have google based searches and generally say "please take our survey to win aprise and prented to be from the site you're visiting- like DailyKos for example.

Several of these popunders come with sound which rings like a cell phone.

Is this a virus? I'm on IE8.

Don't give me any condescending snark about it because I work within financial communities whose proprietary software runs on IE only. Besides, Chrome's resolution on graphics is terrible.

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5 replies	Author	Time	Post
really annoying pop-unders (Original post)	Capn Sunshine	Oct 2012	OP
Add some domains to your "restricted" zone.	ManiacJoe	Oct 2012	#1
good suggestion	Capn Sunshine	Oct 2012	#3
AdMuncher	douglas9	Oct 2012	#2
I hesitate to put another untried antispyware on my machine.	Capn Sunshine	Oct 2012	#4
UPdate: It was a game file called "Arcade Candy"	Capn Sunshine	Oct 2012	#5

Response to Capn Sunshine (Original post)

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 04:28 PM

ManiacJoe (5,579 posts)

1. Add some domains to your "restricted" zone.

http://*.optmd.com
for example.

Doing so will not stop the popunders, but it will stop the annoying flash and sounds.

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Response to ManiacJoe (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 19, 2012, 02:17 PM

Capn Sunshine (14,048 posts)

3. good suggestion

Makes sense.

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Response to Capn Sunshine (Original post)

Tue Oct 16, 2012, 01:01 PM

douglas9 (983 posts)

2. AdMuncher

http://www.admuncher.com/testimonials/AdBlock2.shtml

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Response to douglas9 (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 19, 2012, 02:20 PM

Capn Sunshine (14,048 posts)

4. I hesitate to put another untried antispyware on my machine.

I might clash with the proprietary bank programs I use. This has happened before.

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Response to Capn Sunshine (Original post)

Fri Oct 26, 2012, 03:15 PM

Capn Sunshine (14,048 posts)

5. UPdate: It was a game file called "Arcade Candy"

ostensibly a game portal, the Arcade Candy files have some really nasty hitchhikers.
I deleted Arcade Candy from my programs list, ran Malwarebytes AND Microsoft Safety Scanner, and it's gone.

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