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 #663828  by lvrr325
 
I keep getting this 999,999th visitor and other ads lately - must be another trojan of some sort?

Only problem I'm having is when I run Spybot it finds 6 entries and can't delete one, claims it's in memory and can't be removed. Wants to run again on a restart - but then it doesn't find anything. I could run it right now as this thing flashes this ad and it won't find it. AVG doesn't seem to get rid of it either, I run that daily with the latest updates.

Anyone have any tips what I can do to get this thing out of here? If I can figure out where it is with Spybot maybe I can just delete it manually somehow?
 #663921  by David Benton
 
we had one we just couldnt get rid of . if all else fails , then simply blocking all popups is an option . a pain , you just have to open in new window all popups you do want to click on , or allow popups from each website you do want them from .
 #663980  by keeper1616
 
Firefox with adblock plus. I haven't seen one of those ads in years. Or any other ads to speak of either :)
 #664265  by Otto Vondrak
 
lvrr325 wrote:I keep getting this 999,999th visitor and other ads lately - must be another trojan of some sort?

Only problem I'm having is when I run Spybot it finds 6 entries and can't delete one, claims it's in memory and can't be removed. Wants to run again on a restart - but then it doesn't find anything. I could run it right now as this thing flashes this ad and it won't find it. AVG doesn't seem to get rid of it either, I run that daily with the latest updates.

Anyone have any tips what I can do to get this thing out of here? If I can figure out where it is with Spybot maybe I can just delete it manually somehow?
They're not coming from RAILROAD.NET...??? We are not generating any pop-ups, pop-unders, or anything else like that.

Try using the latest version of Firefox, their new browser overrides all javascript from spawned popups...

-otto-
 #670834  by Otto Vondrak
 
If you're getting any kind of pop-up ads while visiting this site, likely your PC is infected with spyware or adware. If you're seeing any advertising OUTSIDE this site, it is not generated by RAILROAD.NET.