Why do I always get spammed from this website?

[gizmo1979]

Really beginning to irritate me.

[hobbit709]

1. how

are you getting spammed?

[gizmo1979]

9. I get spammed once when I start

And then after I post a message it just goes crazy!I close I explorer and that stops it.It's very possible it's just me.This is the only site my pop blocker doesn't work.

[Berserker]

16. You have a problem on your computer

it's not DU. You need to run Spybot and Ad-Aware. Im sure you have spyware on your machine loading those popups for your surfing pleasure as they say it. Check the Tools at bottom of my post for help.

[gizmo1979]

17. Thankyou

[RebelOne]

30. It's not the computer

I have AOL with a pop-up blocker and also Spyware. But everytime I log onto the DU home page, I get a pop-up.

[nostamj]

41. if it's the PC, why...

does it happen ONLY with DU. whether I start there or visit 10 other sites before hitting DU.... that's when the pop-up (from fastclick) appears...

not saying it's NOT the PC (and I run spyware very regularly) but WHY is it only triggered by DU?

[tralfaz]

23. start using Firefox

It will cut down on a lot of your spyware.

www.mozilla.org

[newyawker99]

29. Hi tralfaz!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[BAPhill]

45. Exactly!!

I use Firefox...can't remember the last pop-up I had.

[GetTheRightVote]

2. I do not get spammed, what is happening to you ??

:kick:

[Syncronaut Seven]

3. Me thinks it's just you.

Have you tried ad-aware. Are you free with your e-mail addy?

My private e-mail addy goes only to trusted family and friends with instructions to keep it private. 0-3 spams a week.

My general use (trash)e-mail gets 5-7 a day. Where's your email addy been?

[gizmo1979]

10. Maybe I used bad terminology

I guess pop ups would be the better term.It could be something setup to react when I post a message.

[SoCalDem]

25. I have zone alarm and Norton's and i have never gotten "spammed"

and I have pop ups disabled :)

It's a breeze :)

sorry you are being bombarded:(

[merh]

4. Do you use internet explorer?

Switch to Firefox or Netscape.

[TwilightZone]

5. What does that have to do with spam?

The browser you use has nothing to do with the amount of spam you receive.

Spyware/adware, yes. Spam, no.

[merh]

6. The poster is saying he gets spam from this website.

It is possible that he doesn't understand the difference between spam and those nasty little programs that attach to your connection when you sign on without firewalls.

Before I switched to Firefox, every time I signed on to DU, nasty little spy programs attached to my computer and they got my email address and I was getting spam. What the heck is wrong with you, my question is legitimate. Is everyone in attack mode today?

[mattclearing]

8. That doesn't happen to me.

It sounds like a foreign spyware thing that is set to react to DU.

DemocraticUnderground.com is not spamming you.

Skinner should probably post on this, though.

The original poster would do well to take this to the Ask the Administrators forum.

I will alert them now.

edited for typo

[merh]

12. Before I switched to Firefox, when this type of thing was

happening to me, I notified Skinner. It is not a DU problem, it is just that IE is more vulnerable to spy problems and unsolicited pop ups than Firefox or Netscape.

[TwilightZone]

14. DU doesn't have spyware.

If your computer was getting spyware, it wasn't from DU.

[merh]

19. No joke, as I said it was something that IE had, which some how

was triggered when I signed onto DU. Damn folks read the posts.

[merh]

20. No joke, as I said it was something that IE had, which some how

was triggered when I signed onto DU. Damn folks read the posts.

[Goldom]

7. nm

After realizing original poster meant -this- website, the person we were just critisizing may indeed be correct.

[TwilightZone]

15. It's terminology.

I suspect the original poster meant spyware, not spam.

That being said, DU's site does *not* install spyware.

Or, the original poster could have meant pop-up ads.

Who knows....

[RebelOne]

33. It's not because of Internet Explorer

I use Internet Explorer on an eMac at the office with no pop-up blocker and I never have a pop-up from this site. But at home, on AOL with a pop-up blocker, I get a pop-up every time I log on to the home page.

[yardwork]

40. It sounds like a problem with your home computer

A pop-up blocker is not enough. You need to check for spyware and viruses in your computer.

[humanbeing]

11. Hmmm

New windows popping up on a website is not called 'spam'. 'Spam' is unsolicited commercial email messages.

I'm not now nor have I ever gotten new popup windows from democraticunderground. My guess you've got a lot of adware or spyware on your system.

[klyon]

46. I run spybot and ad-aware ever couple days

I get one sometimes two pop-ups whenever I log on to DU. Even after I cleared my hard drive and reloaded from store bought CDs. It doesn't matter I can run spybot and ad-aware and then come here I get pop-ups. Then I run them again without going to any other sites and they always find the same hidden programs in my computer.

He is not the only one have this situation. Lately I have been knocked off line when I was posting responses on threads. Things are strange and others have noticed too. I have seen threads about it lately, DoD spies and that sort of thing.

Also what has happen to civility?

KL

[Pam-Moby]

13. No pop ups here. Infact I have never got one off this site.....n/t

[RebelOne]

27. I get a pop-up every time I sign on at the home page.

And I have a pop-up blocker, but it still sneaks through.

[Pam-Moby]

38. You may try and adjust your setting then. Or invest into

a better blocker.

[Name removed]

18. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[natrat]

31. anyone get something besides du on the above link?

[onecitizen]

21. I have never been spammed

on DU, ever. Been here a few years now. Why do you get spammed and I don't? Just sayin'.......

[ignatzmouse]

22. Pop-up Up Top

I also get an opening pop-up ad at the front page. I thought it was just a revenue generator. If others aren't getting the pop-up perhaps you should post the question in the Ask The Administrators forum.

[MissB]

32. No pop up here

Have you run Ad-Aware or Spybot recently? I never get pop ups at this website.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

24. I believe there's a pop under* on the home page.

I ran into it once on a system that uses IE. I normally use FF and don't see it.

Post this in ATA just to be sure, I could be mistaken.



* A pop under opens behind your active browser window rather than above it.

[Petrushka]

26. Thought it was just my computer . . .

. . . for the past month or so, every time I log on to www.democraticunderground.com, I get one of those damnable about.blank pop-ups and (usually) a second pop-under of some kind. I've found that if I close the pop-under and THEN the about.blank pop-up, I can (usually, but not always) get into the DU site. HOWEVER, if that about.blank pop-up comes through but the pop-under does NOT show up and I try to close the blasted thing . . . well . . . gr-r-r-rowl . . . my computer freezes up--every time! . . . Alt-Ctrl-Del doesn't even work! There have been times when I've actually had to shut down my computer at the switch because I'm getting no "response" from this contraption! In any case . . . DU is the ONLY website where this is happening when I try to log on. Guess I'm not the ONLY one who doesn't have Firefox!

[tralfaz]

35. Spyware

Your computer has been infected with spyware. Go to

www.lavasoft.de

and download the personal version of Adaware. Install it and make sure you update it. Most of your problems should go away but the about.blank can be a little more of a pain in the @$$. Also download Spybot at

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html

and run this program also. Trust me, I do this for a living.

Happy Surfing

[Petrushka]

43. I'll check 'em out when I have more time . . . but . . .

. . . meantime--no reflection on you, of course--but . . . the last time I heard, "Trust me, I do this for a living.", it was a land-agent for a major coal operator who was speaking!
.
Thanks, however, for the URLs. I'm bookmarking this thread so I won't forget.

:thumbsup:

[Yuugal]

28. I get the pop up too

Every time I goto the front page I get a pop up. I use IE and run ad-aware and spybot frequently to get rid of the crap that results. It is annoying but until now I thought the pop up was DU generating some extra cash. Is this not the case?

[tralfaz]

37. you might need

to take your computer to someone who knows the in and outs of computers because it sounds as though you have a nasty strain of spyware. Running a popup blocker may put a bandaid on the problem but the problem still exists and your computer activities are still being followed by companies who are making a living off of your surfing habits.

[Swede]

34. Get a pop up stopper.

google pop up stopper,find a free one and download.

[charlie]

36. It's just a popup

The front page is coded with script from FastClick. Avoid the homepage and you won't see it again.

[Petrushka]

47. It works!

Rather than using democraticunderground.com, today I've been using democraticunderground.com/discuss and--yippie?--no pop-up and/or pop-under. Thank you!

:thumbsup:

[yardwork]

39. I never get spammed on DU. Ever. I use Netscape.

[txaslftist]

42. I always get spammed from the "dominatrix queens" site...

Really irritating.

[gizmo1979]

44. Me too! And I don't even need that contraption!