Need COMPUTER help QUICK!!!

[QuettaKid]

What can/should you do if you are surfing and you click on what you think is one thing and it turns out to be something totally different and something you really DON'T want to see....??

[billyskank]

1. Close the browser and take a bath

It used to be said that cake in the floppy drive was good, but this advice has subsequently been discredited. :silly:

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

14. Self-delete

[Guy Fawkes]

2. close the window...

and never go back to freerepublic.com again.

[QuettaKid]

3. uhm, thanks....but I need a serious answer...nt.

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[billyskank]

4. Well, what do you want to know?

If it's porn, close the window. If you're afraid you've been infected with some spyware or a virus, use some anti-virus software or anti-spyware software as appropriate, and then sort out yourself a firewall.

[QuettaKid]

6. it was porn..

a kind I DO NOT ever want to see again. I closed the window real quick. I am just freaked right now because....ugh, it was just horrible. I have a firewall and anti-virus software up.

[Guy Fawkes]

7. You can enable your browser to block some websites...

What browser do you use?

[QuettaKid]

9. I use firefox...

and really would like to try and block it....problem is I closed it so quick I can't recall the name of the site. The thing is I was looking at a legit. porn site, clicked on a link that said one thing and brought up something else.....something HORRIBLE. any ideas other than just throwing my compter out the window?

[Guy Fawkes]

10. Surfing the internet...

you're going to see a lot of things that you don't want to. Most of them, you will stumble into due to missleading links or pop-ups. But sometimes your internet-savy friends will send you links to disgusting content, and that can also be a problem. The best solution would be to never go near a computer again, but I doubt you'll do that.

Unfortunately, web communities can spread some pretty bad memes around. You can never really get away from them, but being careful about what you click can help you become a better surfer.

[flvegan]

12. Legit porn vs. non-legit porn

What you want to ask for is how to scrub the image and tracking history. I think that there's a file that stores EVERYTHING you've looked at/downloaded. I think that's how the Feds get some of the folks that view the illegal stuff. It doesn't get scrubbed by a "Delete History" or cookies cleaning, either.

You'll want to run an Adaware and Spyblocker program to eliminate all the shit those pop-up windows just installed...

[miss_kitty]

13. it's in your history

you can find the name there. Clean your cache, your history and cookies, if you allow any old cookie to be set. I wouldn't even block it. Then there is a track that you know about it.

I'm not a big pr0n person. But if I were, the last place I'd look at it would be on the internets, where everybody knows your name-at least your IP addy, unless you have an anonymizer or proxy server.

[crispini]

8. Ah, well, I'm afraid there's no way to scrub your BRAIN,

which sounds like what you want. :silly:

Be careful out there, the 'net can be a gross place.

[crispini]

5. Close the browser.

What's the problem? :shrug:

[Ladyhawk]

11. Stay off warez sites. n/t