Gator. Guest, or gate crasher?

Mike_Healan · Aug 28, 2002

http://www.spywareinfoforum.com/newsletter/archives/august-2002/08282002.html

How many times has this happened to you? You're surfing around on the internet, hopping from one site to the next. As you leave one site, your computer hangs for a second and you look down to see why. "Bah! Another %$@# popunder!" As you go to close the offending window, you see that the contents are inviting you to install Gator Corporation's e-wallet software.

Most of us have had this experience. Gator popunder ads are seemingly everywhere. Writing a complaint to the webmaster of the site sometimes results in the ad being removed. It's not always easy to figure out which site actually produced the ad however, as these popunders quite often appear only after you leave the affiliate's web site. More than one baffled webmaster has received complaints from people about popunder ads even though their site uses no such thing.
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UNICRON · Aug 28, 2002

Indeed they are a menace. Luckily, proxomitron handles them pretty well.

I am still looking for good alternatives under linux for all those great windows progs.

Prince_Serendip · Aug 28, 2002

Hi UNICRON and Mike! My Naviscope 8.70 can block all pop-ups and/or pop-unders. There are other applications which can do likewise. (I can't quite remember the names right now but they definitely do exist.)

Detox · Aug 28, 2002

Hm must admit I've never ever seen a popunder of any sort at all on my machine, I guess between Proxomitron and IeSpyad they don't stand a chance.

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