OT tool king pop up

8/5/04, 6:24 PM #1

Charles
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OT tool king pop up

Charles

>Hello,

Just about every time I log onto WC Hand Tools my spybot notifies of a program trying to get into my system. After I refuse the logon, a popup for Tool King pops up. Does this happen to everyone or just me?

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8/5/04, 7:19 PM #2

Dan Donaldson
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Dan Donaldson

>I have never seen anything like that. WC does not have any pop up ads that I know of. There are some rotating banner ads at the top of the messages, but those do not look for any kind of a login, nor do they put anything on your machine, they just display in the little box.

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I have been woodworking for about 25 years now, and would consider myself an enthusiastic amateur. My claim to fame (or infamy) has always been fixing stuff. I spent time in the Air Force in the 60's then went to work as an electronic technician for civil service. I finally got my EE, and being fed up with the civil service nonsense, took a job with Ford Motor Company until I went with the split to Visteon last year. I got interested in music and started playing in a bluegrass band. I wanted a new guitar, and that kind of led me into woodworking. I bought some books, a few tools, and built a guitar. Luckily, I didn't know any better than to try that as a first ever project. I still play it when I get a chance, so it must not be too bad if it can live for over 20 years. After a stint in Mexico for my job, I moved into a new house and built a small shop. Since then I have been collecting tools and skills, probably more of the former than the latter ;-). Finding this site has done more for my skills and enjoyment than anything else. I have learned a lot and really enjoy the friendships that I have made here. I have been married to LOML (Lori) for 32 years now and have 6 kids. When they are all gone, I want to get a 1 bedroom house (so there is not room for them to move back in) and at least a 6 car heated/air conditioned garage for a shop. (Dream on...)

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8/5/04, 7:55 PM #3

Alan Hamilton
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Alan Hamilton

>Charles,

Same here. I've seen nothing like what you describe.

Alan

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8/5/04, 8:00 PM #4

Todd O. Cronkhite Native of Maine
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No problem here Charles

Todd O. Cronkhite Native of Maine

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8/5/04, 8:15 PM #5

Steve Kubien
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Steve Kubien

>I have no idea what your talking about so I assume it's not happening to me.

Hope ya get 'er fixed though,

Steve Kubien

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8/5/04, 10:30 PM #6

Greg Sloop
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Greg Sloop

>Download (and then update) a current version of AdAware.

I suspect you have some "spyware" on your machine. (I know you are running spybot, but they all can miss some stuff...)

Download ad aware

here

If that doesn't work, try here...

Cheers,

Greg

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8/6/04, 12:20 AM #7

Joe Rogers, Northern Virginia
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Joe Rogers, Northern Virginia

>I agree that you have something in your hard drive that is trying to log on when you go on line. I got so loaded up with that crap that I couldn't open a new explorer window. All my recources were used up by ad and spy programs. A reformat and several programs downloaded to combat these files were the solution. That and netscape:-)JR

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