JWL wrote:
> Shenan Stanley wrote:
>> JWL wrote:
>>> Does anyone know of a popup blocker that notifies you it has
>>> stopped a popup in IE by briefly displaying a kind of yellow
>>> splodge with a red exclamation mark on the mouse pointer? It also
>>> plays a sound effect, which sounds just like the empty recycle bin
>>> sound effect in Windows XP.
>>> I need to identify this program.
>>
>> What do you not recognize in your Add/Remove Programs control
>> panel? Google Toolbar (any toolbars?) installed?
>>
>
> This is part of the problem - it's not my computer. I'm logging in
> remotely over an excruciatingly slow connection to a machine where
> all the text is in German (which I don't speak). There are lots of
> toolbars and a huge number of installed programs, including lots of
> adware. This person is using IE to access an online app provided by
> my company but when the app tries to open popups in the browser,
> they are being stopped dead by the blocker I described. I've
> searched and search but I can't find the settings for this thing,
> or even what it is. I've disabled the IE/Googlebar popup blockers,
> added the site to the Trusted Zone, ran Ad-aware all to no avail.

They are going to have to bring the machine in and/or clean it themselves.
My guess is that it probably is spyware/adware still hanging on.

Install Firefox and let them use that. heh

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