radio-type commercials playing at random...

iNSiGMA · 02-18-04, 02:26 PM

Hey people my problem here is simple...

for the past few days, I have been hearing this same radio commecial just start playing through my speakers. I know its coming from the computer because I turn up the volume and it gets loulder...

Its like a commercial for some movie, "club red" i believe... but anyway its starting to freak me out, I have NAV 2002 installed but it hasn't really said anything as far as there being any viruii in the system....

I guess I will run a full system scan via NAV and online through TrendMicro.. but what do you guys think?

JigPu · 02-18-04, 03:07 PM

If no virii show up, try searching for Ad/Spyware on your system with Ad-Aware and Spybot.

JigPu

Crash893 · 02-18-04, 03:16 PM

its AIM

iNSiGMA · 02-18-04, 04:02 PM

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Crash893
its AIM [/QUOTE0]

Really? I just happen to be an avid AIM user... I'll run a spyware/adware scan too

DeepSky · 02-18-04, 05:08 PM

Yeh definatly sounds like Spyware/ADware

God i hate that crap....

DayUSeX · 02-18-04, 07:40 PM

also it could be youre speakers try moving them around, as they can pick up radio signals

athayer187 · 02-18-04, 07:52 PM

Nah - it's definitely AIM - it's not spyware or anything, it's part of the program. There is a free patch out there somewhere that will get rid of the ads, I forget the name, just search for AIM wudio ads or something in google.

iNSiGMA · 02-18-04, 07:53 PM

Thanks for the support everyone

Crash893 · 02-18-04, 08:07 PM

i thihnk ( not sure)

just minimizing aim should keep it from doing it

i got it once too

is there a way to block aim's access to port 80

iNSiGMA · 02-18-04, 08:16 PM

I'm sure there is a way to block AIM's access to port 80, but I'd rather attack the problem directly, as in removing that annoying feature or whatever you want to call it...

02-18-04, 02:26 PM	Thread Starter #1
iNSiGMA Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ohio, USA	radio-type commercials playing at random... Hey people my problem here is simple... for the past few days, I have been hearing this same radio commecial just start playing through my speakers. I know its coming from the computer because I turn up the volume and it gets loulder... Its like a commercial for some movie, "club red" i believe... but anyway its starting to freak me out, I have NAV 2002 installed but it hasn't really said anything as far as there being any viruii in the system.... I guess I will run a full system scan via NAV and online through TrendMicro.. but what do you guys think?
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02-18-04, 03:07 PM	#2
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02-18-04, 03:16 PM	#3
Crash893 "The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed." Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: 22033	its AIM __________________ My Prime95 stats Huzza 1004.793 Years total Noli turbare circulos meos! i'm moving to Theory, Everything works there ' I want to be the unwobbling pivot at the center of an ever-revolving universe; I want to be still.'
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02-18-04, 04:02 PM	Thread Starter #4
iNSiGMA Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ohio, USA	[QUOTE]Originally posted by Crash893 its AIM [/QUOTE0] Really? I just happen to be an avid AIM user... I'll run a spyware/adware scan too
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02-18-04, 05:08 PM	#5
DeepSky Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Jax, FL	Yeh definatly sounds like Spyware/ADware God i hate that crap....
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02-18-04, 07:40 PM	#6
DayUSeX Member Join Date: Aug 2003	also it could be youre speakers try moving them around, as they can pick up radio signals
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02-18-04, 07:52 PM	#7
athayer187 Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Vernon, CT	Nah - it's definitely AIM - it's not spyware or anything, it's part of the program. There is a free patch out there somewhere that will get rid of the ads, I forget the name, just search for AIM wudio ads or something in google. __________________ i5 2500k @4.2
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02-18-04, 07:53 PM	Thread Starter #8
iNSiGMA Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ohio, USA	Thanks for the support everyone
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02-18-04, 08:07 PM	#9
Crash893 "The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed." Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: 22033	i thihnk ( not sure) just minimizing aim should keep it from doing it i got it once too is there a way to block aim's access to port 80 __________________ My Prime95 stats Huzza 1004.793 Years total Noli turbare circulos meos! i'm moving to Theory, Everything works there ' I want to be the unwobbling pivot at the center of an ever-revolving universe; I want to be still.'
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02-18-04, 08:16 PM	Thread Starter #10
iNSiGMA Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ohio, USA	I'm sure there is a way to block AIM's access to port 80, but I'd rather attack the problem directly, as in removing that annoying feature or whatever you want to call it...
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