Ad-ware, I Have Defeated You!

May 30, 2003

Last week I downloaded a crack for a piece of software. As a result of this download I received a piece of ad-ware that would cause pop-up ads to appear every now and then. Obviously, this was annoying.

First order of business: download an ad-ware smackdown program. I did this and it did not solve my problems. After clearing my cache and cookies I rebooted, but still the same problems. I thought I had been beaten by the assholes.

Then, today, I took a look at the running processes. I kept searching for each one to see if I could associate it with a particular program or piece of hardware. After little luck, I went into the system32 folder and sorted by date. I noticed an executable file that had been created recently and had a suspicious icon. It looked devious. There was an uninstall file, so I gave it a shot. After running it the program must have wanted to get one last ad in as a window popped open. I grrrr-ed and rebooted. Upon reboot, nothing! No ads! I had won. I am victorious.

In other news, I have gotten 6,500 requests for my post on the Honda Commercial. If you look at my referrers page then you'll see what I mean. Craziness.

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