Re: Pop ups going to adgardener.com

[John Jones <chianime@xxxxxxxxx>]

Not happening to me, but you could add adgardner.com to your hosts file with
a 127.0.0.1 address.  It probably wouldn't stop the popups but they would at
least be empty.

Check FF for any undesired add-ons.

Run a full AV scan, not just anti-ad/spyware.  Try yours or a free scan from
Housecall: http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

Run the Secunia Software Inspector to look for missing updates:
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/online/


On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 1:14 PM, rick baird <rick.baird@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Is anyone else having issues with pop up windows going to adgardener.com?
>
> I'm using Firefox and have all the ad blockers and pop up blockers
> active, and usually don't have any popup issues except for the
> occasional netflix popup.  I have them open in a new tab instead of a
> window.
>
> Earlier this week, I had a problem - the browser would spawn 4 or 5
> tabs, all to addresses such as
>
> http://harvest577.adgardener.com/....
> http://harvest578.adgardener.com/....
> http://harvest579.adgardener.com/....
>
> with each tab having a different number next to harvest.  The contents
> of each tab are blank.   I close the tabs, but about every 5 minutes,
> they return.   I close Firefox and delete cookies, but they still come
> back the next time I fire it up.
>
> I ran ccleaner, adaware and spybot and one of them fixed the problem,
> but now they're back.
>
> They seem to spawn automatically - I'm not browsing at the time - so
> it seems to be a timed thing.
>
> thanks,
>
> Rick
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