Re: Pop ups going to adgardener.com

[Tom Liotta <qsrvbas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

rick baird wrote:

> Saw that one already - not the same issue.  adgardener's been around
> forever.  whatever it is, it's blocking sites that can fix it.

Rick:

Wish I could help, but I can only throw thoughts.

There are two generic circumstances -- something's running that you 
didn't ask for nor grant permission for, or some add-on was accepted by you.

But how to find out what it is...?

Just in case it might give some useful info, what happens when you 
investigate with Process Explorer? See:

http://archive.midrange.com/pctech/200902/msg00053.html

It might just show the browser, but it might also give an extra clue. 
Other utilities at the SysInternals site might give more clues.

BTW, if you've updated to a recent Java, did you reject the Yahoo 
add-on? Also, I've started removing all older Javas (Add/Remove 
programs). The latest ones are all I keep, and I always try to reject 
extra add-ons. If I accept an add-on, I read any licenses. If a license 
says anything about "other software that might be included and licenses 
are accepted implicitly by accepting this license", I don't accept.

Are there particular sites that do it or is it general web access?

Can't think of anything else right now.

Tom Liotta

> On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > http://www.computer-juice.com/forums/f49/harvest173-adgardener-com-fastclick-17989/
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/c7a6ca
> >
> > Way at the bottom.  See if that helps?
> > *
> >
> > *John Jones wrote:
> > > 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.