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Publicity.....
Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 11:50 pm
by charvista
Incredible that even the PureBasic Forum has now a lot of publicity from BetterSurf....
Since this afternoon, we are bombarded with reclame. Even the Google Gmail suddenly showed publicity....
Crazy.
Really crazy.
Why not make publicity of PureBasic????
Edit: I found a way to de-activate the BetterSurf ads: click on the word BetterSurf, then click on "deactivate" and then on the "ON" so it becomes "OFF".
Phew!
However, the many words underlined in green are still there! 
Re: Publicity.....
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2013 12:33 am
by netmaestro
I don't see any of that. I did once a few months ago and it turned out to be caused by adware on my computer.
Re: Publicity.....
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2013 1:03 am
by skywalk
Check the loaded extensions in your browser and disable or remove the offenders.
I had to go to the registry a few times to wipe all mention of 1 nasty lurker.
Re: Publicity.....
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2013 1:37 am
by charvista
netmaestro wrote:caused by adware on my computer
You are right.
I must admit that I googled a lot today, but I did not install anything. Probably the short visit on a page (but which one?!) installed "BetterSurf" on my computer. After my first post, I went to Control Panel > Programs and features, I saw that it was there, so I uninstalled BetterSurf. The internet is a very dangerous place, because it can really install programs without your knowledge. It could have been a virus!
I first thought it was general, but it appears it occurred to me only.
Backup your PureBasic programs on a different media often!
skywalk wrote:Check the loaded extensions in your browser and disable or remove the offenders.
I ran CCCleaner and it seems it did his job. Thank you for the idea, skywalk!
A while ago, it was worse, I think it was Qo6. Terribly difficult to get rid of it. They are all spies. Snowden was right