New Avatars

[Sedir]

I have two computers in my house and I use them both, and for some reason the newer avatars and the updated avatars are showing up on one of the computers while they aren't showing up on the other computer.
Anybody know what's going on?

[twixmix0303]

Try deleting your cookies.

[Sedir]

Weird... because the computer that isn't showing them just got cleaned.

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Ok some of them are starting show up now...

[V2's Mighty Golden Arrow]

Have you checked for Spyware?

I see soooo many pop ups for "you computer may infected with spyware"
Chances are if you click yes you'll just get a mess of Spyware on you computer, false advertising

[anthonycdudley]

spyware's the killer of many computers, I once got so infected I needed to recover the computer with the emergency recovery disc

[SFGAm Rules]

I thought that spyware was a pop up blocker. Am I confusing it with something else?

[anthonycdudley]

Maybe a firewall, i'm not sure

[mschulz5]

Spyware is what pop-up blockers and firewalls mostly try to defend you from. If it infects your computer, some can be very hard to get rid of and can even crash your computer.

[coasterdude12]

They take impeccable force to get rid of, some also contain unwanted content

[mr. dejavu]

Have you checked for Spyware?

I see soooo many pop ups for "you computer may infected with spyware"
Chances are if you click yes you'll just get a mess of Spyware on you computer, false advertising

Yeah, those ads are hypocritic. (Notice my use of "hypocritic" hehehe). Can Mac (Os X) computers be infected?

[coasterdude12]

An computer can be infected, even those with firewall installed

[mr. dejavu]

Really? You learn something new everyday........

[coasterdude12]

It's true, I just got off a huge Spyware infestation

[Aero737]

Okay, to trouble shoot this probem. Go into MSDOS prompt by going to

Start->run-> Type: "cmd" without quotes.

Then once in the Command Prompt type in
"tracert http://www.sfgamworld.com" Without Quotes. It should finally make it to the final destination without getting stuck at any 'hops'.

If it does stop somewhere then it is probably client side because I can sucessfully do it.

Also try holding Ctrl and F5 to force refresh the page. Also clear your cache by clearing cookies and all temporary internet files.

Spyware and your firewall shouldnt make a difference unless your not allowing internet explorer (or Molizza/whatever you use) to connect to the internet.

[mr. dejavu]

I use Internet Explorer, and this has never been a problem for me.

[Aero737]

It wouldnt be...your not the one with the problem, Sedir is having trouble.

[mr. dejavu]

What are cookies?

[planea380]

One word>>>>>

[twixmix0303]

spyware's the killer of many computers, I once got so infected I needed to recover the computer with the emergency recovery disc

Same here. I was infected from Chatterbox's website. (one note - they also put the same advertising into sites that have their chatterbox). I didn't even click on anything. A popup would appear, disappear, then some software would automatically install. Ad-subtract told me I had over 200 instances of spyware on my computer.

[Aero737]

Cookies are little text documents that webpages store on your computer that collect and save information about yourself. For example this site uses cookies to save your password when you tick 'Keep Me Logged In'.

If you really want to see them they can be found at
C:\Documents and Settings\USER\Cookies in windows XP. Some sites use tracking cookies to track and report websites that you visit for advertising purposes.

[w00dland]

Sedir, try downloading and running these two programs.

http://www.download.com/Spybot-Search-D ... l?tag=prod

http://www.download.com/Ad-aware-SE-Per ... l?tag=prod

I used to have trouble with spyware and adware, but now I'm more informed and they no longer effect me. I once had to reformat because of them.