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Dec 30 2004, 12:40 pm
There are a type of ads on my computer, they cant be deleted or right clicked or moved... Anyone got these and know how to remove them?


http://www.easton.org/billy/Ads.bmp
Dec 30 2004, 12:42 pm
Strawgate wrote:
There are a type of ads on my computer, they cant be deleted or right clicked or moved... Anyone got these and know how to remove them?


http://www.easton.org/billy/Ads.bmp

Get on MSN. Oh, thats not the answer to your question by the way.
Dec 30 2004, 12:44 pm
Do not use .bmp on the internet...
Dec 30 2004, 12:52 pm
In response to Airjoe
why not...
Dec 30 2004, 1:06 pm
My mother's computer had something similar, I THINK checking the startup programs and removing the ones that looked suspicious fixed the problem. Start -> Run -> msconfig go to the start-up tab and remove everything. Delete them, reboot. See if they come back. If they don't, it was something in that. Put them all back and start removing them until you figure out which one(s) it is ;)
Dec 30 2004, 1:08 pm
In response to Strawgate
Strawgate wrote:
why not...

They're HUGE! PNGs, GIFs, or JPGs are much smaller.
Dec 30 2004, 1:22 pm
Wow, The odd thing about it, THE SAME THING happened to me earlier today I can't Freaking move them >_<
Dec 30 2004, 3:38 pm
Can I assume this is something that was downloaded automatically and installed on your computer while you were browsing or something?
Dec 30 2004, 3:39 pm
In response to Foomer
probably who knows whats out there spamming my computer...
Dec 30 2004, 5:27 pm
In response to Jon88
Get a better internet provider, duh.
Dec 30 2004, 5:35 pm
In response to Dession
You can't tell the whole web to do that, or all the people looking at the picture. Plus the BMP format was never meant for the web. Plus, if you're paying for the bandwidth, saving a few KB here and there can add up.

Here are the filesizes for that pic, in different formats:
BMP: 770KB
GIF: 182KB (76% smaller)
PNG: 514KB
JPG: 72KB (91% smaller)
Dec 30 2004, 5:54 pm
In response to Nova2000
I can, and I will.
Dec 30 2004, 6:05 pm
You have either a) Spyware/adware, or b) a virus. Run S&D and then scan for viruses.
Jan 1 2005, 4:05 am
In response to Dession
Nova2000 wrote:
You can't tell the whole web to do that,

Dession wrote:
I can, and I will.

Ok, but that is going to take you a while :P

The fact is, using .bmp files caused me not to look at his problem, since the only, reasonably priced ISP where I live is poor dialup. I'm not going to spend a few minutes of my time waiting for those images to download, when the person who wanted help could have easily posted them in a web friendly format. And who knows, maybe I would have been able to help.

By the way, if you would like to open up a cable or DSL ISP out here where I live, I'd be more than happy to sign up :P
Jan 1 2005, 8:06 am
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Use the programs in the Ad/Spyware removal section and the free virus scanner, that should fix the problem. Make sure they are fully updated before using them.