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Posted Sun Nov 12, 2006 12:32 am GMT by lwestatbus
Shortly after changing poker sites (because of the US ban) and downloading the new site's software I started seeing promotional web links appearing on my Windows desktop. There have been two so far and one was to Lending Tree and the other to a company I didn't recognize. I am pretty careful about what I do with my computer (other than playing poker online  ) and don't know where these might have come from.
I don't want to name my poker site (yet) as I've got no idea whether there is any link between the two events.
Has anyone else experienced this?
I'd sure as hell hate to find that cheezewhiz is right.
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Posted Sun Nov 12, 2006 1:28 am GMT by misterjokerboy
I've downloaded quite a few different poker sites' software and haven't come across this.
Posted Sun Nov 12, 2006 7:25 am GMT by wEbMaStEr
Some sites do use tracking cookies, Prima and Titan show as containing spyware if you run Adaware, but I've yet to find any which spam sites in this way.
I'd be interested to see what these ads look like if you could provide a screenshot.
I think it's more likely to be something other than a poker site, run spyware and antivirus software.
Are the ads small and grey? Could it be windows messenger ads?
Posted Sun Nov 12, 2006 2:51 pm GMT by 0neEyedWilly
The last time something like this happened to me I had a trojan. 
Posted Mon Nov 13, 2006 2:35 pm GMT by UrAteUp
lwest...download spybot S&D (it's free) install and update it and then run it. You might also want to download and install adaware. It is free also and the two together will catch any adware that has been downloaded on your computer.
I have yet to see a poker site that came with spyware but it wouldn't surprise me soon to see these .net sites doing it.... 
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