# Wtf is up with these PopUnders!!!!!!!!!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-up-with-these-popunders/229566>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 16, 2004, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-up-with-these-popunders/229566 "2004-02-16T22:50:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Madawc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@Madawc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madawc)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-up-with-these-popunders/229566/1 "2004-02-16T22:50:38Z")

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I don’t know if this problem can be solved cuz DAMN it’s annoying.

I get a pop-under on the hour or on the half hour intermittently. The origin is from this website. Luckily I bookmarked it somehow and these are some stats:  
URL: [http://www6.paypopup.com/loading.php?id=bigrhino&pop=enter&t=3&subid=10475&tid=1076915030&ref=http%3A//216.74.79.143/pops/index.php%3Ftry%3D3](http://www6.paypopup.com/loading.php?id=bigrhino&pop=enter&t=3&subid=10475&tid=1076915030&ref=http%3A//216.74.79.143/pops/index.php%3Ftry%3D3)

it pop-under internet explorer window title is “Advertising\_Loading\_Window…”

I’ve read that now pop-unders are going to be the new wave of bothersome ads that can’t be stopped with pop-up killers. I have the Google popup blocker installed and it doesn’t affect the pop-under that comes on the hour or half-hour. Is it somehow part of my computer’s clock? How do they send it exactly at that time… Ah who cares, just as long as I can get rid of this annoying thing.

Any help is much appreciated and thanks in advace.

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**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2004, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-up-with-these-popunders/229566/2 "2004-02-16T23:37:08Z")

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Head over to [this site](http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article/0,aid,113739,00.asp) to pick up Ad-Aware and Spybot Search & Destroy. Use 'em both and prepare to be startled at how much crud is in your PC.

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**Author:** ![Madawc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@Madawc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madawc)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2004, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-up-with-these-popunders/229566/3 "2004-02-17T03:29:53Z")

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I used both of them before and I cannot get rid of the intermittent on the hour or half-hour pop-under. I think these two applications just get rid of pop-up related junk.

I still use Ad-aware, Spybot Search and Destroy doesn’t do anything after the first clean up it performed.

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**Author:** ![Madawc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@Madawc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madawc)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2004, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-up-with-these-popunders/229566/4 "2004-02-17T03:42:17Z")

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I downloaded the latest Search and Destroy version and things are ok for the time being, just need to wait for the hour and half-hour tests to see if the pop-unders appear.

Thanks for the help, and I hope it worked.

I had these 2 tools installed, seems like Search and Destroy is the better of the two for now.

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2004, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-is-up-with-these-popunders/229566/5 "2004-02-17T03:44:37Z")

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You have to remember to keep updating the adware killers before you use it. Each of them have that option to download their latest updates.