Popups, off topic, but a concern...

Tue Oct 31 18:48:30 UTC 2000

No: HPFGUIDX 4931

  I have started getting something very odd.  When I open my email for the egroup, I get a "freebies" popup.  I wondered if anyone else is being harassed by such a thing, or if it's localized to my computer.  

  I cannot find the cookie to delete it--it's not in COOKIES,TEMP,TEMP.I.F,DOWNLOADED...,or anywhere where else I discovered to check due to working the computer labs with the lovely non-computer literate students who download the strange unremovable files....

  If you can get it, let me know!  It's from ZMedia.

  I will now include a copy of the html code for the pop-up, just in case....

<HTML>
  <HEAD>
  <title>Free Stuff by Email</title>
  </HEAD>
  <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFF99" TOPMARGIN="0" LEFTMARGIN="0" MARGINHEIGHT="0"
  MARGINWIDTH="0" onLoad="init();">

  <SCRIPT>
  <!-- Hide from old browsers
  function init()
  {
   var count;
   var reqstring = '';
   for (count=0; count < document.zmedia_checklist.request.length; count++)
   {
    reqstring += '&request='+document.zmedia_checklist.request[count].value;
   }
   var temp_image = new Image;
   temp_image.src = 'http://popup.zmedia.com/impression?ref='+document.zmedia_checklist.ref.value+reqstring;
  }
  function zmedia_subscribeToEmail()
  {
        document.zmedia_checklist.subscribe_button.value='Thank you for subscribing!';
        return true;
  }
  // end comment -->
  </SCRIPT>
  <center><img border="0" height="69" width="443" src="http://img.zmedia.com/pops/banner3.gif">
  <FORM NAME="zmedia_checklist"
  ACTION="http://www.zmedia.com/warp/subs/popvfy" METHOD="GET"
  ONSUBMIT="zmedia_subscribeToEmail()">

  <font face="Arial" color="blue" size="2">Just checkmark your favorites and
  get them <b>absolutely free!</b></font>
  <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="ref" VALUE="149734">
  <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="version" VALUE="blue1">
  <INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="red" VALUE="oie_pop">
  <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">
  <tr>
  <td><font face="Arial" size="2"><INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="request"
  VALUE="join-ama_recipes"> Recipe of the Week</font></td>
  <td><font face="Arial" size="2"><INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="request"
  VALUE="join-traveldeals"> The Best US Travel Deals</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td><font face="Arial" size="2"><INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="request"
  VALUE="join-xms2-list10"> Web Developer Tips & Resources</font></td>
  <td><font face="Arial" size="2"><INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="request"
  VALUE="join-infobeat_dailydoses"> Horoscopes, Birthdays, Jokes</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td><font face="Arial" size="2"><INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="request"
  VALUE="join-private-buy"> Anonymous Online Payments</font></td>
  <td><font face="Arial" size="2"><INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="request"
  VALUE="join-ecount"> ECount: $10 Cash Back</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td><font face="Arial" size="2"><INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="request"
  VALUE="join-netcard"> Online Mastercard Approval</font></td>
  <td><font face="Arial" size="2"><INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="request"
  VALUE="join-jobsonline"> Jobsonline - Win $10,000</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td><font face="Arial" size="2"><INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="request"
  VALUE="join-gator"> Gator - Fills out forms!</font></td>
  <td><font face="Arial" size="2"><INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="request"
  VALUE="join-funstuff" CHECKED> Fun & Freebies from </font><img border="0" height="21" width="69" src="http://img.zmedia.com/pops/smallwotchlogo.gif"></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td><font face="Arial" size="2"><INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="request"
  VALUE="join-paypal" CHECKED> PayPal - Earn $5 Today</font></td>
  <td><font face="Arial" size="2"><INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="request"
  VALUE="join-infobeat_finance"> Daily Financial Updates</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td><font face="Arial" size="2"><INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="request"
  VALUE="join-infobeat_music"> Music News & Updates</font></td>
  <td><font face="Arial" size="2"><INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="request"
  VALUE="join-list1043"> Mailshell: Best, free email lists</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td><font face="Arial" size="2"><INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="request"
  VALUE="join-mypoints"> MyPoints - Get Paid to Surf</font></td>
  <td><font face="Arial" size="2"><INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="request"
  VALUE="join-freestuff" CHECKED> Free Stuff of the Day</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td colspan=2><font face="Arial" color="green" size="2"><b>Free entertaining newsletters from Zooba.com!</b></font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td colspan=2>
   <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"><font face="Arial" size="2">
    <tr>
    <td><font face="Arial" size="2"><INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="request"
    VALUE="join-x-entertainers"> Entertainers</font></td>
    <td><font face="Arial" size="2"><INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="request"
    VALUE="join-x-movies"> The Movies</font></td>
    <td><font face="Arial" size="2"><INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="request"
    VALUE="join-x-destinations"> Travel Destinations</font></td>
    </tr>
   </table></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td colspan=2><font face="Arial" color="blue" size="2"><INPUT TYPE="checkbox" NAME="markActive" VALUE="OhYes"> Send me additional free info on the interests I've selected above
  </font></td>
  </tr>
  </table>
  <table>
  <tr>
  <td><font face="Arial" size="2">Email Address:</font></td> 
  <td colspan=2><font face="Arial" size="2"> <INPUT TYPE="TEXT" size=24
  NAME="email">
  <INPUT TYPE="submit" NAME="subscribe_button" VALUE="Subscribe for Free!"></font>
  </td></tr>
  </table>

  </FORM>
  </center>

  <img src="http://www.popuptraffic.com/count.php?site=203">
  </BODY>
  </HTML>

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