Dell Pop-Ups

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"Mike" <news@ANTISPAMntlworld.ANTISPAMcom> wrote in message
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> Has anyone else noticed that you seem to get Dell Pop-Up ads when you
> visit
> just about any site nowadays? Thats what i call pushy advertising !!!
>
>

No

dj

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Colin Wilson <void@btinternet.com> wrote in message news:<MPG.1bd23d1642e97c1798a8b3@news.individual.net>...
> > Has anyone else noticed that you seem to get Dell Pop-Up ads when you visit
> > just about any site nowadays? Thats what i call pushy advertising !!!
>
> One of the Dell pages tries to install "MedaiPlex", which is deemed as
> spyware by Spybot S&D.
>
> www.dell.co.uk/tv will get you to one of their pages trying to force it
> down your throat, and the page will not load without it.
>
> Poor show Dell !

I loaded this web page with firefox on a mandrake linux
with no problems displaying it and nothing tried to install
either.
Dave

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Jan wrote:

> In article <4feda6e.0410092041.53c9f459@posting.google.com>, davids165
> @juno.com says...
>
>>Colin Wilson <void@btinternet.com> wrote in message news:<MPG.1bd23d1642e97c1798a8b3@news.individual.net>...
>>
>>>>Has anyone else noticed that you seem to get Dell Pop-Up ads when you visit
>>>>just about any site nowadays? Thats what i call pushy advertising !!!
>>>
>>>One of the Dell pages tries to install "MedaiPlex", which is deemed as
>>>spyware by Spybot S&D.
>>>
>>>www.dell.co.uk/tv will get you to one of their pages trying to force it
>>>down your throat, and the page will not load without it.
>>>
>>>Poor show Dell !
>>
>>I loaded this web page with firefox on a mandrake linux
>> with no problems displaying it and nothing tried to install
>>either.
>>Dave
>
> No pop up here either with Avant browser.

Same here with Mozilla 1.7. The site wanted to set a cookie, which I
denied, then the page loaded - no popups, etc.

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"Colin Wilson" <void@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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>> I loaded this web page with firefox on a mandrake linux
>> with no problems displaying it and nothing tried to install
>> either.
>
> Thanks for the replies everyone - something odd going on here then - I
> use Opera as well as IE, and neither can access that part of their site,
> although the rest works fine in either browser.
>
> It doesn't work on my wifes' Dell machine either IIRC (she's on it at the
> moment so can't check)
>
> --

Loads OK on both my 8300's and nothing installed