VC#, displaying ads?

[Pete]

Anyone else got this problem...

I'm using Visual C# Express Edition 2005... About 1 in 5 times when I
publish to a folder... Firefox launches as normal with links to the
published files... but 3 other tabs are opened with pages from Merge
Records, Caphyon Installer, and Google Mail...

I've tried a Lavasoft Adaware scan, but nothing was highlighted.

Does VC# EE 2005 have some kind of advertising feature built in, or is this
some type of adware?

thanks in advance,
Pete.

 

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Pete,

AFAIK, the dev tools do not have any sort of adware installed, and I
would be surprized if they did, it's really not MS's style.

My first guess would be that you have some sort of malware installed on
your machine that targets FireFox. Not being familiar with the plug in
architecture of FireFox, I can't tell you where to look, but I would start
looking there.

 

[Pete]

I've tried a couple of scanner progs and nothing has turned up...

The strange thing is I haven't noticed it occur with any other web pages, it
only seems to happen when I publish from VC#.

Hmm verrry sterrange.

Pete.

Pete,

AFAIK, the dev tools do not have any sort of adware installed, and I
would be surprized if they did, it's really not MS's style.

My first guess would be that you have some sort of malware installed on
your machine that targets FireFox. Not being familiar with the plug in
architecture of FireFox, I can't tell you where to look, but I would start
looking there.


--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- (e-mail address removed)

Anyone else got this problem...

I'm using Visual C# Express Edition 2005... About 1 in 5 times when I
publish to a folder... Firefox launches as normal with links to the
published files... but 3 other tabs are opened with pages from Merge
Records, Caphyon Installer, and Google Mail...

I've tried a Lavasoft Adaware scan, but nothing was highlighted.

Does VC# EE 2005 have some kind of advertising feature built in, or is
this some type of adware?

thanks in advance,
Pete.

 

[Pete]

I've cracked it... unbelievable solution...

The target directory was called "[MyName] Mail Merge Installer".

When C# launches Firefox, it obviously doesn't pass the directory parameter
properly/Firefox doesn't receive it properly...

Hence Firefox then receives... "[MyName] Mail Merge Installer"...

It sees each one as a separate URL. It helpfully then completes the
'incorrect' URLS to get http://mail.com, http://merge.com, and
http://installer.com...

I think.

Unbelievable!

Pete

Pete,

AFAIK, the dev tools do not have any sort of adware installed, and I
would be surprized if they did, it's really not MS's style.

My first guess would be that you have some sort of malware installed on
your machine that targets FireFox. Not being familiar with the plug in
architecture of FireFox, I can't tell you where to look, but I would start
looking there.


--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- (e-mail address removed)

Anyone else got this problem...

I'm using Visual C# Express Edition 2005... About 1 in 5 times when I
publish to a folder... Firefox launches as normal with links to the
published files... but 3 other tabs are opened with pages from Merge
Records, Caphyon Installer, and Google Mail...

I've tried a Lavasoft Adaware scan, but nothing was highlighted.

Does VC# EE 2005 have some kind of advertising feature built in, or is
this some type of adware?

thanks in advance,
Pete.

 

[chanmm]

If you checked there is no virus or spyware. Reinstall OS mate.

chanmm

I've cracked it... unbelievable solution...

The target directory was called "[MyName] Mail Merge Installer".

When C# launches Firefox, it obviously doesn't pass the directory
parameter properly/Firefox doesn't receive it properly...

Hence Firefox then receives... "[MyName] Mail Merge Installer"...

It sees each one as a separate URL. It helpfully then completes the
'incorrect' URLS to get http://mail.com, http://merge.com, and
http://installer.com...

I think.

Unbelievable!

Pete

Pete,

AFAIK, the dev tools do not have any sort of adware installed, and I
would be surprized if they did, it's really not MS's style.

My first guess would be that you have some sort of malware installed
on your machine that targets FireFox. Not being familiar with the plug
in architecture of FireFox, I can't tell you where to look, but I would
start looking there.


--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- (e-mail address removed)

Anyone else got this problem...

I'm using Visual C# Express Edition 2005... About 1 in 5 times when I
publish to a folder... Firefox launches as normal with links to the
published files... but 3 other tabs are opened with pages from Merge
Records, Caphyon Installer, and Google Mail...

I've tried a Lavasoft Adaware scan, but nothing was highlighted.

Does VC# EE 2005 have some kind of advertising feature built in, or is
this some type of adware?

thanks in advance,
Pete.