Active X pop up

CommandoBob · Dec 31, 2005, 08:01 PM

Beginning today, I have been getting pop ups telling me that Active X thingees are disabled in my browser and the page may not display properly.

Active X thingees are disabled and the pages look fine. That is, everything I look at looks OK. If the banner ads do not start, I would never know, since I ignore them. I use IE6, SP1.

What has become an issue is that I see this pop up several times, sometimes twice on the same page. It looks like the Active X check is made for each page, since it happens as the page loads.

I would expect this to disappear once I log in, but that has not been the case.

Once this hung up my machine and I had to reboot.

Are the ActiveX thingees replacing the Java thingee?

Am I the first of many or the first of none?

CommandoBob · Dec 31, 2005, 09:56 PM

From Favorites I went to Game Related -> Civ III -> User Control Panel (http://forums.civfanatics.com/usercp.php).

On this page the pop up showed up once. I hit OK and logged in.

On my "personal" page (my user control stuff), the pop up popped up twice, after I had logged in. This was not on the redirect page ("click here if you are not redirected"). I was logged in correctly and saw what I expected to see.

I had been off this web site for over an hour.

Just more data.

(And I see that the Java thingee is still there. It was not on the first post.)

globester · Aug 08, 2007, 01:15 AM

Bumping this ancient thread, but I've got the same problem. ActiveX settings are fine though. Got the error a few days ago, fixed ActiveX settings and everything was fine for a while. Now the errors are back. Any ideas?

CivGeneral · Aug 09, 2007, 07:09 AM

Gotta screenshot of it? Thunderfall cant do anything without a snapshot of the aleged pop-up.

Will9 · Aug 18, 2007, 05:45 PM

Fifty · Aug 18, 2007, 05:47 PM

It's probably associated with the banner ad virus that is going around. Be wary.

Synsensa · Aug 19, 2007, 07:11 AM

Yeah, there's been a virus getting around called "VirusBurst" or "PSW-x.vir" It is extremely difficult to remove it. I would know, since I had to stay up until 2:30 AM to finally get rid of it. I started at 6:30 PM. That's 8 hours...

thomas.berubeg · Aug 20, 2007, 04:03 PM

AVG detected a virus when that popup came up.

globester · Aug 21, 2007, 09:49 AM

That might be it. I've been getting this error at a lot of other sites as well and I've also come across sudden popups. Blasted.

Synsensa · Aug 21, 2007, 11:06 AM

Read this thread if it's what I said.

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=239087

Dec 31, 2005, 08:01 PM	#1
CommandoBob AbstractArt Join Date: May 2005 Location: Too near The Temple of Jerry Jones Posts: 7,972	Active X pop up Beginning today, I have been getting pop ups telling me that Active X thingees are disabled in my browser and the page may not display properly. Active X thingees are disabled and the pages look fine. That is, everything I look at looks OK. If the banner ads do not start, I would never know, since I ignore them. I use IE6, SP1. What has become an issue is that I see this pop up several times, sometimes twice on the same page. It looks like the Active X check is made for each page, since it happens as the page loads. I would expect this to disappear once I log in, but that has not been the case. Once this hung up my machine and I had to reboot. Are the ActiveX thingees replacing the Java thingee? Am I the first of many or the first of none? __________________ There are no stupid questions, but there are a LOT of inquisitive idiots! ~ A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code. avatar by Mistfit

Dec 31, 2005, 09:56 PM	#2
CommandoBob AbstractArt Join Date: May 2005 Location: Too near The Temple of Jerry Jones Posts: 7,972	Follow up From Favorites I went to Game Related -> Civ III -> User Control Panel (http://forums.civfanatics.com/usercp.php). On this page the pop up showed up once. I hit OK and logged in. On my "personal" page (my user control stuff), the pop up popped up twice, after I had logged in. This was not on the redirect page ("click here if you are not redirected"). I was logged in correctly and saw what I expected to see. I had been off this web site for over an hour. Just more data. (And I see that the Java thingee is still there. It was not on the first post.) __________________ There are no stupid questions, but there are a LOT of inquisitive idiots! ~ A programmer is just a tool which converts caffeine into code. avatar by Mistfit

Aug 08, 2007, 01:15 AM	#3
globester prof. donkey masseur Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: dark ages of poopchute Posts: 188	Bumping this ancient thread, but I've got the same problem. ActiveX settings are fine though. Got the error a few days ago, fixed ActiveX settings and everything was fine for a while. Now the errors are back. Any ideas? __________________ eF\|Korizin¦ u talk a scary amount of piss globester - globester¦ i've never seen a woman with an afro GeMz`afk¦ there are loads @+Noodles¦ the queen

Aug 09, 2007, 07:09 AM	#4
CivGeneral Space Ninja Ayane Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Coruscant Posts: 39,108 Images: 4	Gotta screenshot of it? Thunderfall cant do anything without a snapshot of the aleged pop-up. __________________ (伝統、統一、名誉、知識)* \| "Stranger in a Strange land" a Fallout 3 AAR "When you worry about what others think of you, you never get to think for yourself." - Sean Stephenson "We adventure better with arrows in our knees" - Coestar \| "Did you see the darkness of Hajin Mon?" - Ayane, DoA

Aug 18, 2007, 05:47 PM	#6
Fifty !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: an ecovillage in madagascar Posts: 10,646	It's probably associated with the banner ad virus that is going around. Be wary. __________________ VISIT #FIFTYCHAT! CLICK HERE! ITS THE MOST ACTIVE CFC-RELATED CHATROOM!!! "Banning [Fifty and Perfection] is like a rite of passage for a mod." -Padma "Well, I guess this is a rite of passage for a CFCer." -FredLC on going to fiftychat <@Whomp> Fitty how'd you get so smart <@Whomp> I admire your brain

Aug 18, 2007, 05:45 PM	#5
Will9 Prince Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 316

Aug 19, 2007, 07:11 AM	#7
Synsensa Deity Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 5,486	Yeah, there's been a virus getting around called "VirusBurst" or "PSW-x.vir" It is extremely difficult to remove it. I would know, since I had to stay up until 2:30 AM to finally get rid of it. I started at 6:30 PM. That's 8 hours...

Aug 20, 2007, 04:03 PM	#8
thomas.berubeg Divine Wrath of Junil! Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Montreal Posts: 6,152	AVG detected a virus when that popup came up.

Aug 21, 2007, 09:49 AM	#9
globester prof. donkey masseur Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: dark ages of poopchute Posts: 188	That might be it. I've been getting this error at a lot of other sites as well and I've also come across sudden popups. Blasted. __________________ eF\|Korizin¦ u talk a scary amount of piss globester - globester¦ i've never seen a woman with an afro GeMz`afk¦ there are loads @+Noodles¦ the queen

Aug 21, 2007, 11:06 AM	#10
Synsensa Deity Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 5,486	Read this thread if it's what I said. http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=239087

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