Thank you, Scott!  That sounds promising.

Dave

Scott Winberg wrote:
> 
> Hello David,
> 
> Have him download spybot http://spybot.eon.net.au/ (free) and search
> for adware. Gator is a big one that I have seen do this and many other
> weird problems. If he is signing on to XP or 2000 with his user id it
> could be the same adware is loaded on his profile at each computer.
> 
> Just a guess.
> 
> Scott
> 
> Tuesday, July 29, 2003, 3:31:29 PM, you wrote:
> 
> David> Hi all,
> 
> David> I just received a very strange bug report from one of our IMail users.
> David> Apparently, when he visits our webmail interface (IMail 7.x w/
> David> KillerWebMail) with Internet Explorer, his browser flakes out -- slows
> David> down, form fields don't function properly -- and his pop-up blocker
> David> stops working.  [And we don't have any pop-ups on our IMail server to
> David> begin with!]  The user claims that ads popup immediately upon visiting
> David> us and disappear upon leaving.
> 
> David> I was ready to dismiss the IE-specific bug as a Microsoft issue (being
> David> that I could not duplicate it here and have had no corroborating
> David> reports) but this pop-up thing I cannot so easily explain away.  Where
> David> would these ads be coming from and why do they appear only when the user
> David> is at OUR IMail server?
> 
> David> One other detail perhaps worth mentioning:  The user had made our
> David> webmail interface the default page on all affected computers.
> David> Relevant?  Probably not.  I believe he had mentioned that, having
> David> removed the default, the error recurred upon subsequent visits to our
> David> site.
> 
> David> The behavior has been verified by this particular user on three separate
> David> systems, two with Windows XP and one Windows 2000.  All have the
> David> following similarities:
> 
> David> Internet Explorer 6.0.2800
> David> Browser Pal - Ad Blocker v1.0
> 
> David> Any ideas?
> 
> David> Thank you very much.
> 
> David> Dave
> 
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