Re: the gater corp

From: Karl Levinson [x y] mvp (levinson_k@excite.com)
Date: 12/03/02 

From: "Karl Levinson [x y] mvp" <levinson_k@excite.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2002 23:11:28 -0500

"allen" <cooldude124@msn.com> wrote in message
news:09a401c29a72$96bf1690$8df82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA02...
> i cant unstall gater software off of my coumpter and how
> did it get in there in the ferest playce and why i get
> those nasty pop ups it driveing mad

Gator frequently gets installed with other free software that you chose to
download and install. During the install it usually clearly tells you that
Gator is about to be installed and do you want to cancel the Gator install.
You can try using free or not-free software that blocks both adware and
pop-ups:

http://securityadmin.info/faq.htm#pop-ups

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