Pop-up
advertising on Worldsex? Never !!
But your computer might be infected!
Read on to learn more...
To make one thing clear: We have NEVER put a pop-up ad on our sites, neither do we allow them on the galleries we list !!!
So why do they occasionally appear on our site? Here are a few possible explanations:
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One possibility is that you visited a site while surfing, and that site launched pop-up windows in the background. These ads are known in the advertising industry as "pop-unders." When you came to WORLDSEX.COM, the windows may have become visible. Again, we do not condone this practice and do not allow it on WORLDSEX.COM.
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If you have installed some free programs, especially music-sharing programs such as Kazaa or BearShare, you may have installed other programs as well. These tiny "time bombs" can show pop-ups at random intervals or based on anything you type on a web page. A brief description of these programs can be found in these articles: http://news.com.com/2100-1023-257592.html and http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,49960,00.html.
If you are experiencing pop-ups generated by one of these malicious programs, you may want to remove the pop-up program from your computer. One program that attempts to detect and to uninstall pop-up programs is available at http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-10106-108-63806.html. We have no relationship with the individuals who created this software and cannot vouch for it ourselves.
If you feel you were deceived when you installed a program that creates pop-ups, you may want to take action. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) handles complaints about deceptive or unfair business practices. To file a complaint, visit: http://www.ftc.gov/ and click on "File a Complaint Online", call 1-877-FTC-HELP, or write to:
Federal Trade Commission
CRC-240
Washington, D.C. 20580If your complaint is against a company in another country, please file it at http://www.econsumer.gov/.
Please note: One of
the major companies that pulls this scam is Gator. If you have
a small logo in your taskbar (somewhere near your clock) which looks something
like this: 
then you have
their software installed (which co-installs sometimes with other software,
so you might don't know it). You can uninstall Gator by going to Start
-> Settings -> Configurations -> Software and then look for Gator
and click the Uninstall button.(If you don't have this logo on your taskbar
it could be hidden as well)
The best way to disable this adware is to download a free piece of software called BHO Cop. BHO stands for Browser Helper Object (yeah helper my ass!). You can download BHO Cop from the following ftp link:
ftp://ftp.download.com/pub/zd/PCMag/bhocop.zip
If that doesn't work visit download.com here. Or download from zdnet.com here. For some detailed documentation of BHO Cop check out the following zdnet article.
Once you've downloaded bhocop.zip you will have to unzip it. If you don't have an unzip program download one here. Once you've unzipped bhocop.zip run the setup.exe file. This will install BHO Cop on your system.
Next, you need to run BHO Cop. Click on the Start menu > Programs > BHO Cop. Or, go to the following directory C:\Program Files\BHOCop and run BHOCop.exe. You should see something like the following:
If you see a similar "Transponder Class" in the BHO Name field, you have the same adware as I do (did). This is a very rude adware that will pop-up windows whenever you visit your favorite sites, such as worldsex.com. To disable this BHO, click on the check box to the left of the BHO name. After you click on exit you will need to close all Internet Explorer windows, then restart Internet Explorer in order for the changes to take effect.
As you can see above, the only BHO on my system is the "Transponder Class". Your system might have many more. Some of them might not be adware, but very useful tools that enhance IE. You might want to disable all of them at first, or the ones that you are suspicious of. Then restart IE and see if everything works as normal. Then you can enable them one by one in order to discover the ones that are giving you pop-ups.
If you'd like to learn more about adware/spyware, check out this very helpful site that I just found via Google http://www.cexx.org/adware.htm. Another great piece of free software is Ad-Aware (although it doesn't detect Transponder yet), download it here http://www.lavasoftusa.com/. I also highly recommend the following firewall software called ZoneAlarm. A freeware version of ZoneAlarm can be found here, or you can buy the Pro version which has extra features.
One last note, go to Internet Explorer and click on Tools > Internet Options... Select the Security tab and click on Custom Level... Make sure that it is at least set to Medium and that the first option called "Download signed ActiveX controls" is set to Prompt. Then be very careful about which ActiveX component you install from the web.
I hope that this helps some of you fix these mystery pop-ups. Just remember that the next time you receive a pop-up it did not come from WORLDSEX.COM.
Instead of emailing complaining about a service that we do for free...email the link of the bastard that you got the pop-up from and we will remove that link immediately. So that everyone that visits the site will not have to go through the same nightmare.
For more info about pop-ups go HERE
(these instructions were edited with the permission of the maker, Hypnos. Thanks for your help ;-))