Missing GIFs

A while ago in this thread

Subject: Where does this 'Tickle' pop-up come from?
Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 06:11:09 +0100
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I had lots of help about getting rid of spyware and banners. I
installed the programs recommended and sort of forgot all about it
from then on. I reckon I should have been more focused, because now
I'm getting repeteadly irritated by what I *suspect* is a side-effect
of one of these progs: GIFs which appear as just 'x'.

For example, I'm looking at http://www.pcpro.co.uk but there are two
such missing GIFs at the top. (As an aside, there are 2 'x', but oddly
their Properties appear to be identical:
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/front_framese...es/nav/pad.gif )

I recalled that one of the programs I installed at the tme was called
edexter, and that it was (somehow!) intended to sort out this missing
GIF business. So I just ran it. But I'm darned if I know how to use
it, and studying the FAQ didn't take me much further forward. Couls
someone give me a quick, parctiacl step-by-step pointer on how to
proceed please? For example, what's this 'Select Images Folder...'
menu item all about?

Thanks.

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Terry, West Sussex, UK

> For example, I'm looking at http://www.pcpro.co.uk but there are two
> such missing GIFs at the top. (As an aside, there are 2 'x', but oddly
> their Properties appear to be identical:
> http://www.pcpro.co.uk/front_framese...es/nav/pad.gif )

There is another possibility, but the PC Pro site loads ok on my machine
- some anti-spyware programs have a "hosts file" that will block
downloads from certain advertisers who have used malicious practices in
the past.

In this instance they just look like ordinary animated GIFs though :-}

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Colin Wilson <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>> For example, I'm looking at http://www.pcpro.co.uk but there are two
>> such missing GIFs at the top. (As an aside, there are 2 'x', but oddly
>> their Properties appear to be identical:
>> http://www.pcpro.co.uk/front_framese...es/nav/pad.gif )
>
>There is another possibility, but the PC Pro site loads ok on my machine
>- some anti-spyware programs have a "hosts file" that will block
>downloads from certain advertisers who have used malicious practices in
>the past.
>
>In this instance they just look like ordinary animated GIFs though :-}

Thanks for the prompt response. They're definitely not accessible
here!

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Terry, West Sussex, UK

same here lol
"Terry Pinnell" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Colin Wilson <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >> For example, I'm looking at http://www.pcpro.co.uk but there are two
> >> such missing GIFs at the top. (As an aside, there are 2 'x', but oddly
> >> their Properties appear to be identical:
> >> http://www.pcpro.co.uk/front_framese...es/nav/pad.gif )
> >
> >There is another possibility, but the PC Pro site loads ok on my machine
> >- some anti-spyware programs have a "hosts file" that will block
> >downloads from certain advertisers who have used malicious practices in
> >the past.
> >
> >In this instance they just look like ordinary animated GIFs though :-}
>
> Thanks for the prompt response. They're definitely not accessible
> here!
>
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> Terry, West Sussex, UK
>

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Terry Pinnell
<(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>Colin Wilson <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>> For example, I'm looking at http://www.pcpro.co.uk but there are two
>>> such missing GIFs at the top.

Perhaps it's to celebrate the fact that the Unisys patent on GIF/LZW has
just (20th June) expired!

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robert w hall

Anyone with any advice please?

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Terry, West Sussex, UK