Chat-Avenue Installs Spyware, Viruses Via Their Pop-Ups And They Rip You Off Through Their Advertising Chat-Avenue installed Spy-Ware on my computer through their thousands of Pop-Up Advertisements they also rip you off VIA their Advertising Ripoff Columbia Internet

I've visited this chat site on and off for almost 10 years. I signed up for the Forums in 2009. Like most chat rooms it does have it's share of disruptive patrons. Most of the problems I've seen there are caused by spammers ,flooders and the occasional personality clash with a moderator . Most of which are delt with by the site moderators.I've never been asked for money and have never seen multiple pop ups or had any form of virus implanted on my system from this chat site. To be blunt,the claims made by the author,Cameron, are pure fabrication. 

If i where running a site like this that allows people to air there grievances regarding a particular company or person I would make it mandatory that evidence be provided to substantiate the claims being made. At the very least this web site should carry out some form of investigation. Other wise the credibility of this site will be lost.

This is more in response to the above rebuttal then the actual report..

I use IE and it has a very capable pop up stopper with it.. I gave Firefox a try and although it wasn't a bad browser, IE was a much more safer browser.. It also loaded things much smoother, in some cases with firefox things didn't load properly at all..

So if your getting popups and have all the latest updates from microsoft then it would be spyware on your computer.. In which case you should try SpyWareBlaster to stop most spyware from getting on your computer in the first place.. An try Ad-Aware and SpyBot - Search and Destroy to scan for SpyWare..

It won't get rid of everything, there are certain things that neither get.. But they get most..

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Quick question. Are you using Internet Explorer (Microsoft)? If so that is part of the problem. It is infamous for being the target of popup. There was a time when I was getting 50-100 popups an hour.

First thing is to switch to another browser. Try using Firefox (Mozilla). I have been using them for a while now and I get NO popups. Second thing: a lot of sites you may visit will send you adware or spyware. There is a great website that can help with this. Do a Google search on Security Tango. They give a step by step method of removing spyware and adware from your computer. They recommend a couple of good programs (freeware/shareware) that work well.
Of course, you need to have a good virus protection program on your computer.

Good luck...

I have been a member of Chat Avenue for 1 and a half years never have i seen any spywhare o viruses from any popups o the site. Chat Avenue has never and will most likely never ask people to pay for membership this is just total lies to try and bring down the site not 1 word of the statement is true

This Rip-Off report was documented with out any proof what so ever, i have been registered with Chat avenue for allmost 2 years and have just became a chat moderator.

i have been all over that site on 3 diffrent computers with me, xp, and 98 windows with out a firewall,virus sheild,and a spam blocker. I have found nothing at all that relates to spy wear or A virus after i scaned these 3 computers...

I was so confident in my results i had my grandfather go to the site and register and look around and then run his virus scan and spy-wear scanner and found nothing...

as for the Thousands of pop-ups i only had a very small amount in the last hour...

I highly recomend Chat Avenue to every one of all ages (my 78 year old grandfather is hooked) it is very user friendly and has a great online enviroment so please dont let false allegations turn you away from this great site.

I am Known as WeedMonster i am an Ex Employee of the site and my 5 years of being there i have nerver ben asked or even pm'ed about giveing away money to advertise....

There is no spyware nor is there any Viruses Via pop up or anything else i truthfully am not the best person to represent this site but i am well known and i have ben employed by both chatmaster, Erin, and Heather and for all my years of being there.....this is the 1st ive heard of this issue... to look further into it would be wise before bashing a Popular chat site as this....just some words of caution....

WeedMonster.....

I am Known as WeedMonster i am an Ex Employee of the site and my 5 years of being there i have nerver ben asked or even pm'ed about giveing away money to advertise....

There is no spyware nor is there any Viruses Via pop up or anything else i truthfully am not the best person to represent this site but i am well known and i have ben employed by both chatmaster, Erin, and Heather and for all my years of being there.....this is the 1st ive heard of this issue... to look further into it would be wise before bashing a Popular chat site as this....just some words of caution....

WeedMonster.....

I am Known as WeedMonster i am an Ex Employee of the site and my 5 years of being there i have nerver ben asked or even pm'ed about giveing away money to advertise....

There is no spyware nor is there any Viruses Via pop up or anything else i truthfully am not the best person to represent this site but i am well known and i have ben employed by both chatmaster, Erin, and Heather and for all my years of being there.....this is the 1st ive heard of this issue... to look further into it would be wise before bashing a Popular chat site as this....just some words of caution....

WeedMonster.....

I am Known as WeedMonster i am an Ex Employee of the site and my 5 years of being there i have nerver ben asked or even pm'ed about giveing away money to advertise....

There is no spyware nor is there any Viruses Via pop up or anything else i truthfully am not the best person to represent this site but i am well known and i have ben employed by both chatmaster, Erin, and Heather and for all my years of being there.....this is the 1st ive heard of this issue... to look further into it would be wise before bashing a Popular chat site as this....just some words of caution....

WeedMonster.....

Firstly, i commend this site for what they do, it's good to have rip off's uncovered and go public. BUT it's not a good when a report like this one is posted as it is entirely false, and obviously so.

The photo's?.. Well the actual names of the owner, the chatmaster, and such are not public knowledge so why their photographs would be is just stupid. An shows the authenticity of these claims. This whole thing is not only unfair on Chat-Avenue but also those people who's photo's those really are.

I have been going to Chat-Avenue for years now, as either a user or a moderator, and i have never EVER picked up anything malicious. If this person has picked something up it has not been from Chat-Avenue and they should be a lil more catious about what sites they goto. But consider the fact that everything else they have said is a complete lie, then i doubt they really picked up anything.

Advertising, well i know very little about how much the advertising costs, so on and so forth. But i do know that i have seen advertisements sitting their for a very long time, and always linking to other peoples sites, not Chat-Avenue like it was stupidly claimed. I have personally witnessed the amount of traffic Chat-Avenue receives, and i don't believe $500 is asking too much.

Pop Ups are not harmful to computers, they can be somewhat an annoyance, but they are all over the net and are a way of sites staying afloat.. Although Chat-Avenue gives everyone a free service, it is not free to them, so Add's are needed in 1 way or another.. But never in any malicious way what so ever..

Chat-Avenue gives a free service to tens of thousands of people, Chat-Avenue has always been free to use, and i believe it always will be.
As it has been said in a previous rebuttal, check it out for youself, you will not find 1 hint of the outrageous claims that this sad creature has put forth..

I have been an active member of Chat-Avenue for nearly 4 years. I have never received spyware from the site, never have I seen anyone have to pay to use the site. Chat-Avenue is free to the users. Those who use our site for advertising get very good and continuous publicity. Currently our forums have over 13,500 members. If Chat-avenue was guilty of these things that they are being accused of it certainly wouldn't have anywhere near the amount of registered users as it has.

I have been a moderator at Chat-avenue for approximately 3 years. I am now a chatroom administrator.

My advice to those who read this report is to not make assumptions about a site they have never been to. There will always be people who will try and slander something because of spite, jealousy or a grudge.

I am proud to be a part of Chat-avenue, and will remain to be a part of what I consider to be the best chat site around.

After reading the article concerning #1 Chat Avenue, I'm somewhat concerned that it was posted without even being researched as to true or false allegations. I have been a user of the site for over four years, a moderator in some of the rooms for approxomately three years, in that time I, or any other person has never been asked to give money to the site in return for employment or use.The site is free to users world wide, care is taken in the monitoring of users, the staff on the whole are approachable and very caring. There are no viruses attatched to the site, I believe if there were the number of users to the site would decrease, not increase.There are many users who are disgruntled with the site for purely personal reasons, be it the fact they were refused employment, or just the fact that they want to bring a good site down. I would tell readers of this report to consider carefuly the facts given, and the manner they were presented, please access the site and look at it for yourselves before judging the content of the original report, and lastly, I believe all reports should be researched before they are placed here for public review. Thank you for your time.

After reading the article concerning #1 Chat Avenue, I'm somewhat concerned that it was posted without even being researched as to true or false allegations. I have been a user of the site for over four years, a moderator in some of the rooms for approxomately three years, in that time I, or any other person has never been asked to give money to the site in return for employment or use.The site is free to users world wide, care is taken in the monitoring of users, the staff on the whole are approachable and very caring. There are no viruses attatched to the site, I believe if there were the number of users to the site would decrease, not increase.There are many users who are disgruntled with the site for purely personal reasons, be it the fact they were refused employment, or just the fact that they want to bring a good site down. I would tell readers of this report to consider carefuly the facts given, and the manner they were presented, please access the site and look at it for yourselves before judging the content of the original report, and lastly, I believe all reports should be researched before they are placed here for public review. Thank you for your time.

After reading the article concerning #1 Chat Avenue, I'm somewhat concerned that it was posted without even being researched as to true or false allegations. I have been a user of the site for over four years, a moderator in some of the rooms for approxomately three years, in that time I, or any other person has never been asked to give money to the site in return for employment or use.The site is free to users world wide, care is taken in the monitoring of users, the staff on the whole are approachable and very caring. There are no viruses attatched to the site, I believe if there were the number of users to the site would decrease, not increase.There are many users who are disgruntled with the site for purely personal reasons, be it the fact they were refused employment, or just the fact that they want to bring a good site down. I would tell readers of this report to consider carefuly the facts given, and the manner they were presented, please access the site and look at it for yourselves before judging the content of the original report, and lastly, I believe all reports should be researched before they are placed here for public review. Thank you for your time.

After reading the article concerning #1 Chat Avenue, I'm somewhat concerned that it was posted without even being researched as to true or false allegations. I have been a user of the site for over four years, a moderator in some of the rooms for approxomately three years, in that time I, or any other person has never been asked to give money to the site in return for employment or use.The site is free to users world wide, care is taken in the monitoring of users, the staff on the whole are approachable and very caring. There are no viruses attatched to the site, I believe if there were the number of users to the site would decrease, not increase.There are many users who are disgruntled with the site for purely personal reasons, be it the fact they were refused employment, or just the fact that they want to bring a good site down. I would tell readers of this report to consider carefuly the facts given, and the manner they were presented, please access the site and look at it for yourselves before judging the content of the original report, and lastly, I believe all reports should be researched before they are placed here for public review. Thank you for your time.