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Post by Cheyenne on Oct 17, 2016 13:41:03 GMT -5
Two or three times a week there are scam pop up ads saying, "Congratulations you've won a new iPhone," or, "Win a $1000 Waltmart gift card." I'm on an iPhone, and it's annoying to have to get rid of these pop ups, especially since there is no, "cancel," option, and you can't just X out because it's kinda just stuck there. My friend has the same problem, so it can't be a virus. It has nothing to do with my search history because I'm on the forums and it will just randomly pop up. Plus, it only happens on the forums. Does anyone else have this problem?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2016 13:42:35 GMT -5
Yes. Can this please be fixed?
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Post by Saint Ambrosef on Oct 17, 2016 13:46:38 GMT -5
I've been getting this on my laptop. I'll load a forum page and it redirects to some scammy site (most recently, """microsoft""" saying I needed to download something for security)
i thought somehow i caught a bug on my computer, but now i'm wondering if it's just here
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2016 13:52:52 GMT -5
I suggest getting the Norton security app for mobile devices, it's partially free and from what I can tell, it's totally blocked all pop ups for me. If you're on a computer, although it's not great for whoever makes money off the ads here, I'd get adblock if it gets too bad. There's probably options to just block pop ups. And most pricey security programs have options to block all pop ups from specific sites
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Post by nagito snowmaeda on Oct 17, 2016 13:55:41 GMT -5
might want to post this on feedback. mods/admins are more likely to see.
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Post by Cheyenne on Oct 17, 2016 13:55:47 GMT -5
I've been getting this on my laptop. I'll load a forum page and it redirects to some scammy site (most recently, """microsoft""" saying I needed to download something for security)
i thought somehow i caught a bug on my computer, but now i'm wondering if it's just here Did it just randomly start happening or has it been happening since you made you account? For me it just happened randomly and ever since then I just got them on a regular basis.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2016 13:56:31 GMT -5
@roswell
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Post by Cheyenne on Oct 17, 2016 13:57:10 GMT -5
might want to post this on feedback. mods/admins are more likely to see. Ok, I'll make sure to do that...
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Post by Northstar3213 on Oct 17, 2016 14:07:16 GMT -5
ive been having this problem too
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2016 14:09:00 GMT -5
I've been getting this on my laptop. I'll load a forum page and it redirects to some scammy site (most recently, """microsoft""" saying I needed to download something for security)
i thought somehow i caught a bug on my computer, but now i'm wondering if it's just here I've had that happen to me so many times it was annoying, so I turned my adblock back on even though we aren't supposed to and I haven't had it happen again?
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Post by Saint Ambrosef on Oct 17, 2016 14:14:48 GMT -5
I've been getting this on my laptop. I'll load a forum page and it redirects to some scammy site (most recently, """microsoft""" saying I needed to download something for security)
i thought somehow i caught a bug on my computer, but now i'm wondering if it's just here Did it just randomly start happening or has it been happening since you made you account? For me it just happened randomly and ever since then I just got them on a regular basis. more recently, like in the past couple of weeks.
they're not pop-ups for me though-- i'll load a wcrp page but then it gets redirected to the scam sites
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Post by Cheyenne on Oct 17, 2016 14:18:06 GMT -5
Did it just randomly start happening or has it been happening since you made you account? For me it just happened randomly and ever since then I just got them on a regular basis. more recently, like in the past couple of weeks.
they're not pop-ups for me though-- i'll load a wcrp page but then it gets redirected to the scam sites
It's sort of the same for me...my friend just got eight pop ups in less then a day...
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2016 14:21:23 GMT -5
It's been happening to me too I just turned on AdBlock awhile ago because of it. If they're going to go against the ToS [the ToS prohibits the use of video/audio ads, pop-up ads and redirect ads] then I'm going to go against it so I don't get something on my computer I've tried reporting the ads.
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Post by Cheyenne on Oct 17, 2016 14:24:19 GMT -5
It's been happening to me too I just turned on AdBlock awhile ago because of it. If they're going to go against the ToS [the ToS prohibits the use of video/audio ads, pop-up ads and redirect ads] then I'm going to go against it so I don't get something on my computer I've tried reporting the ads. If you've tried reporting the ads then why haven't they looked into it?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2016 14:26:40 GMT -5
I don't know.
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Post by Saint Ambrosef on Oct 17, 2016 14:28:50 GMT -5
does someone want to play a very kind benevolent citizen and explain to me how to get adblock
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Post by 🎃❅❖.Şp໐໐kฯຟiຖ໓.❖❅🎃 on Oct 17, 2016 14:28:55 GMT -5
I was on mobile and it tried to direct me to a "hot girls" website I'm dying
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2016 14:30:26 GMT -5
does someone want to play a very kind benevolent citizen and explain to me how to get adblock What browser do you use?
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Post by Saint Ambrosef on Oct 17, 2016 14:30:27 GMT -5
I was on mobile and it tried to direct me to a "hot girls" website I'm dying "here's why slavic women make the best girlfriends!" "here's why asian women make the best girlfriends!" make up ur mind, clickbait
seriously who falls for those??
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Post by Saint Ambrosef on Oct 17, 2016 14:30:50 GMT -5
does someone want to play a very kind benevolent citizen and explain to me how to get adblock What browser do you use? mozzarella firefox
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Post by Cheyenne on Oct 17, 2016 14:32:35 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2016 14:36:24 GMT -5
( bloop) I just tested it and it works. It's not AdBlock because AdBlock stopped supporting firefox due to the fact very little people on Firefox used it
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2016 14:43:56 GMT -5
If you ever get another pop-up like the winning $1000 dollars, click Ctrl +alt + R It opens up the ad reporter for any ads on the page
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Post by Saint Ambrosef on Oct 17, 2016 14:47:47 GMT -5
( bloop) I just tested it and it works. It's not AdBlock because AdBlock stopped supporting firefox due to the fact very little people on Firefox used it Thank you!! It seems to work for me as well.
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Post by Cheyenne on Oct 17, 2016 14:57:24 GMT -5
If you ever get another pop-up like the winning $1000 dollars, click Ctrl +alt + R It opens up the ad reporter for any ads on the page I can't do this sadly, I'm on my phone.
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Post by Lórien on Oct 17, 2016 15:12:50 GMT -5
I keep getting this, and I think it's coming when I'm on the forums. (Ignore the stuff on top, this is my dad's profile. Though I'm the one talking to Bleaky.) I'm pretty sure it's not Microsoft like it says it is, but I don't really know.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2016 15:16:02 GMT -5
I keep getting this, and I think it's coming when I'm on the forums. (Ignore the stuff on top, this is my dad's profile. Though I'm the one talking to Bleaky.) I'm pretty sure it's not Microsoft like it says it is, but I don't really know. I've gotten that one a few times
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Post by .drifting feather. on Oct 17, 2016 15:18:04 GMT -5
Strangely, I haven't had this problem yet...
I don't even use AdBlockers
Am I just lucky?
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Post by Lórien on Oct 17, 2016 15:20:52 GMT -5
I keep getting this, and I think it's coming when I'm on the forums. (Ignore the stuff on top, this is my dad's profile. Though I'm the one talking to Bleaky.) I'm pretty sure it's not Microsoft like it says it is, but I don't really know. I've gotten that one a few times Do you think it's something to worry about? I'm slightly worried.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2016 15:29:01 GMT -5
I've gotten them as well. I just ignore them
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