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    Unusual Banner Pop-Ups

    I just got the most unusual pop-up advert here at Apolyton.

    I was posting well, posts and when I submitted my post, a pop-up advert occured - Of course, this is rather normal....

    Until I realized that the "banner" stretched TOTALLY across my screen. So I said to myself "fine." I will just click on the header and drag it to the left (or right even) until I find the end of the window.... I could not find it! :shocked:

    Now mind you, and Apolyton Admins especially, THIS BANNER WAS ON THE FOREFRONT OF MY SCREEN - I could not click on the Apolyton screen (which was now covered by this banner).

    I finally got tired of the "game" and closed the offending window using the quick launch bar (right click, close).

    Though what I found really interesting was that the Banner had no advetisements that I could see - it was just a blue banner....

    Has anybody else experienced this yet? ... and if not, something tells me you soon will....

    I'm sorry, but these advertisers are REALLY getting rude.
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  • #2
    atawa mentioned something similar. There does seem to be a spate of problem ads lately.

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    • #3
      I haven't seen this here. I have experience this once before (on a different web site) and not even alt f4 got rid of it.
      Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.

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      • #4
        Yup. In fact I just got it as I clicked reply to this thread. This pop-up will download Gator, and install it if you click "YES" on the security warning.

        The URL of the pop-up is here: http://z1.adserver.com/w/cp.x;rid=203;tid=2;ev=1;dt=3;ac=7;c=421;

        Asmodean
        Im not sure what Baruk Khazad is , but if they speak Judeo-Dwarvish, that would be "blessed are the dwarves" - lord of the mark

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        • #5
          Ah, the joys of a built-in popup killer.
          And with the SMAC style, there isn't a banner at the top of the page.
          American by birth, smarter than the average tropical fruit by the grace of Me. -me
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          • #6
            Right-click on the start bar and hit close.

            I think you are talking about the almost infinitely long ones.

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            • #7
              These kinds of ads suck, ESPECIALLY when they want to download Gator too.

              -Right click on its top bar and click "Close"
              -Right click on its Start Bar button and click "Close"
              -Click on its icon in the top bar and click "Close"

              any of those will be dandy.
              meet the new boss, same as the old boss

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