Enough of the POPUPS!

[Bkeela]

I'm getting a popup every click now. I will NEVER subscribe to browse a forum. I don't know how these popups are getting past firefox, maybe I need to update. But quite frankly, I would rather stop coming here than use a stupid popup blocker.

[DanQ]

Re: Enough of the POPUPS!

Originally posted by Bkeela
I'm getting a popup every click now. I will NEVER subscribe to browse a forum. I don't know how these popups are getting past firefox, maybe I need to update. But quite frankly, I would rather stop coming here than use a stupid popup blocker.

Bkeela:

Take both a screenshot and make note of the address/URL of the pop-up(s) and post both in this thread. We need this information to track down the source(s) of these ads.

Also, I recommend running a scan of your own system to see if you are infected with adware/spyware/malware et. al. from sources other than Apolyton. I recommend Ad-aware (lavasoftusa.com) and Spybot Search & Destroy (safer-networking.org) for this task. Check for updated definition files before scanning with each.

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Dan; Apolyton CS

P.S. For helping prevent such wares from getting onto your machine in the first place, I additionally recommend installing Spyware Blaster (javacoolsoftware.com) and keeping it up-to-date.

[DaveV]

I've been getting a lot of popups when selecting a new forum from the drop-down list at the bottom of the screen. I would have said it happens almost every time, but then it took me about 8 tries to get one to occur so I could report it here. I'd say it happens, on average, every 4 times I select a new forum.

http: //www.burstnet.com/cgi-bin/ads/ad10371a.cgi/SZ=0X0SB/BCPG40064.63674.73917/23517/

Browser is IE 6.0; operating system is Windows XP; style is Light default.

edited to correct the URL

[DaveV]

Messed up when attaching the screen shot.

[Skanky Burns]

Originally posted by Bkeela
I'm getting a popup every click now. I will NEVER subscribe to browse a forum. I don't know how these popups are getting past firefox, maybe I need to update. But quite frankly, I would rather stop coming here than use a stupid popup blocker.

Because clearly, whinging is so much easier than actually trying to help fix the problem.

[DanQ]

With this particular advertising agency, we have had specified in our profile for some time to exclude pop-up campaigns from our run. For one reason or another, some are making it through. After reviewing exclusion options yet again, I have found an additional one that should further help in this effort.

I have manually removed all possible pop-ups we could be carrying that are available as of today from said agency. If you note any future ones, by all means, please start additional threads for us to investigate.

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Dan; Apolyton CS