pop up ads

[Michael Beard]

Originally Posted by admin

If your getting pop up ads on PC's or laptops, you could have a virus. I do not allow advertisers to use pop up ads.

It has happened on both my phone (droid) and on my PC. Virus scan shows clean. Since people experiencing this issue are on the same site, and getting the same redirect, it sounds like an advertiser is breakin' the rules.

[HandOverFist]

https://adblockplus.org/en/firefox

[Yo Ken]

I have contacted the advertising companies and told them about this issue. I am not getting any pop up ads on my pc or cell phone. Are the ads different, or are the only from worlds of warcraft. I have sent a request to ban all advertising from blizzard entertainment, which owns warcraft.

[Michael Beard]

Tough to pin down -- despite the number of times I check in here, I only ever got the redirect on my phone once, and on my PC once.


I used to have problems with certain ads "breaking" the Back button due to them filling up the History, but I'd found the ones that were doing that and blocked their domains. (Never had a problem with your regular racing company ads up top, and those still display fine)

[Yo Ken]

Thanks for the input Michael, its a constant battle, I ban at least 20 to 30 advertisers a month that use google adsense and digital throttle. Just when you think you have a handle on it, some companies figure out a way to get through. It does not make sense, these companies get very few clicks and have a low impression score, seems like a waste of money to me.

[Carguy49]

Originally Posted by Michael Beard

It has happened on both my phone (droid) and on my PC. Virus scan shows clean. Since people experiencing this issue are on the same site, and getting the same redirect, it sounds like an advertiser is breakin' the rules.

Very frustrating, but it didn't happen every time. When it did happen, I would just leave the site and comeback later and no problem. Seems O.K. today.

[Superfan1]

Try changing your Pop Up Blocker settings. On Internet Explorer, the default setting is medium; try changing it to high, which is supposed to block all popups, and see what happens. Mine is set at medium, and I have never encountered a popup on this site.

[Jim Wahl]

FYI. I had the problem when I used FireFox and it went away when I started using M Explorer. What browser are you guys using? Jim


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[Mike Pearson]

On my I phone I turn off the Java script and that usually stops it.

[Michael Beard]

Originally Posted by Superfan1

Try changing your Pop Up Blocker settings. On Internet Explorer, the default setting is medium; try changing it to high, which is supposed to block all popups, and see what happens. Mine is set at medium, and I have never encountered a popup on this site.

It's not a pop-up. It's a redirect: it just goes to another website as if you had clicked on something. When it happened on my phone, I assumed that I'd accidentally swiped an ad -- easy to do on many touchscreens. When it happened on my PC, I knew there was an issue.