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Old 22 Dec 2021, 01:19 PM   #1
Thebrokenbee
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I accidentally turned off my adblock and..

it was a nightmare browsing EMD! Every click led to me a pop up ad. I am sure there is a better way to handle revenue and ads for this site!
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Old 22 Dec 2021, 03:23 PM   #2
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Hmmm I didnt realise there were so many spam ads here......


EDIT:

Are you seeing these on your desktop or phone?

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Old 22 Dec 2021, 03:34 PM   #3
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Hmmm I didnt realise there were so many spam ads here......


EDIT:

Are you seeing these on your desktop or phone?

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On desktop! Any link I click takes me to a pop up
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Old 22 Dec 2021, 04:34 PM   #4
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I'm surprised at this. On my desktop with ad blocker turned off I only see the same one static banner ad at the top of each page. I only see that when I'm logged out. When I log in it disappears.

Could you perhaps be seeing the occasional spam post that has links to adverts? The mods usually remove those pretty quickly.
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Old 22 Dec 2021, 09:05 PM   #5
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No - i meant everytime I click a thread a pop up opens to an ad! Not just the ones on the site displayed on the page.
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Old 22 Dec 2021, 11:08 PM   #6
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Does this happen only here, or any other forums? How about any other page viewed thru your browser? It sounds like you might have an infected computer.

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Old 23 Dec 2021, 04:20 AM   #7
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Ya see if it happens on city-data

www.city-data.com/forum (Also running VBB)

Good luck!
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Old 27 Dec 2021, 03:47 AM   #8
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I don't see any ads at all on this site (using Firefox with no kind of ad blocking components installed ever).
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Old 27 Dec 2021, 07:12 AM   #9
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Yes I dont see any either and im not blocking a thing........

I do believe its the browser,etc that "calls" the ads.........
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Old 27 Dec 2021, 08:02 AM   #10
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Are you logged into this site (so that “Welcome, <username>“ is shown at the upper right)? If you are not logged in you will see one large advertisement near the top (which is not a pop-up on my iPad). But after logging in, I have never seen an ad here.

Which browser are you using? You might check and be sure that some browser add-on isn’t creating the ads. Also be sure you have recently performed a virus and malware scan on your PC.

When you say “pop-up ad”, do you mean a new window which covers up the EMD site and has to be closed before you can read the EMD site?

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Old 28 Dec 2021, 01:44 AM   #11
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Yea I used to see that banner at the top when viewing as a guest but I havent seen it for months.....
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