Pop Up Ads, WTF?? ( Archived) (8)

Nov 28, 2011 4:27 PM CST Pop Up Ads, WTF??
cynicalorange
cynicalorangecynicalorangeBristol or Dortmund, Somerset, England UK27 Threads 5 Polls 1,897 Posts
Pop Up Ads now appearing in the top left corner.

Just when we're not getting hit enough on the forums, now we seem to be getting them in our mailboxes!?!?!?

Sort it out, as it slows the pages down and the advert won't go away until it's played and renders the page unusable!
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Nov 28, 2011 4:43 PM CST Pop Up Ads, WTF??
montecito
montecitomontecitoLovely, New Jersey USA96 Threads 2 Polls 5,086 Posts
cynicalorange: Pop Up Ads now appearing in the top left corner.

Just when we're not getting hit enough on the forums, now we seem to be getting them in our mailboxes!?!?!?

Sort it out, as it slows the pages down and the advert won't go away until it's played and renders the page unusable!


CO, do you mean the ads that pop in the Ad Robot space? If so, I bought something this morning from Lenox and now an ad for Lenox is popping up with the Ad Robot. I've also noticed that when I buy from other stores online, ads for those stores pop up on the right side of the screen.
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Nov 28, 2011 4:49 PM CST Pop Up Ads, WTF??
cynicalorange
cynicalorangecynicalorangeBristol or Dortmund, Somerset, England UK27 Threads 5 Polls 1,897 Posts
montecito: CO, do you mean the ads that pop in the Ad Robot space? If so, I bought something this morning from Lenox and now an ad for Lenox is popping up with the Ad Robot. I've also noticed that when I buy from other stores online, ads for those stores pop up on the right side of the screen.


In the Ad Robot space, I have nothing. I use Adblockplus that stopped all of the adverts showing.

Last night, I had a black square appear in the top left of my screen, and tonight it played a Lenor (I guess the same product as you got, a fabric softener) advert to me.

I have no cookies or anything else stored from any other site as I cleared the cache and cookies when I shut down for a reboot. So I know it's come from this site.
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Nov 28, 2011 4:57 PM CST Pop Up Ads, WTF??
montecito
montecitomontecitoLovely, New Jersey USA96 Threads 2 Polls 5,086 Posts
cynicalorange: In the Ad Robot space, I have nothing. I use Adblockplus that stopped all of the adverts showing.

Last night, I had a black square appear in the top left of my screen, and tonight it played a Lenor (I guess the same product as you got, a fabric softener) advert to me.

I have no cookies or anything else stored from any other site as I cleared the cache and cookies when I shut down for a reboot. So I know it's come from this site.


No, it wasn't Lenor. I bought Lenox. It's very expensive porcelain figurines, dishes, etc. I thought everybody knew what Lenox was. So if you got a popup ad for something I purchased, that seems crazy. I guess when I go to Omar The Tentmaker to ask him to make me a dress, you'll know that somebody else on CS was shopping at Omars Tentmaker store... That'id be me...laugh
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Nov 28, 2011 4:58 PM CST Pop Up Ads, WTF??
stringman
stringmanstringmanwallaceburg, Ontario Canada649 Threads 1 Polls 7,049 Posts
montecito: CO, do you mean the ads that pop in the Ad Robot space? If so, I bought something this morning from Lenox and now an ad for Lenox is popping up with the Ad Robot. I've also noticed that when I buy from other stores online, ads for those stores pop up on the right side of the screen.
montecito be careful buying on line. i have bought alot on line too but 2wks ago i found some thing on my visa report that i did not buy, luckely i got it in time , had to get new visa card.
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Nov 28, 2011 11:33 PM CST Pop Up Ads, WTF??
venusenvy
venusenvyvenusenvyCalgary, Alberta Canada27 Threads 20,003 Posts
Im not experiencing this Orangey dunno
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Nov 28, 2011 11:35 PM CST Pop Up Ads, WTF??
StillOfTheNight
StillOfTheNightStillOfTheNightClarenville Area, Newfoundland Canada11 Threads 2,832 Posts
Firefox with the Adblock & Flashblock add on's fixes most ad issues :)
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Nov 29, 2011 12:27 AM CST Pop Up Ads, WTF??
cynicalorange
cynicalorangecynicalorangeBristol or Dortmund, Somerset, England UK27 Threads 5 Polls 1,897 Posts
Found a way around it, thanks to a very nice man who mailed.

Notscripts for Chrome seems to have stopped it cheering


Get to totally block the ad robot as well laugh


Oh, and before anyone whines about adverts supporting the site; my PC, my rules.
If the site provides me with a PC, I'll grudgingly look at adverts for products I'll never buy and websites I'll never visit
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