Why are so many pop up ads opening up on the caf suddenly?
Or is this not happening with everyone?
Or is this not happening with everyone?
Pop Up Ads
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Niall will look into this when he's online I'm sure, but if you could post some screenshots of what you're getting that would help him.
pop-up aids are dangerous, best to get that seen to
There should definitely be no pop-up ads on this site. As Rado_N said, please post screenshots of any you see, as well as the specific page you were on when it happened. E.g homepage, forum list, thread list, thread page.
I'll then take it to the relevant ad network. There's a lot of dodgy stuff going on with a lot of the major ad networks recently - people managing to get inappropriate ads past their filters
Probably none of my business but in the meantime you can try the adblock plus extension for chrome. It's free and I don't see a single ad out here, on youtube or even pesky torrent site popups. Not advertising for it but you can get it here :
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/adblock/gighmmpiobklfepjocnamgkkbiglidom?hl=en (Chrome)
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-plus/ (Firefox)
PS : Sorry modmins. If linking to other sites is not allowed pls delete this post.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/adblock/gighmmpiobklfepjocnamgkkbiglidom?hl=en (Chrome)
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-plus/ (Firefox)
PS : Sorry modmins. If linking to other sites is not allowed pls delete this post.
I think it's possibly due to my browser here at work. Seems to have a lot of add on nonsense.There should definitely be no pop-up ads on this site. As Rado_N said, please post screenshots of any you see, as well as the specific page you were on when it happened. E.g homepage, forum list, thread list, thread page.
I'll then take it to the relevant ad network. There's a lot of dodgy stuff going on with a lot of the major ad networks recently - people managing to get inappropriate ads past their filters
I logged on from my ipad from home last night and there was no such issue.
If there are dodgy ads being served it won't happen consistently and on certain devices (e.g. ipad) it may not happen at all. Keep me posted.
I'll check it when I go home from my laptop @Niall
Din't want to create a new thread but something strange happened today:
I was browsing on my ipad using Chrome (forgot which page/sub forum I was at) and caf was the only tab I had opened (blame the auto reload of tabs on ipad for this). When I clicked on one of the page links (like the "Forums" on the nav bar at the bottom) a pop up appeared of some friggin gal rubbing her c**t!
That was only instance that happened but I'm worried about such a thing happening at work!! I do have chrome+ABP+FB on my personal laptop and the work computer and such a thing has never happened before. (If only they were available in ipad!!)
Did anyone else have this issue?
I was browsing on my ipad using Chrome (forgot which page/sub forum I was at) and caf was the only tab I had opened (blame the auto reload of tabs on ipad for this). When I clicked on one of the page links (like the "Forums" on the nav bar at the bottom) a pop up appeared of some friggin gal rubbing her c**t!
That was only instance that happened but I'm worried about such a thing happening at work!! I do have chrome+ABP+FB on my personal laptop and the work computer and such a thing has never happened before. (If only they were available in ipad!!)
Did anyone else have this issue?
Right. Normally I see ads for things like Geico. This was the first time I got such a pop up which is why I posted here. Not sure what kind of pop ups the op saw.
I wouldn't check this issue out based on my post alone just yet. Like I said, I dont trust these office computers. They could have google extensions installed or similar stuff. Today ill go home and try it from my home laptop for sure and update this thread with whether the issue recurred.
On a somewhat-related note, recently I have been getting square adverts at the bottom of pages rather than rectangular shaped banner-type adverts. For clarity, I mean in between the final post on a page and the box where I am writing this now.
It's not a big deal really, it just looks a bit stupid, leaving a big white space on the right hand side of the page and it's definitely not always been that way.
It's not a big deal really, it just looks a bit stupid, leaving a big white space on the right hand side of the page and it's definitely not always been that way.
Got a couple of weird ones today while browsing from my phone (nexus 4, on Chrome)
I had to click OK on that screen and then this popped up:
@Niall
I had to click OK on that screen and then this popped up:
@Niall
It may have been mentioned in this or another thread but there is occasionally an ad on my iPhone which opens the Appstore and starts taking me to some app or other's download page. I never wait long enough to see what it is but can do if it helps sort it out.
I'm getting blasted by this too.Got a couple of weird ones today while browsing from my phone (nexus 4, on Chrome)
I had to click OK on that screen and then this popped up:
@Niall
It's even following me when I log out.
I don't think it has anything to do with you having signed on or logged out.
I guess the pop ups have been enabled by the ad network.