Pop Up Ads

**Electroman** · Mar 10th, 2004, 09:04 AM

Whats the deal with these pop ups? They dont always happen everytime I asumed another window opened it last time but this time I only had VBForums window up.
I did have GoogleBar set to allow popups on this site incase there were any notices. But now I'm gonna have to disable them

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**TomGibbons** · Mar 10th, 2004, 09:27 AM

I thought VBF don't allow popups on their site :S Are you sure that they're coming from here? I don't see them myself, but I use FireFox so I wouldn't anyway.

**crptcblade** · Mar 10th, 2004, 09:40 AM

Is it for something like QuestionMark.com?

I get them sometimes, too. I think it might be stemming from one of the other ads.

**brad jones** · Mar 10th, 2004, 09:47 AM

If you get a pop-up, let me know. There aren't suppose to be any. I know that at one point we had trouble with one of the ads causing a pop-up. It was very quickly addressed with the company doing the ad -- my understanding is that they were told that it was not acceptable and their ad was changed.

Again, if you see it happen, let me know.

Brad

**manavo11** · Mar 10th, 2004, 09:54 AM

I also use FireFox but it still informs you when popups are blocked... And I don't see anything...

**NotLKH** · Mar 10th, 2004, 11:00 AM

Haven't seen a popup here in a long time, if ever.

Are you sure you don't have any spyware installed? AdTrackers, whaever?

**Electroman** · Mar 10th, 2004, 01:13 PM

Shouldn't have any spyware, recently did a clean install after formatting. Only ever happens on VBF, not all the time as well. I'll turn popups back on for this site and see if I can find out what the ad is for. So far its only happened on Main Page, Control Panel & forum listings, not yet on actual threads.

**Electroman** · Mar 10th, 2004, 01:19 PM

yeah sometimes I'll only see it once a day if at all. Just seemed odd that an ad would only know and again show up

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Supose makes sense if its only a particular ad thats causing it.

**Electroman** · Mar 10th, 2004, 02:21 PM

Here you go just happened
I added a pic of the ad at the bottom incase thats the one doing it

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**Electroman** · Mar 10th, 2004, 02:28 PM

hehe...Just read the ad that was at the bottom and its advertising the same thing accept more money. Guess that'll be it?

**MartinLiss** · Mar 10th, 2004, 06:48 PM

Brad, I got the popup too and it's not SpyWare.

**The Hobo** · Mar 10th, 2004, 11:01 PM

Where did my reply go?

**MartinLiss** · Mar 10th, 2004, 11:04 PM

Earlier today I noticed that I timed out before one of my replies made it to the database.

**The Hobo** · Mar 10th, 2004, 11:20 PM

Originally posted by MartinLiss
Earlier today I noticed that I timed out before one of my replies made it to the database.

Hmm, I usually read over a post after I submitted it. Maybe I just forgot to this time and didn't notice it wasn't posted.

**MartinLiss** · Mar 10th, 2004, 11:23 PM

Or it could be in a microdot in that little U in the corner of your printout

**Electroman** · Mar 11th, 2004, 05:57 AM

You see the ad at the top of the page on the screen shot (MS one) is that always there for everyone else because I'm sure its hardly ever there for me, like now its gone. Is it just my PC randomly decides to block it or is it not always available

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BTW: The Hobo what was your reply?
& Marty almost 10,000 posts

**brad jones** · Mar 11th, 2004, 07:59 AM

Originally posted by Electroman
You see the ad at the top of the page on the screen shot (MS one) is that always there for everyone else because I'm sure its hardly ever there for me, like now its gone. Is it just my PC randomly decides to block it or is it not always available .

When it is not there, what do you see? A white box the same size as the ad or does the blue area for search go all the way across your screen?

Brad!

**brad jones** · Mar 11th, 2004, 09:38 AM

If someone gets the Question Market pop-up again, can do me a favor and send me the source for the page that you are viewing when it pops up? You cand send the source to [email protected] or you can post it as an attachment to this thread.

Thanks,
Brad!

**Electroman** · Mar 11th, 2004, 11:29 AM

Originally posted by brad jones
When it is not there, what do you see? A white box the same size as the ad or does the blue area for search go all the way across your screen?

Brad!

The blue and white lines just go all the way across the page.

**brad jones** · Mar 11th, 2004, 03:24 PM

Originally posted by Electroman
The blue and white lines just go all the way across the page.

That would mean that no ad is being displayed at that time -- which would be unuusal.

Brad!

**The Hobo** · Mar 11th, 2004, 05:51 PM

The Google Toolbar informed me (yesterday, or early this morning) that it had blocked a popup, and I was only viewing this site. So I enabled popups for this site, and it refreshed, but I didn't get it again.

So...something's happening.

**Electroman** · Mar 11th, 2004, 05:56 PM

Yeah its definitly the Ad at the bottom cos I got it again when that ad was on but forgot to get the source cos I pressed Submit Reply not thinking I would loose it

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There absolutly loads of diferent ads that get shown at the bottom, no wonder it takes so long for it to happen again.

**The Hobo** · Mar 11th, 2004, 06:11 PM

Originally posted by Electroman
Yeah its definitly the Ad at the bottom cos I got it again when that ad was on but forgot to get the source cos I pressed Submit Reply not thinking I would loose it .
There absolutly loads of diferent ads that get shown at the bottom, no wonder it takes so long for it to happen again.

Did you checkout your browser history to see if you could find the page in there?

**MartinLiss** · Mar 11th, 2004, 06:19 PM

Originally posted by The Hobo
Did you checkout your browser history to see if you could find the page in there?

Great idea! I found it in my history and the URL to the ad is
amch.questionmarket.com

**MartinLiss** · Mar 11th, 2004, 06:21 PM

And I've attached the source.

**The Hobo** · Mar 11th, 2004, 07:27 PM

Originally posted by MartinLiss
the URL to the ad is
amch.questionmarket.com

I followed that link, but didn't get an ad...so I checked out the source and was able to complete it: http://amch.questionmarket.com/stati...load_survey();

**brad jones** · Mar 12th, 2004, 07:46 AM

Originally posted by MartinLiss
And I've attached the source.

In looking at this, I'm guessing it is the source code from the pop-up. Correct me if I'm wrong. What I really need is the source code from the VBForums page. We want to track down the ad that is kicking off the pop-up. Alternatively, if you can tell me which ads are showing (top/side/bottom), that might help track it down.

Brad!

**Electroman** · Mar 12th, 2004, 07:56 AM

This is the one I tell you, he did it...I saw him

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From the bottom BTW, I included the bits around it slightly as well.

**MartinLiss** · Mar 12th, 2004, 08:31 AM

Originally posted by brad jones
In looking at this, I'm guessing it is the source code from the pop-up. Correct me if I'm wrong. What I really need is the source code from the VBForums page. We want to track down the ad that is kicking off the pop-up. Alternatively, if you can tell me which ads are showing (top/side/bottom), that might help track it down.

Brad!

You're correct, it is the source from the pop-up. BTW, I tried to mail it to you but the email bounced back.

**brad jones** · Mar 12th, 2004, 04:17 PM

Thanks guys. That is what I needed. The ad is provided by a third-party and our interal agents are tracking them down.....

They really are

Brad!

**MartinLiss** · Mar 12th, 2004, 04:27 PM

Does the phrase "with extreme predudice" come to mind?

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