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01-23-2008, 02:58 AM
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Joke popups.
Whats with these joke popups on the forum? On my main PC they are blocked but on my Win ME rig they appear. They are advertising a "Joke toolbar" that I am sure is malware. Why are they here?
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01-23-2008, 10:34 AM
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PCMech's gotta make money too! And it doesn't really matter if the advert are malwares in my opinion, I wouldn't click on ANY advert. They're all just as bad as each other to me.
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01-23-2008, 11:20 AM
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We do not advertise any malicious sites. Can you post a screen shot of the ad liambl?
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01-23-2008, 01:54 PM
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I would check your computer for spyware.
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01-23-2008, 03:27 PM
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I just now got a "free music" pop up when I entered the site. Must be a new ad here...
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01-23-2008, 06:56 PM
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Folding at home.
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Just got a popup when I loaded this thread funny enough. I didn't think to screeny it though. I don't think it is malware, I get it on all three of my PC's and only this site. Now that I am trying to get it to popup so I can screenshot it it doesn't want to.
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01-23-2008, 07:53 PM
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Logout then log back in again, I always see the popups when I clear my cookies and temporary internet files, logging out will delete the cookie that prevents the popup.
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01-23-2008, 08:59 PM
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Folding at home.
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Ok I got the screenshot. As rjf said it only appears after clearing the cookie cache. I had to reduce the quality signifigantly cos' I'm only alllowed images upto 100kb. I had to turn off popup blocker because my ME rig couldn't resize the image.
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01-23-2008, 11:21 PM
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Wow. That doesn't look good.
I've never gotten that before. Definately check your system.
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01-24-2008, 12:42 AM
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Folding at home.
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As I have said I get it on all 3 of my systems and ONLY this site, never get it anywhere else. But as an added precaution I ran AVG and Ad-Aware which came back clean on all 3 systems.
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01-24-2008, 12:57 AM
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That is the normal popunder seen by nonpremium members.
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01-24-2008, 01:48 AM
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Folding at home.
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But isn't it malicious? It seems very much that way. And what is it for?
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01-24-2008, 11:11 AM
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Kickin' it
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I forwarded your concerns to David Risley (PCM's owner) to check it out.
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01-24-2008, 11:26 AM
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I have just disabled popups and popunders for PCMech from Tribal Fusion.
This might have a little impact on revenue here, but I don't want to have the reputation for the "popup site". Let me know if you guys notice a reduction in popups. You should. |
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01-24-2008, 12:07 PM
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I was wondering why I was getting nailed with Tribalfusion windows when I was loading up the main site. They went right past the Firefox popup blocker. Good move and thanks, David.
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01-24-2008, 12:44 PM
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Wow. I'm not a premium member and still never got that.
Interesting. But thanks David, now I know I won't get that in the future either. |
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01-24-2008, 01:15 PM
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I did get the same ad at some point too. Pop-up Stopper and Google toolbar usually just click away though. Recently I have noticed it so much, great improvement!
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01-24-2008, 06:34 PM
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Peergaurdian 2 blocks Tribal Fusion. Great if all you visit is the forum, but totally a pain if you visit the main page.
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01-25-2008, 12:55 AM
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Folding at home.
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01-25-2008, 11:02 AM
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IMO it's as bad as the pop-up itself lol.
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