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I use a desktop machine and a tablet (rarely) and haven't seen ads in some time, maybe years. My low level of computer proficency prevents me from explaining why that is.
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Windows 11 with Firefox and a script blocker.
No issues with ads. Never seen the stuff you guys are talking about.
BUT I am a bronze supporter too.
The big gorilla has to pay the bills somehow, so seeing the ads are the way that non-supporters "pay" for use of the forum.
Nothing worth having is completely free, so we all pay one way another. IMO, the nominal cost of supporting the forum far outweighs what I get out of being allowed to hang out with such a fine bunch of folks.
Just my $0.02
No issues with ads. Never seen the stuff you guys are talking about.
BUT I am a bronze supporter too.
The big gorilla has to pay the bills somehow, so seeing the ads are the way that non-supporters "pay" for use of the forum.
Nothing worth having is completely free, so we all pay one way another. IMO, the nominal cost of supporting the forum far outweighs what I get out of being allowed to hang out with such a fine bunch of folks.
Just my $0.02
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That isn't what I'm getting. I'm not getting a popup, I'm getting a new tab opened to a different web site every time it happens.
If your browser is set to open pop-ups in a new tab, then it is exactly the same.
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It's not. This problem is opening complete new web pages in addition to still having the S&W site open. The problem is not the one you're referring to. And, as you can tell from numerous posts, I'm not the only one this is happening to. In addition, it's only happening on this site, no others.
Ditto. And for me, laptop using Edge as a browser. Only happens here.
I never log out of most sites because of all the stupid passwords, but when I X out of this site and I've noticed a couple others there's an ad for something, some times political. I just X it out and it goes away. It's better than those ads for Ukranian women who are looking to marry me!
Mine has just quit the auto opening of another advertising tab.
Back to normal.
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Back to normal.
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Those were great. Everyone of them was young, beautiful and had advanced college degrees!
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Well...speak of the devil.......an ad just opened in a new window when I Xed out of this form.
Heee's back!
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Have the problem here, IMac has ad window every time I close forum, iPhone opens new ad window every time I click on anything on forum, oddly enough my old original iPad Air doesn't do it at all. Have deleted cache repeatedly and restarted devices, its no help. Im on quite a few sites and forums through the week, its only an issue here, I would suspect its the company that supplies the ads that appear on left or a single one of their ads.
Since the ads are getting around any and all protections that we have on our devices, if the culprit is the company that supplies ads to this forum, it's entirely possible that they're harvesting the IP addresses of the members and possess the means to get around those protections.
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venomballistics
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Perhaps, but in the meantime, it is a potential risk.
the popup is different in behavior than the usual suspects.
I suspect it can be maliciously redirected to a download page.
venomballistics
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Not entirely true.
I run the fox as well, It has come up as a new window.
Not with the frequency encountered on my phone, but it happens.
LVSteve
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You need to check the Notifications Settings of your browser. That's how many of these things can be blocked.
That doesn't help. Believe me, I've tried. They keep on coming both on my desktop and on my phone.
Funny how the vast majority of folks with ad problems are non-contributing members. No problems here with a simple and cheap bronze membership.
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