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NLSC Pop-up Hell

Sat Nov 07, 2009 2:54 pm

Today i have noticed that a good percentage of the times I open a page on the forums now, I get a pop-up. (Usually things like Acai Berry diets and "Is Working At Home The Next Gold Rush?!") I checked to see it is wasn't just a virus, but I don't get pop-up on any of the other sites I go to. I didn't have a problem when you added the banner ads, but this is getting pretty annoying. Anybody else with this problem?

EDIT: As soon as I post this I stop getting them. Odd.

Re: NLSC Pop-up Hell

Sat Nov 07, 2009 3:21 pm

The pop-up should only show up once every 24 hours. If it keeps popping up more often, let me know.

Re: NLSC Pop-up Hell

Sat Nov 07, 2009 3:24 pm

I've never had a pop-up or any sort of weird ad that gets in the way like the one Ben posted here. I'm using Firefox with Adblock. The only really irritating one I've come across was a banner ad that wouldn't shut up. The "That's the sound of something awesome..." thing.

Re: NLSC Pop-up Hell

Sat Nov 07, 2009 3:30 pm

Yeah, I know the one you mean. I think that one might be headed out of the rotation, haven't gotten it in a couple of days.

Re: NLSC Pop-up Hell

Sun Dec 06, 2009 7:29 am

i'm getting a pop up every single time i open a forum, every time. those annoying ones too, the ones that won't let you close it without clicking "ok" to something. i just restart firefox w/ out clicking anything.

the one i've been getting is some fake news article, you close it and then u get a "google home income" u can't close unless you click something.

Re: NLSC Pop-up Hell

Sun Dec 06, 2009 7:40 am

Devin112, I undeleted your post because I get the same one, and that shit is infuriating

Re: NLSC Pop-up Hell

Sun Dec 06, 2009 8:38 am

I'm still only getting one pop-up per 24 hours as intended, but I'll make some inquiries about it.

Re: NLSC Pop-up Hell

Sun Dec 06, 2009 9:07 am

i got 2 (one for work, one for home :P ) but that one pop up where you have to dialog close it....just arg

Re: NLSC Pop-up Hell

Mon Dec 07, 2009 10:19 am

Yesterday I did have a bit of trouble with automatic redirections to an ad for security software every time I visited a page here or on the main site but that's the first time I've encountered that. It was only happening for around ten minutes and it seems to be OK now, I did report the issue and will keep an eye on it. If these problems persist, please feel free to shoot me an email so that I can investigate the issue ASAP.

Re: NLSC Pop-up Hell

Fri Dec 11, 2009 2:49 am

Yeah its pretty frequent now, like when I click the main banner to go to the main page of the forum got one of those popups, and even going into different threads or whatever (such as this one) caused a popup. Couldn't go anywhere for several minutes without getting one of those.

Re: NLSC Pop-up Hell

Fri Dec 11, 2009 8:21 am

I've reported the issue with the automatic forwarding, at the moment we're trying to pin down which ad is causing it.

Re: NLSC Pop-up Hell

Mon Dec 14, 2009 6:50 pm

From the main page:

You may have noticed a few issues with a particular ad on the NLSC (both on the main site and in the Forum) causing an automatic redirection to a website advertising virus scanning software. We have reported the issue to UGO and it is currently being investigated, in the meantime that particular banner has been removed so it should not cause us any more problems. I apologise for the inconvenience.

Re: NLSC Pop-up Hell

Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:23 pm

thanks 'drew, hopefully they can get it out of the rotation so we can get that slot back up
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