Advertising issues -- mobile popups
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But maybe it is for Macs not mobiles.
Frustrating pop up message
G'Day all,
Every now and then when I try and view pprune on my iPad, I get a message box that pops up with the following:
http://Apple.com-2au-pal2-lucky-visitor-giveaways.club. Broadband Solutions pay ltd user! You have been selected as the winner of today's free iPhone 7, PlayStation 4 or MacBook Air! Please click ok to claim your prize before we giveaway to anyone else.
Only option is to press "ok" which then sends me to a website with a dodgy looking survey. I just close it and try again. The problem is, it just keeps on happening (only on pprune). Seems to only occur on posts (as opposed to the list of forums).
Anyone have any ideas?
Every now and then when I try and view pprune on my iPad, I get a message box that pops up with the following:
http://Apple.com-2au-pal2-lucky-visitor-giveaways.club. Broadband Solutions pay ltd user! You have been selected as the winner of today's free iPhone 7, PlayStation 4 or MacBook Air! Please click ok to claim your prize before we giveaway to anyone else.
Only option is to press "ok" which then sends me to a website with a dodgy looking survey. I just close it and try again. The problem is, it just keeps on happening (only on pprune). Seems to only occur on posts (as opposed to the list of forums).
Anyone have any ideas?
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Went and had a read of the Heathrow Harry link...
"...Did you go back to the same site that caused the pop-up to appear in the first place? If so, don't do that. The site is bad or has been hacked, so avoid it..."
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"...Did you go back to the same site that caused the pop-up to appear in the first place? If so, don't do that. The site is bad or has been hacked, so avoid it..."
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Android
Similar happens on Android mobile also. Select the tab button, close tab and reopened a tab, go to pprune. Not a fix but a way of avoiding the need to accept the pop-up.
Try using Opera Mini browser. Note the MINI part.
It works by using a central server to render the page and then sends you the compressed page image. Cuts out a LOT of nonsense. Likely saves data too.
Allows just about usable browsing on very slow connections.
Of course the central server could learn about you so I wouldn't be using it for banking.
It works by using a central server to render the page and then sends you the compressed page image. Cuts out a LOT of nonsense. Likely saves data too.
Allows just about usable browsing on very slow connections.
Of course the central server could learn about you so I wouldn't be using it for banking.
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From what I understand, the issue is caused by Google Ads. Certain adverts will cause this to happen whilst others won't.
Happens on various other websites too whilst browsing in Safari.
There is no known solution as of yet but hopefully Google will resolve it soon as it can be frustrating.
Happens on various other websites too whilst browsing in Safari.
There is no known solution as of yet but hopefully Google will resolve it soon as it can be frustrating.
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I've started getting audio ads again over the last couple of days.
Will post screen grabs if I can, but the last two were for a Philips "Star Wars" razor - accidentally clicked the link and visited an Amazon page; another was for Trivago, which was at the foot of this page!
Regards, Treadigraph
Edit: back over to Jetblast and up pops Trivago again - screen grab attached, back to the page and a different Trivago ad!
trivago.jpg
Will post screen grabs if I can, but the last two were for a Philips "Star Wars" razor - accidentally clicked the link and visited an Amazon page; another was for Trivago, which was at the foot of this page!
Regards, Treadigraph
Edit: back over to Jetblast and up pops Trivago again - screen grab attached, back to the page and a different Trivago ad!
trivago.jpg
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Update: haven't had a problem since yesterday lunchtime! Hopefully no longer a problem... 
Further update 29/11 1300: just seen Trivago again...
Further update 29/11 1300: just seen Trivago again...
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Thanks Ibobi; there's now a very persistent Acuvue video advert popping up instead! It's restarted about three times and taken me to the bottom of the page while I'm typing this!
The ads that are constantly causing web browsers to move the viewing focus back to the top of the page every time they pop up, so that threads are near-impossible to read (you get half way through a post and the screen scrolls back up to the top to show the ad again every few seconds) are making the site hard to use, and may well encourage more people to use ad blockers.
If people switch to using ad blockers en-masse, because of nuisance ads like this that make the forum very difficult to read, then that isn't good for the forum, as I think we all understand that it's advertising revenue that keeps the forum running.
If people switch to using ad blockers en-masse, because of nuisance ads like this that make the forum very difficult to read, then that isn't good for the forum, as I think we all understand that it's advertising revenue that keeps the forum running.
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If using Chrome on mobile, you can try this:
- Load chrome://flags/#enable-framebusting-needs-sameorigin-or-usergesture in the browser's address bar.
- Switch the status of the "Framebusting requires same-origin or a user gesture" experimental flag from default to enabled.
- Restart the Chrome browser.
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For mobile redirects/hijacks,
If using Chrome on mobile, you can try this:
If using Chrome on mobile, you can try this:
- Load chrome://flags/#enable-framebusting-needs-sameorigin-or-usergesture in the browser's address bar.
- Switch the status of the "Framebusting requires same-origin or a user gesture" experimental flag from default to enabled.
- Restart the Chrome browser.
