AVD website homepage spam - dont need it thanks

Uber Kafer · 14 Jun 2012, 8:43 am

the Adchoice controlled box at the top of the homepage where the sponsors normally are I get a 'you have 1 new message'...
Ok, I think the site's had a useful upgrade, but no, its one of those 'YOU HAVE WON !!! 50,000th visitor!!! flashing, annoying, cant get rid of it..

WTF!

What's next? Shouty ads which pop up and cant be turned off when you select the latest topic?

subimanx · 14 Jun 2012, 9:00 am

Must just be you....everythings normal here........

Uber Kafer · 14 Jun 2012, 9:05 am

thats what I thought, maybe a trojan on my pc is hijacking that box, but then I saw that the box is controlled by Adchoice, so are they slipping them in?

Yogie · 14 Jun 2012, 9:24 am

I don't have the pop up either. Might pay to run a virus scan.

Yogie

MISS VDUB · 14 Jun 2012, 10:02 am

It appears this problem is only you and i might suggest you run and anti virus and pop up blocker on your PC.

You must have been looking at naughty stuff and picked up a virus on the way 😉

1303Steve · 14 Jun 2012, 10:17 am

Hi

I don't come in through the home page, I start at the forum page.

Steve

h · 14 Jun 2012, 11:07 am

^ same
all good here 🙂

vlad01 · 14 Jun 2012, 1:46 pm

MISS VDUB wrote:It appears this problem is only you and i might suggest you run and anti virus and pop up blocker on your PC.

You must have been looking at naughty stuff and picked up a virus on the way 😉

thats what protection is for 😂

on the subject though, download adblock pro and setup the data base subscription for blocking ads. The internet will look like it did at CERN where it was invented!

No ads at all plus it gives you a block option if any do come up not that I have ever needed to use it. Even youtube has no ads.

look at my ebay for example.

Uber Kafer · 14 Jun 2012, 6:10 pm

yep, updated antivirus and did a clean, seems to have stopped it. For a minute there I thought the forum operators had sold out ! my apology.

As for looking at 'naughty stuff', none of us look at naughty stuff, do we?

68AutoBug · 14 Jun 2012, 11:09 pm

Uber Kafer wrote:the Adchoice controlled box at the top of the homepage where the sponsors normally are I get a 'you have 1 new message'...
Ok, I think the site's had a useful upgrade, but no, its one of those 'YOU HAVE WON !!! 50,000th visitor!!! flashing, annoying, cant get rid of it..

WTF!

What's next? Shouty ads which pop up and cant be turned off when you select the latest topic?

no nothing here either..

I never go to the home page, also My computer is scanned a few times a day for viruses and has a lot of protection
pop up stoppers etc...

I do visit a site that has that You are the 500,000 visitor and won an iphone...lol
I can look at that site for add free for $19.99us...lol

Lee

MISS VDUB · 15 Jun 2012, 9:54 am

Uber Kafer wrote:yep, updated antivirus and did a clean, seems to have stopped it. For a minute there I thought the forum operators had sold out ! my apology.

As for looking at 'naughty stuff', none of us look at naughty stuff, do we?

😏