topic title: Spam pop ups on antiX forum
Posts: 3
stevesr0
Joined: 21 Sep 2015
#1
Is anyone else getting pop ups when they are reading threads?

I am not getting these on any other pages with this browser.

Thanks.
Posts: 4,164
rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#2
No. Take a screenshot and post it in your reply so we can see what you mean.

I use
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to copy and paste uploaded image urls like my screenshots to the forum. Once uploaded to their site. They supply the link to post in your next reply.
Posts: 667
jdmeaux1952
Joined: 01 Nov 2013
#3
I am making the assumption that you are getting the pop-ups while using a browser in antiX or MX-14. Which browser are you using?

If you are using windoze to read through the forum AND getting pop=ups, that explains it. windoze.

And if you are talking about the ad banner that some forums get at the top with, someone has to pay the bills.
Posts: 1,062
Dave
Joined: 20 Jan 2010
#4
There are pop-ups if you mouse over or click some of the ads... that I have seen.... but really I only see that on a computer I do not use regularly. For the computers that I use regularly I install ghostery and then I see no advertisement.
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skidoo
Joined: 09 Feb 2012
#5
jdmeaux1952 wrote:If you are wearing shoes while reading through the forum AND getting pop=ups, that explains it. shoes.
yeah, that explains it? {rolleyes}
Posts: 3
stevesr0
Joined: 21 Sep 2015
#6
I was having spam like popups when using my wife's iPad (blush).

I am trying now with my laptop using Debian. (I just installed antiX on a USB drive, and I have a lot of stuff on my Debian install, so I spend a lot of time on that.)

So far (few minutes) only an expected rollover popup.

When I get back to the USB Killah install, I will check out if it happens on that.

For now, I will blame it on iOS...

Steve
Posts: 4,164
rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#7
I don't surf here on my Iphone. 5S. Maybe I out to try it out. Were you logged in?
Posts: 1,445
skidoo
Joined: 09 Feb 2012
#8
Keep in mind that we're not necessarily all seeing the same behavior.
Targeted marketing ~~ you (or I) might get a bye because a given campaign isn't targeting suchandsuch O/S, or browser, or time of day, or geographic IP lookup

Hmm, another possibility: might stevedude have a malicious/ad-supported browser extension installed?
Posts: 667
jdmeaux1952
Joined: 01 Nov 2013
#9
skidoo wrote:Hmm, another possibility: might stevedude have a malicious/ad-supported browser extension installed?
That is a possibility. I had an extension from a ppa for Ubuntu I tried and kept getting ads pop-ups. I deleted that extension.