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dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts) Tue Aug 11, 2015, 01:16 PM Aug 2015

Big black YouTube advertising box appears on pages and won't disappear..anyone else seeing this?

Running the latest Firefox browser, on Ubuntu.
sometimes when I open pages on teh web, there is a big black Youtube advertisement, which cannot be removed, even clicking the big X in the upper RH corner does not work.
Ad Block does not work..ghosetry does not prevent it.
But Chormium browser does not show the box on the identical page.
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Big black YouTube advertising box appears on pages and won't disappear..anyone else seeing this? (Original Post) dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 OP

I get the box but have no problem closing it with the "X". gvstn Aug 2015 #1

Hmmm...lemme try ESC dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #2

Hmmm gvstn Aug 2015 #3

This appeared after one a very recent "update" was allowed. dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #4

Have you tried disabling adblock to see if you can close it with adblock off? Egnever Aug 2015 #5

There's a thought... dixiegrrrrl Aug 2015 #6

gvstn

(2,805 posts)

1. I get the box but have no problem closing it with the "X".

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Original post)

Tue Aug 11, 2015, 02:32 PM

Aug 2015

Firefox, win7. Does ESC do anything for you?

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

2. Hmmm...lemme try ESC

Reply to gvstn (Reply #1)

Tue Aug 11, 2015, 02:56 PM

Aug 2015

Nope......nothing I mouse click does any good.

I just reported it via Ad Blocker.....

Seems to be a FF feature.

Edited to add...it washes out and freezes the page, so no navigation is possible while box is there.

gvstn

(2,805 posts)

3. Hmmm

Reply to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #2)

Tue Aug 11, 2015, 03:05 PM

Aug 2015

I have had those symptoms occasionally in the past but I cant repeat them now on that Rolling Stone ad.

A lot of times these things clear up in a day or two after the webmaster gets enough complaints.

I use FF Nightly so am used to waiting a few days for quirks of the current build to be corrected. I always blame it on Nightly but sometimes it is probably the website.