Fraudulent ads here are getting really annoying...

immoderate

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Fri Oct-26-07 05:13 PM
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Fraudulent ads here are getting really annoying...

I mean the blinking and flashing is bad enough, but supposed warning about system errors, spyware, and messages waiting are just unacceptable.

Admins, get this crap off of DU please! Thanks.

--IMM

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MNDemNY

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Fri Oct-26-07 05:14 PM
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1. Even DU has to pay the light bill.

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BlueJazz

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Fri Oct-26-07 05:15 PM
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2. Sorry...it's not Du...it's your computer.

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robinlynne

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Fri Oct-26-07 05:21 PM
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3. I dont see anything like that. Did you donate? if you donate, you can turn the ads off in your prefe

preferences.

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Fri Oct-26-07 05:24 PM
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5. Yeah, but I'd rather not. I have a star.

I don't mind being advertised to, especially if it pays the bills. But this stuff is like phishing. My computer is OK, and there are no messages waiting for me.

--IMM

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NV Whino

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Fri Oct-26-07 05:28 PM
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8. You should have the ability within your browser

to block pop-ups.

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immoderate

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Fri Oct-26-07 05:52 PM
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9. I do. These are not pop-ups.

They are on the page. I'll try to capture one.

--IMM

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immoderate

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Fri Oct-26-07 05:54 PM
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10. Here you go...

Edited on Fri Oct-26-07 05:56 PM by IMModerate

It looks like this:

or this:

--IMM

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Greyskye

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Fri Oct-26-07 06:15 PM
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14. I've never seen that ugly crap on DU

I suggest a router for a hardware firewall, and any browser other than IE.

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TomInTib

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Fri Oct-26-07 06:20 PM
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15. I utilize IE, and I have never seen those things. nt

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immoderate

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Fri Oct-26-07 07:04 PM
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17. So what's blocking them in your IE?

:shrug:

--IMM

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TomInTib

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Fri Oct-26-07 07:20 PM
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18. i don't know, but i am glad whatever it is works.

good luck, IMM.

by the way, lower case is not my schtik. i have lost the use of my right hand for the foreseeable future.

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immoderate

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Fri Oct-26-07 07:33 PM
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19. Sorry about your hand, hope it mends soon.

I'm getting to work on the pop-up problem.

--IMM

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LSparkle

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Fri Oct-26-07 05:23 PM
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4. I saw a "Support Jeff Sessions" ad here earlier today

Very disconcerting. (No, I do not want to click and donate to Jeff Sessions, "A Leader For Alabama".)

:argh:

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Ghost in the Machine

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Fri Oct-26-07 05:26 PM
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6. Why do you hate banjo boy??

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immoderate

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Fri Oct-26-07 05:27 PM
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7. If it was blinking and flashing and lying about my computer, I'm against it.

Jeff Sessions is a smarmy creep. But that's for another thread.

--IMM

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Robbien

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Fri Oct-26-07 06:00 PM
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11. Smile instead. Sessions campaign money is supporting DU

Ha! Wouldn't he be pissed if he knew. Ha!

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immoderate

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Fri Oct-26-07 06:05 PM
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12. Kickin'

--IMM

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DCKit

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Fri Oct-26-07 06:11 PM
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13. Those ARE popup ads. You need to clean up your PC and install a blocker. nt

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immoderate

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Fri Oct-26-07 07:03 PM
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16. OK, then I have a question.

I frequently get a message that tells me that "popups have been blocked." So what's doing that? Any recommendations?

--IMM

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cureautismnow

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Fri Oct-26-07 07:42 PM
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20. I thought this was going to be a Geico thread!

But yes, the flashing ads can be annoying at times.

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immoderate

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Fri Oct-26-07 07:49 PM
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21. You make GEICO jokes -- and I feel so...

violated!:cry: :blush: :puke:

--IMM

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