Ack - redirected ads and pop ads taking over browser - Page 2

**Mantenna** · 07-13-2008, 07:39 PM

John posted about this same thing happening a couple weeks ago in another thread, so here's hoping it will be a short-lived problem.

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Originally Posted by dodie430

Over the past few days, while viewing threads in the Bachelorette Spoilers forum, my browser has been ad hijacked and I've been taken to ad sites. I have run my virus scanner and AdAware - and it only happens here, nowhere else I travel on the net - hence the reason I'm asking here

Otherwise I'd just assume I was infected with a plain old BH....
I'm still not sure that isn't the case, but it only happens when I am am FORT, and only recently.

Any thoughts? Anyone else having similar probs?

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Originally Posted by John

It happened to me this morning as well. Unfortunately, TV Guide controls the ads that display, so I have no control over them. Sometimes a rogue ad gets into a campaign, and it takes a day or two to get caught and removed. I apologize for any issues, hopefully it will be resolved shortly.

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***John*** · 07-13-2008, 08:07 PM

I did report this issue to TV Guide, and they were checking it out.

KashatheDiva · 07-13-2008, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by John

I did report this issue to TV Guide, and they were checking it out.

Thank you very much.
The redirect popups reminded me of the saying 1 step forward for 2 steps back.
A twilight zone loop.

Kaky · 07-13-2008, 09:55 PM

Thanks John.

Diane R · 07-13-2008, 10:12 PM

This is awful. I absolutely can't use this site anymore until these things go away. They pop up every two seconds, and say they'll redirect, but they won't.

I hope this gets resolved, because the site is impossible to read otherwise.

Broadway · 07-13-2008, 11:26 PM

Okay... it isn't happening so frequently for me that it makes the site a PITA, but it's happened twice today. The first one was a Snickers ad and this second one was some OnlineMarketGroup type of thing. It has only happened when I first clicked onto any thread....(I don't think they both were on the BB forum. Will watch.)

Katydyd · 07-14-2008, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Broadway

Okay... it isn't happening so frequently for me that it makes the site a PITA, but it's happened twice today. The first one was a Snickers ad and this second one was some OnlineMarketGroup type of thing. It has only happened when I first clicked onto any thread....(I don't think they both were on the BB forum. Will watch.)

That's exactly what mine were. It got so bad that I couldn't get on at all last night...couldn't read or comment on the first night of my beloved BB

. Of course, I'm not having trouble here on my computer at work...not that I'm not working...I mean I was just checking....yeah

. But thanks John for looking into it. Hopefully home computer will be good by tonight!

myrosiedog · 07-14-2008, 10:54 AM

It's also been happening to me. I keep getting hijacked and redirected and it's locking up my computer so that I have to use alt/control/delete to even shut the browser down to get out of the ad loop because it won't respond to anything else.

It's maddening.

I use Enigma browser

Leo · 07-14-2008, 11:02 AM

I have had no problems accessing Fort, either at home or at work. I use Firefox consistently at both locations.

bbnbama · 07-14-2008, 12:42 PM

I use IE at work and Firefox at home and I haven't had any problems (hoping I'm not cursing myself now!)

07-13-2008, 08:07 PM	#12
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07-13-2008, 09:55 PM	#14
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07-13-2008, 10:12 PM	#15
Diane R FORT Regular Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 59	Re: Ack - redirected ads and pop ads taking over browser This is awful. I absolutely can't use this site anymore until these things go away. They pop up every two seconds, and say they'll redirect, but they won't. I hope this gets resolved, because the site is impossible to read otherwise.

07-13-2008, 11:26 PM	#16
Broadway BORC! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Shhhh, I'm hunting Putin! Posts: 16,942	Re: Ack - redirected ads and pop ads taking over browser Okay... it isn't happening so frequently for me that it makes the site a PITA, but it's happened twice today. The first one was a Snickers ad and this second one was some OnlineMarketGroup type of thing. It has only happened when I first clicked onto any thread....(I don't think they both were on the BB forum. Will watch.) __________________ "The truth is, if you care about the status of women in our society and in our troubled economy, the best choice by far is Obama-Biden." Madeline Albright 10/5/2008

07-14-2008, 10:54 AM	#18
myrosiedog FORT Fogey Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gators Rock! So Deal With It!!!! Age: 46 Posts: 10,721 Blog Entries: 7	Re: Ack - redirected ads and pop ads taking over browser It's also been happening to me. I keep getting hijacked and redirected and it's locking up my computer so that I have to use alt/control/delete to even shut the browser down to get out of the ad loop because it won't respond to anything else. It's maddening. I use Enigma browser __________________ America needs to lead by the power of example and not by the example of power-Bill Clinton, 2008 Democratic National Convention. Que me amat, amet et canem meum (Who loves me will love my dog also)

07-14-2008, 11:02 AM	#19
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07-14-2008, 12:42 PM	#20
bbnbama Time to change our tune.. Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: In my own little world where all things are Idol...... Age: 42 Posts: 10,099	Re: Ack - redirected ads and pop ads taking over browser I use IE at work and Firefox at home and I haven't had any problems (hoping I'm not cursing myself now!) __________________ Reality is the beginning...not the end....Wallace Stevens