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Post by webm@ster on Mar 25, 2016 14:39:52 GMT -5
Hi
Our lovely mods and I have been getting reports from some members that certain links to third party sites, which are posted on our forum, get rerouted to ads. Also, a mobile phone user today reports having pop-up ads on his mobile after visiting a link on our forum.
To help us filter out these links please report such problems in this thread. I'll take necessary steps to ban these links and will forward it on to ProBoards if the problem persists .
Thanks!
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Post by Flatulence Panic on Mar 27, 2016 8:27:46 GMT -5
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Post by Flatulence Panic on Mar 27, 2016 8:30:56 GMT -5
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Post by Flatulence Panic on Mar 27, 2016 9:03:50 GMT -5
Hi Our lovely mods and I have been getting reports from some members that certain links to third party sites, which are posted on our forum, get rerouted to ads. Also, a mobile phone user today reports having pop-up ads on his mobile after visiting a link on our forum. To help us filter out these links please report such problems in this thread. I'll take necessary steps to ban these links and will forward it on to ProBoards if the problem persists . Thanks! Hi webm@sterJust wanted to let you know that also further to the above they seem to be having issues with this popup on Mobile devices on this site also (Army Rumour Service): www.arrse.co.uk/community/threads/weird-redirect-on-mobile.253099/Let me know if you need any more info. My mobile is android running the latest lollipop version. |
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Post by Flatulence Panic on Mar 27, 2016 9:28:15 GMT -5
Hi Our lovely mods and I have been getting reports from some members that certain links to third party sites, which are posted on our forum, get rerouted to ads. Also, a mobile phone user today reports having pop-up ads on his mobile after visiting a link on our forum. To help us filter out these links please report such problems in this thread. I'll take necessary steps to ban these links and will forward it on to ProBoards if the problem persists . Thanks! More info webm@ster, after more searching it seems this issue has been reported on the Proboards support forums too: support.proboards.com/thread/577558/mobile-ad-redirect |
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Post by davidjay on Mar 28, 2016 8:29:51 GMT -5
Thanks webm@ster, mimmihopps for posting about this and for any help on the matter. Ta Flatulence Panic for the detailed info you posted as well - I've been experiencing the exact same issue when browsing the forum on my mobile. Got another tenuously related issue on this but didn't know where would be best to post this - when browsing the forum on my laptop or desktop PC there's now an auto-play advert that appears in the bottom right hand corner of each thread, under the "Related Topics & Stories" banner. There's no obvious means of stopping the playback (the clip loops round) and its default volume seems to be fixed at 100%. Any tips on how to avoid this would be much appreciated if possible. (I'm using Safari if that's any help?) |
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Post by Flatulence Panic on Mar 28, 2016 10:29:16 GMT -5
Thanks webm@ster , mimmihopps for posting about this and for any help on the matter. Ta Flatulence Panic for the detailed info you posted as well - I've been experiencing the exact same issue when browsing the forum on my mobile. Got another tenuously related issue on this but didn't know where would be best to post this - when browsing the forum on my laptop or desktop PC there's now an auto-play advert that appears in the bottom right hand corner of each thread, under the "Related Topics & Stories" banner. There's no obvious means of stopping the playback (the clip loops round) and its default volume seems to be fixed at 100%. Any tips on how to avoid this would be much appreciated if possible. (I'm using Safari if that's any help?) No problem. I just want the issue sorted as it makes browsing via mobile almost impossible. Regarding the auto play advert at the bottom right hand corner of each thread, the only thing I can really suggest is AdBlock Plus which it seems is now available for Safari too: extensions.apple.com/details/?id=org.adblockplus.adblockplussafari-GRYYZR985AAlthough that would mean ALL adverts on this site are blocked and I believe that webm@ster receives some money for the adverts on the site. Maybe if you play around with it you can try and block just that advert but i've never really tried that myself (fyi I browse with Edge on a PC which doesn't have AdBlock yet although apparently it's coming soon). |
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Post by webm@ster on Mar 28, 2016 14:45:09 GMT -5
Regarding the auto play advert at the bottom right hand corner of each thread, the only thing I can really suggest is AdBlock Plus which it seems is now available for Safari too: extensions.apple.com/details/?id=org.adblockplus.adblockplussafari-GRYYZR985AAlthough that would mean ALL adverts on this site are blocked and I believe that webm@ster receives some money for the adverts on the site. Maybe if you play around with it you can try and block just that advert but i've never really tried that myself (fyi I browse with Edge on a PC which doesn't have AdBlock yet although apparently it's coming soon). I have no issue with readers using adblock to browse, especially if it's a forum member. The auto play advert is an ad placed by proboards, as are most of the ads on here. cheers |
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Post by Flatulence Panic on Mar 28, 2016 15:10:27 GMT -5
Regarding the auto play advert at the bottom right hand corner of each thread, the only thing I can really suggest is AdBlock Plus which it seems is now available for Safari too: extensions.apple.com/details/?id=org.adblockplus.adblockplussafari-GRYYZR985AAlthough that would mean ALL adverts on this site are blocked and I believe that webm@ster receives some money for the adverts on the site. Maybe if you play around with it you can try and block just that advert but i've never really tried that myself (fyi I browse with Edge on a PC which doesn't have AdBlock yet although apparently it's coming soon). I have no issue with readers using adblock to browse, especially if it's a forum member. The auto play advert is an ad placed by proboards, as are most of the ads on here. cheers Ah thanks for the info, I remember visiting the site with AdBlock in chrome and there was some message about supporting Live4Ever by not using an Ad Blocker. Thanks for confirming that it it's actually OK to use one.  |
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Post by Flatulence Panic on Mar 29, 2016 19:59:42 GMT -5
webm@sterHave noticed this is not happening as frequently now... Have you made some changes to the ads?
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Post by webm@ster on Mar 30, 2016 10:19:15 GMT -5
webm@sterHave noticed this is not happening as frequently now... Have you made some changes to the ads? no changes....my 728X90 google banner shouldn't be causing any issues....proboards might have pulled the culprit ads |
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Post by Elie De Beaufour 🐴 on Apr 13, 2016 21:07:30 GMT -5
My computer (yes I still use PC) is repeatedly popping up links to other forum posts under the 'AddThis' extension.
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Post by eva on Apr 14, 2016 6:31:52 GMT -5
My computer (yes I still use PC) is repeatedly popping up links to other forum posts under the 'AddThis' extension. you have an arrow on the top right corner to hide it or right click on the ad, Adblock -> block this ad, and move the bar to the right until it disappears |
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Post by webm@ster on Apr 14, 2016 12:15:24 GMT -5
My computer (yes I still use PC) is repeatedly popping up links to other forum posts under the 'AddThis' extension. apologies, they shouldn't be appearing on the forum at all. Trying to resolve this ... Thanks |
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Post by webm@ster on Apr 14, 2016 14:50:48 GMT -5
The AddThis 'what's next' link suggestion which popped up page right has been removed. Thanks
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Post by As You Built The Moon on Sept 10, 2016 14:35:10 GMT -5
Should've thought to screen cap it for the url but I opened this site in Android Chrome about an hour ago and I got this:
If it means anything, I got the same thing with that "City of Wyandotte user" on iOS Safari years ago and it was also when I was on here.
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Post by webm@ster on Sept 12, 2016 10:06:39 GMT -5
Should've thought to screen cap it for the url but I opened this site in Android Chrome about an hour ago and I got this: If it means anything, I got the same thing with that "City of Wyandotte user" on iOS Safari years ago and it was also when I was on here. Hi there, This would have to be happening to more users of the forum so I could report it to proboards. Isolated incidents sometimes point towards problems with the browser or mobile being used. I' ll keep an eye out should any more complaints come in. Cheers |
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Post by davidjay on Sept 18, 2016 5:59:37 GMT -5
I've noticed this recently as well, but only when browsing the forum on my mobile.
You'll be scrolling through a thread and the browser is suddenly re-directed to a series of pop-up adverts. The one I just saw was promoting "a free iPhone" to "all BT users."
To get away from the ad I had to turn off my phone, as the back button didn't work whilst the ad was on screen. The ad locks you into a loop of pop ups, each of which makes the phone vibrate.
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Post by carl80 on Oct 19, 2016 9:43:30 GMT -5
I'm having big probs with this as well , every thread or page I seem to click on is being hijacked by an ad. Thanks
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Post by webm@ster on Oct 19, 2016 16:33:27 GMT -5
I've noticed this recently as well, but only when browsing the forum on my mobile. You'll be scrolling through a thread and the browser is suddenly re-directed to a series of pop-up adverts. The one I just saw was promoting "a free iPhone" to "all BT users." To get away from the ad I had to turn off my phone, as the back button didn't work whilst the ad was on screen. The ad locks you into a loop of pop ups, each of which makes the phone vibrate. Hey there are you using a third party mobile app to browse the forum or just your mobile browser? Let me know and I can pass it on to proboards. Hopefully your browser hasn't picked up a virus.... cheers |
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Post by davidjay on Oct 19, 2016 16:43:40 GMT -5
I've noticed this recently as well, but only when browsing the forum on my mobile. You'll be scrolling through a thread and the browser is suddenly re-directed to a series of pop-up adverts. The one I just saw was promoting "a free iPhone" to "all BT users." To get away from the ad I had to turn off my phone, as the back button didn't work whilst the ad was on screen. The ad locks you into a loop of pop ups, each of which makes the phone vibrate. Hey there are you using a third party mobile app to browse the forum or just your mobile browser? Let me know and I can pass it on to proboards. Hopefully your browser hasn't picked up a virus.... cheers Hi webm@ster, I'm not using a third party app, just Chrome running on an Android mobile if that's any help (?). This issue seems intermittent - hadn't noticed anything for weeks but today I got the same kind of random redirects on this forum (same as I described before). I tried to capture the URL but the pop ups changed several times, before it set the phone on vibrate. I got out of the redirect by rebooting the phone. I did have my phone checked after the last round of redirects but they didn't detect any viruses. Also, this problem seems confined to browsing the site on my mobile. Currently posting using my laptop and haven't encountered it there. |
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Post by webm@ster on Oct 20, 2016 10:48:21 GMT -5
Thanks will see if proboards support has any knowledge of mobile members running into this issue elsewhere
stay tuned
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Post by webm@ster on Oct 20, 2016 11:01:44 GMT -5
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Post by webm@ster on Oct 20, 2016 13:29:11 GMT -5
davidjaywe got following response back from proboards, hope it leads to a solution. Hi, live4ever. If users receive any redirects please have them immediately visit the following page to report the ads responsible: ads.proboards.com/ad-report.htmlReporting an ad is the most effective way to have it removed from the rotation as this gives us all of the information about the advertiser and the specific ad itself to view and duplicate the issue with.
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Post by davidjay on Oct 20, 2016 18:41:55 GMT -5
davidjaywe got following response back from proboards, hope it leads to a solution. Hi, live4ever. If users receive any redirects please have them immediately visit the following page to report the ads responsible: ads.proboards.com/ad-report.htmlReporting an ad is the most effective way to have it removed from the rotation as this gives us all of the information about the advertiser and the specific ad itself to view and duplicate the issue with. Thanks webm@ster, appreciate your help on this. I'll keep an eye out for this recurring & report any issues via the page you provided a link to. |
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