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IguanaGrrl
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20.  Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2003 5:57 am Post subject: |
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J Dogg - I got the popup last night as well. When I ran my Ad Aware, all I had were data mining cookies, so I really don't know if it was spyware.
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MeltyKiss
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| 21. Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2003 9:14 am Post subject: |
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| J Dogg wrote: | | This is strange though... I've never gotten this popup. I'm wondering if it is indeed this site, or is it because of some adware somewhere. |
| Code: | Ad-watch Logfile, exported on 11/3/2003
Total number of events:1
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11/2/2003 2:43:03 AM - Popup blocked (http://ads.specificpop.com/pop_code;gid=17,pid=97,bid=1005,rid=1281435433 - Microsoft Internet Explorer)
Internet Explorer event
Parentprocess:wbload.exe
"http://ads.specificpop.com/pop_code;gid=17,pid=97,bid=1005,rid=1281435433 - Microsoft Internet Explorer"
Handle:2227175492
Classname:IEFrame
11/2/2003 2:43:03 AM: Popup blocked: "http://ads.specificpop.com/pop_code;gid=17,pid=97,bid=1005,rid=1281435433 - Microsoft Internet Explorer"
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On a newly formatted computer, with barely any programs running.
http://z1.adserver.com/w/cp.x;rid=70;tid=2;ev=1;dt=3;ac=7;p=1;mid=1671 seems to be another URL for the ad.
| Cutriss wrote: | | EDIT: I added falkag.net to /etc/hosts. Now, I still get the ad, but I don't get the popup anymore. I guess there are two versions of the ad, and now I only get the non-popup version. |
That's a good idea for blocking one URL of the popup, but http://a.as-us.falkag.net/ seems to just be redirecting the browser to the real URL and doesn't seem to work.
I would suggest a pop-up stopper for anyone that wants to prevent popups (I use them because they don't completely get rid of ads, but prevent popups, popunders,etc.; some websites make money off of displaying them)
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Agilab
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| 22. Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2003 9:55 am Post subject: |
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How did the site even get them anyway? Its not one of your site sponsors, is it? I KNOW J Dogg or any other administrator would not want to have pop-ups on the site....  Obviously....
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IguanaGrrl
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| 23. Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2003 10:04 am Post subject: |
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| Agilab wrote: | | How did the site even get them anyway? Its not one of your site sponsors, is it? I KNOW J Dogg or any other administrator would not want to have pop-ups on the site.... Obviously.... |
It's likely that a sponsor added the popup as a portion of their banner ad and that's a big no-no with J Dogg.
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Edible Bondage Tape
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| 24. Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2003 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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for soem reason spybot is bloking avenue a whenever i browse here with more than one window
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Cutriss
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| 25. Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2003 7:52 am Post subject: |
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| MiltyKiss wrote: | | Cutriss wrote: | | EDIT: I added falkag.net to /etc/hosts. Now, I still get the ad, but I don't get the popup anymore. I guess there are two versions of the ad, and now I only get the non-popup version. |
That's a good idea for blocking one URL of the popup, but http://a.as-us.falkag.net/ seems to just be redirecting the browser to the real URL and doesn't seem to work. |
You mean "That's a good idea for blocking *all* the URLs of the popup", since I'm effectively cutting down the tree to get at the bad branch.
That's why I blocked falkag.net as a host, since it's the redirecting URL. | MiltyKiss wrote: | | I would suggest a pop-up stopper for anyone that wants to prevent popups (I use them because they don't completely get rid of ads, but prevent popups, popunders,etc.; some websites make money off of displaying them) |
Well, I had one, in the form of Mozilla, but since this server was actually circumventing Mozilla's popup blocker (which gets enough of them supressed to satisfy me), I figured that I'd just stop it at the source.
I have a pretty lengthy hosts file which I imported from the fellows over at [H]ardOCP, but I don't actively seek out hosts to add to the list unless they're doing something particularly nasty or devious.
I've had issues with falkag.net before - The last two popup incidents DDRFreak dealt with that I am familiar with came from that host.
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J Dogg
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| 26. Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2003 10:44 am Post subject: |
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This popup should be removed now. Let me know if there are any more problems.
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Edible Bondage Tape
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| 27. Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2003 6:11 pm Post subject: |
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ok wehn i try to go to any part of the site i get a warning form spybot that it has blocke the download of avenue a (spyware) i only get it on ddrfreak and not at any of hte other forums i post at or web pages i read i have th newest updates of ad aware and spybot (both updated today) and when i akwnloedge that spybot has stoped this mennace the page stops loading i often have to try 15+ times before i can successfully get the page to load now (it tok me over a half hour to get to the post screan and i can only hope that the posting works)
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PHUT!
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| 28. Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2003 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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i've posted a couple things and there have been no pop ups. so i guess they are all gone. good job! 
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Drenchfur
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| 29. Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 11:11 am Post subject: |
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Wow.  You now have some computer banner ads for processors, etc, with that deceptive "drop down" arrow which, like Classmates ads, etc, is a total decoy (right?) as the entire banner is a link to their site.
Well, not so this time! This is the first banner ad I've seen that once you mouse over it, the drop down box actually comes up! A price list of parts and sites shows up, and if I mouse off the box, it disappears. If I click on an item in the list, a new window appears with that website and the item I clicked on. The scrolly-thing in this drop down box works too!
I'm NOT upset about this at all. This is actually pretty good... but I still ain't in the market for a new processor.  |
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blue-kun
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| 30. Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 1:16 pm Post subject: |
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OTOH, this new dropdown banner upsets me. I try to click `locations' link below the banner. My spastic hand accidentally push the mouse a bit too far, which ends up in the banner. Voila. You get the idea. ;_;
I'm working on disabling those dropdown banners.
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Prismatus
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| 31. Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2003 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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Pop-ups seem to be gone... :looks around:
All quiet on the western front!
Good job, administrators, you showed those popups who rule the boards!  |
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PHUT!
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| 32. Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2003 9:42 am Post subject: |
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i was looking at some posts and this "Save Now!" pop up comes up. it only popped up a couple times. if i am the only one who gets this, then i'll shut up.
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MeltyKiss
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| 33. Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2003 2:40 pm Post subject: |
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| PHUT! wrote: | | i was looking at some posts and this "Save Now!" pop up comes up. it only popped up a couple times. if i am the only one who gets this, then i'll shut up. |
Next time that happens, get the URL of the thread you were looking at and (if you can), get the URL of the ad.
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PHUT!
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| 34. Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2003 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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never mind. it prolly was from the site i was linked to in the thread.
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Otla
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| 35. Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2003 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Travelingpriest wrote: | Pop-ups seem to be gone... :looks around:
All quiet on the western front!
Good job, administrators, you showed those popups who rule the boards! |
LOL!
I hate pop ups, especially on the school computers 
I can't count the times I've been sent to the principal's office for receiving porn pop-ups or Porn E-mail spam. 
Anywho, I haven't recieved any popups on this site, except for those stupid ads from AOL (it's not your fault it's mine) and keep up the good work Mods and Admins  Brownie points taste good
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