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16 years ago

I don't know who to contact- is anyone else having horrible problems with advirtizements popping up? I am getting Three Musketeers, and Babies 'R' Us. Before when pop ups came on, at least you could delete them- these are video, and there is no way to delete them They are starting to come up each time I go to read another thread!! That is just way too much! It seems to be happening the most on the 'Pet' forum, but happens on all that I read. My filters/protection programs are all on 'high', and working. What is happeneing with you other readers?

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oruboris
16 years ago
I run windows Vista and IE7, which has a built in blocker. I never get popups.

But I do get the occasional crash that can be pretty annoying...
sierraeast
16 years ago
Im getting them but there is a small window that says skip which will close the ad.
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zone_8grandma
16 years ago
I have Nortion Antivirus that has a popup blocker feature. It makes a sound when it blocks a popup and I have the option of allowing the popup or not.

I kind of feel bad using it, since it's a source of revenue for GW and I enjoy the free forums. But there are just too many and they are too obnoxious.
claireplymouth z6b coastal MA
16 years ago
Safari on a Mac. No ads.

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Original Author
16 years ago
Hmmm... I have IE7, and use AVG, Spy Bot- I wonder if that is why. Sierraeast- are you talking about the video- there is a place to skip/close on those? I don't see it. Yep, I don't mind some ads either- but not on evry thread/post I want to open! I might look into the Firefox- is there a free download, or do you buy it? Thanks.

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