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SMF Support => SMF 2.0.x Support => Topic started by: avepeachy on January 05, 2013, 06:35:33 PM

Title: Unathorized Pop-Up Ads
Post by: avepeachy on January 05, 2013, 06:35:33 PM
So, I randomly have pop up ads (for Polyvore of all things) showing up on my site. I have no idea where they are coming from or how to get rid of them.

I am running SMF 2.0.3 and have made no changes to anything except my robots.txt file a couple of days before the ads started showing up. I don't get ads in firefox, but I did get a security certificate thing when I viewed the site in IE.

Can anyone help me?

www.cwohp.net is the site.

Title: Re: Unathorized Pop-Up Ads
Post by: MC73 on January 05, 2013, 06:47:36 PM
Check your add-ons within your browser ..... I bet if you run IE without any add-ons you wont see it .... look in your programs and features and see if you see any programs that started about the same time you started seeing it.
Title: Re: Unathorized Pop-Up Ads
Post by: Billabongu on January 05, 2013, 09:44:44 PM
Install an add-on that blocks ads. That may work, it worked
for me. If it is just your site, try somehow to turn the
javascript off.

Goodluck with getting those nasty ads off of your forum!
Title: Re: Unathorized Pop-Up Ads
Post by: busterone on January 05, 2013, 11:45:09 PM
I just browsed your site with with FF and adblock disabled, and again with IE. I saw no pop ups whatsoever. Are you the only one seeing them or have you had reports from other members also?
Title: Re: Unathorized Pop-Up Ads
Post by: Colin on January 05, 2013, 11:46:02 PM
It has to be a local browser issue...
Title: Re: Unathorized Pop-Up Ads
Post by: kat on January 06, 2013, 12:26:43 PM
You might want to try one of these, avepeachy...

http://www.bitdefender.co.uk/scanner/online/free.html

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/uk/index.html
Title: Re: Unathorized Pop-Up Ads
Post by: shteca on January 06, 2013, 12:38:57 PM
Didn't see any ads on your site.

Might be a virus on your computer.

Do an anti virus sweep
Title: Re: Unathorized Pop-Up Ads
Post by: MC73 on January 06, 2013, 01:06:04 PM
In IE, Go to tools / Manage Add-ons ...... in the toolbars and extension area, the add-on should be there to disable. As stated above, you may also need to go into programs and features area of the control panel to uninstall the Add-on also.

In FF , Tools / Add-ons / Extension ..... disable the one that cause the problem ( for those other people that may read this thread )
Title: Re: Unathorized Pop-Up Ads
Post by: avepeachy on January 12, 2013, 04:31:32 PM
Thank you for all of your support! I got it resolved. :)
Title: Re: Unathorized Pop-Up Ads
Post by: kat on January 12, 2013, 04:57:13 PM
WoOt!

Out of pure curiosity, what was it?
Title: Re: Unathorized Pop-Up Ads
Post by: avepeachy on January 17, 2013, 11:28:08 AM
It was port issues that I had my host help me fix.
Title: Re: Unathorized Pop-Up Ads
Post by: kat on January 17, 2013, 12:36:12 PM
Ah, right.

Thanks!