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GrimTerror

01-23-2006, 12:37 PM

Just a quick question.

Ads sometimes come out of no-where when i come to Warboards sometimes, and i don't think it was always there. I'm not sure whether its just something that my computer has messed up, or if it's supposed to happen. Its kinda gettin on my nerves:)

It's like Warcraft ads or something (and it opens in a new window.) It didn't usually happen so i'm not sure whether its supposed to be there or not.

Can anyone clear this up?

Nuts

01-23-2006, 12:46 PM

You are infected with spyware. The only ads that Warboards used are google ads which are embedded in the page.

GrimTerror

01-23-2006, 1:01 PM

There's something called Zango...could that be the cause? (So it is my cpu thats the issue then?)

Nuts

01-23-2006, 1:13 PM

Yeah, it's one of those "shopping assistants." I hate those things with a passion.

http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/pest/pest.aspx?id=453094136

Try the regular mix of spyware utilities, Ad-aware, Spybot, etc.
Note to Mods: Suggest this be moved to Tech Annex.

GrimTerror

01-23-2006, 2:32 PM

Thanks Nuts, i'll give it a shot.

Modred

01-23-2006, 7:00 PM

The only ads that Warboards used are google ads which are embedded in the page.
If only it was only google text ads and banners. Since AJ left Google's ad services a few weeks ago, I've found almost pornographic banners linking to dating sights and the ever infamous "Hit/shoot X to win a free <insanely expensive electronic item>."

But yeah, everything should be embedded.

Nuts

01-23-2006, 7:06 PM

We left Google? Why?

I probably know the answer, but I'm just curious.

01-23-2006, 7:53 PM

... We left Google for reasons.
We tried a couple other services.

Modred doesn't look at the ads apparently, as we haven't had any image-based or flash-based ads on the site for a week now, and you can clearly see they're Yahoo based now.

Same thing as Google though, Nuts.

Modred

01-23-2006, 10:33 PM

Yes AJ, Modred doesn't look at the ads. He blocks them and just happened to have them unblocked when he saw the aforementioned ads.

01-23-2006, 10:54 PM

meh. i saw the dotorg sig. :P
and oh my gawd.

not textual ads in a box for themselves!
personally i'd rather see them, i think it looks stupid when they're not shown.

Modred

01-24-2006, 1:10 AM

It's not so much that I've blocked the ads, per se. I just haven't allowed the new ad server to run javascript in my browser. =p