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NIKwoaC

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#21
  • Aug 18, 2009
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Bastards!

Was the problem fixed? I have not seen any of those ads since this morning.
 

Darkwriter77

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#22
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I have.
 

Darkwriter77

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I want to punch a freakin' Zwinky right now. I don't know why I seem to get that ad so much more than the Classmates.com or Chili's ads.
 
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bakos24

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#24
  • Aug 20, 2009
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Darkwriter77 said:
I want to punch a freakin' Zwinky right now. I don't know why I seem to get that ad so much more than the Classmates.com or Chili's ads.
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I have only been getting the classmate ad. Haven't got any of the other ones.

Nothing so far today
 

COramprat

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#25
  • Aug 20, 2009
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I've gotten them too...started about the time we upgraded vB
 
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bakos24

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  • Aug 21, 2009
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Just got a Zwinky ad

 

Darkwriter77

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  • Aug 23, 2009
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Sooooooo ... is this something we've just gotta get used to seeing?
 
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bakos24

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#28
  • Aug 24, 2009
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Darkwriter77 said:
Sooooooo ... is this something we've just gotta get used to seeing?
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+1

I just got another classmate ad. Seems to be once or twice a day for me.
 

slayr281

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#29
  • Aug 24, 2009
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If you are in Firefox, press Ctrl+U (view page source) and when it pops up the new window, let us know what it says for source of: http://somesite.com. I'd be thinking it's some sort of malware/spyware infection that hasn't been detected by your scan program(s). If someone uses some tricks from one spyware, and some from another, it'll often go under the radar since it doesn't meet enough criteria of each to get pulled up.

If you're a windows user, also take a look at your hosts file, in your Windows\System32\Drivers\ETC folder. Typically, it'll have a couple lines commented out at the start, and have a few lines about 127.0.0.1 and localhost. If the size of the file is 500k+, you've got some sort of infection that is redirecting a lot of traffic, most often all the spyware/virus scanners and in doing so, prevents them from downloading/updating.
 

aar0s

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#30
  • Aug 24, 2009
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If thats the case then why is it that they only pop up on this site?
 

Darkwriter77

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#31
  • Aug 24, 2009
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slayr281 said:
If you are in Firefox, press Ctrl+U (view page source) and when it pops up the new window, let us know what it says for source of: http://somesite.com. I'd be thinking it's some sort of malware/spyware infection that hasn't been detected by your scan program(s). If someone uses some tricks from one spyware, and some from another, it'll often go under the radar since it doesn't meet enough criteria of each to get pulled up.

If you're a windows user, also take a look at your hosts file, in your Windows\System32\Drivers\ETC folder. Typically, it'll have a couple lines commented out at the start, and have a few lines about 127.0.0.1 and localhost. If the size of the file is 500k+, you've got some sort of infection that is redirecting a lot of traffic, most often all the spyware/virus scanners and in doing so, prevents them from downloading/updating.
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Again, this is NOT A MALWARE ISSUE, as I have ran multiple checks with multiple programs and come up with nothing, and this ONLY HAPPENS ON THIS WEBSITE. And, again, if you'll look back a few posts in this thread, you'll see that I have already posted up the URL from where this is originating (some Tribal Fusion site). I don't know how much clearer I can make this.

aar0s said:
If thats the case then why is it that they only pop up on this site?
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Maybe we're being punished for something?
 
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bakos24

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#32
  • Aug 26, 2009
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bakos24 said:
+1

I just got another classmate ad. Seems to be once or twice a day for me.
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Haven't gotten them in the past two days...
 

aar0s

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#33
  • Aug 26, 2009
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yeh i havent got one this week.
 

Darkwriter77

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#34
  • Aug 26, 2009
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What are you guys doing different? I still get 'em all the time. Got them this morning and later on this evening.

I am sooooooo never going to Chili's again.
 

blown65

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#35
  • Aug 27, 2009
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Darkwriter77 said:
What are you guys doing different? I still get 'em all the time. Got them this morning and later on this evening.

I am sooooooo never going to Chili's again.
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Yup, get them too and its only this site. Really f'n annoying. Just got one before I posted this.
 

blown65

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#36
  • Aug 27, 2009
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Here ya go.

 

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aar0s

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yeh i got teh classmates one last night.
 

Kraw

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#38
  • Aug 28, 2009
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aar0s said:
yeh i got teh classmates one last night.
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I got my first one today

 

Darkwriter77

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  • Aug 28, 2009
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It's weird how this whole thing is almost selectively occurring, and only with certain people. Lynn insists she hasn't come across a single one yet, and we're sitting here right next to each other clicking all around on the same damned website. I'm thinking it has something to do with HOW one browses the site and not so much where one goes on the site.
 

blown65

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#40
  • Aug 29, 2009
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Well, I came on the site after not being on for quite a while. Read two threads, went to post to one and got the stupid popup. lol

Sometimes I can go thru many many pages and not get it, but then I can come on and only go to a few and get it.
 
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