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Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
I mean, come on. That should only trigger if a user posts a thread in Off-Topic with "YAGT" in the title. :laugh:
- M4H
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*Looks at your sig*

Hmm...I wonder what set that off.

 
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Originally posted by: Tarrant64
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
*Disclaimer - IANAATE (I Am Not An AnandTech Employee)*

Before you guys shoot the messenger over the content of the ads - Anandtech sells its ad space to a broker, who then cycles the ads through. Sometimes a more shady vendor won't flag their ad correct, and so we'll get a banner for a Free iPSWii60DollarWalmartGiftCard asking us if we want Sanjaya to be the next American Idol.
I imagine they're in the process of correcting this right now.

- M4H
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Answer to this? Obvious. :thumbsup:
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Speaking of ad content, I just got cycled in a banner for Match.com or something along those lines with some woman in a matching leopard-print bra-and-panty set.

I mean, come on. That should only trigger if a user posts a thread in Off-Topic with "YAGT" in the title. :laugh:

- M4H
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Hah!

I wonder if a mod or someone is going to give an update on the situation. I honestly don't have the problem anymore, but others are still experiencing popups, ads and what not.
 
I'm a bit confused.

The ads were gone for me, but now their back. At least the banner a the bottom causing flashbacks...

🙁
 
Flash banners can easily spawn popups without any complication, and that might be what we're seeing here.

Firefox blocked one that I got, the other was a tribalfusion pop-under. I hate those.
 
Speaking of ad content, I just got cycled in a banner for Match.com or something along those lines with some woman in a matching leopard-print bra-and-panty set.
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:Q!
 
At what point do you decide to find a different forum that doesn't use popups and things that float around the page? 🙁
 
Originally posted by: CTho9305
At what point do you decide to find a different forum that doesn't use popups and things that float around the page? 🙁
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AnandTech has dealt with this before. I expect they'll fix it again this time, give 'em a chance. I haven't seen a single one yet, not even the lady in the leopard-print outfit 🙁

 
Originally posted by: mechBgon
Originally posted by: CTho9305
At what point do you decide to find a different forum that doesn't use popups and things that float around the page? 🙁
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AnandTech has dealt with this before. I expect they'll fix it again this time, give 'em a chance. I haven't seen a single one yet, not even the lady in the leopard-print outfit 🙁
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It seems to have stopped. Hey Mech can I blame this on Vista? :laugh: 😉
 
Ha, I thought I saw IE's popup blocker block something. Then I actually saw one get through. At that point I said oh crap I hope I'm not infected with spyware.
 
just got one, a stop sign scrolled from the left side of my screen and stopped right in the middle. it wanted me to click on it to take a stupid survey.
 
Originally posted by: Citrix
just got one, a stop sign scrolled from the left side of my screen and stopped right in the middle. it wanted me to click on it to take a stupid survey.
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I got that one too just a little while ago.
 
Originally posted by: eplebnista
Originally posted by: Citrix
just got one, a stop sign scrolled from the left side of my screen and stopped right in the middle. it wanted me to click on it to take a stupid survey.
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I got that one too just a little while ago.
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Add me to this list, just got this one 5 minutes ago.
 
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