Gee, thanks for new pop-out ads in these forums!

[alpha88]

They are very irritating.

 

[Assimilator1]

Originally posted by: jjones
For those that can, as I mentioned in my earlier post, just add this to your hosts file:

127.0.0.1 dynamic2.anandtech.com

You'll find the hosts file in windows/system32/drivers/etc/ folder.
All ads are gone.

edit: Assimilator1, sorry but my hosts file is pretty out of date too. I know it's at least a few years old.

No worries ,I found one anyway ,check this one out

For the record I don't mind the normal ads ,well except the fast flashing ones too, now I've blocked them all atm ,nice home goal AT! (really its obvious these would be extra annoying!).

 

[Turin39789]

same problem for me at work. be nice if they got removed from the lineup. Today.

 

[bruceb]

You do not see them with Firefox .. But they do show up on IE6 ... Haven't
tried it on IE7 or Opera yet.

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: bruceb
You do not see them with Firefox .. But they do show up on IE6 ... Haven't
tried it on IE7 or Opera yet.

They show up on IE7.

 

[Jester666]

Originally posted by: jjones
For those that can, as I mentioned in my earlier post, just add this to your hosts file:

127.0.0.1 dynamic2.anandtech.com

You'll find the hosts file in windows/system32/drivers/etc/ folder.
All ads are gone.

edit: Assimilator1, sorry but my hosts file is pretty out of date too. I know it's at least a few years old.

OMG, THANK YOU.

 

[Gillbot]

I'm on IE7 and I don't get them.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: Gillbot
I'm on IE7 and I don't get them.

Vista Ultimate/IE7 and they showed up for me.

 

[rgwalt]

XP SP2 w/ IE7 and I'm also having issues

R

 

[Moonbeam]

Sucks sucks sucks!!!

 

[CP5670]

I put the dynamic server in adblock years ago. The main AT site is practically unusable without it IMO.

 

[Narse]

Originally posted by: Gillbot
I'm on IE7 and I don't get them.

IE7 at home and at work both get them for me. I try to scroll down and the BOA and The Last King of scotland ad both pop up and steal browser focus. I then I have to click the damn close button.

 

[Turin39789]

Originally posted by: Turin39789
same problem for me at work. be nice if they got removed from the lineup. Today.

fail

 

[cavemanmoron]

Originally posted by: Engraver
This will work wonders for your problem.

BIITE ME Buttmunch.

freekin newbie

Engraver
Senior Member

Posts: 547
Joined: 06/05/2007

 

[DerekWilson]

we should not have popup ads .. looking into it.

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: DerekWilson
we should not have popup ads .. looking into it.

They aren't exactly popup ads...they do not pop up in a seperate window. They are banner ads that expand into a large ad within the page and if you scroll down, they follow the page down so that it takes up the space at the top of the page. Not sure what they are called, but just wanted to clarify.

 

[Czar]

Added to my host file.

 

[Czar]

still occasionaly comes up :|

 

[Deeko]

I can't change the hosts file on my work computer....

Seriously, can we get rid of this ad? Do these companies think annoying ads like this work? I was actually considering opening a BoA account, now there is about 0% chance of that.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Originally posted by: Deeko
I can't change the hosts file on my work computer....

Seriously, can we get rid of this ad? Do these companies think annoying ads like this work? I was actually considering opening a BoA account, now there is about 0% chance of that.

Most companies design/approve the ad screen.

Then they buy advertising from an ad server. It is the ad server that would usually make the determination on how to "serve' up the ads.

 

[z0mb13]

yes this is super annoying.. please remove it!

 

[NetGuySC]

IE7 users I would recommend downloading IE7Pro and then setting it to disable flash .. takes care of this annoying ad and you are able to easily restore flash where needed.

 

[ultimatebob]

Ya know that they make versions of Firefox that run off of a flash drive now... right?

If they're stupid enough to fire you from running THAT, you're probably better off not working there.

 

[Deeko]

Originally posted by: EagleKeeper

Originally posted by: Deeko
I can't change the hosts file on my work computer....

Seriously, can we get rid of this ad? Do these companies think annoying ads like this work? I was actually considering opening a BoA account, now there is about 0% chance of that.

Most companies design/approve the ad screen.

Then they buy advertising from an ad server. It is the ad server that would usually make the determination on how to "serve' up the ads.

Right, but generally there are agreements as to what type of ad can be shown - and if no pop-outs isn't part of the agreement, it should be!

 

[Deeko]

Originally posted by: ultimatebob
Ya know that they make versions of Firefox that run off of a flash drive now... right?

If they're stupid enough to fire you from running THAT, you're probably better off not working there.

My company is so stupid that we are strictly forbidden to install or run any foreign software on our computers. My company is stupid enough to make the F22 Raptor. I'll deal with IE6....