The AnandTech Internet Monitor Pop-up?

[JellyBaby]

Is this legit? I had 2 IE windows open, both in the AT forums. Suddenly this pop-up appears called the Internet Monitor. Very odd as I use WebWasher to block ads and pop-ups but somehow it appeared. It looks like some kind of online survey.

Now I thought AT didn't endorse intrusive pop-ups like this. Anybody else see it or am I slowing going insane...?

 

[Ladi]

I just got that popup too when I reloaded the main page of the forums...

~Ladi

 

[Viper GTS]

Check out OT...

link

Viper GTS

 

[Russ]

I just got the same one. Kind of lavender in color? First time I've seen a popup, although I know that others have complained of them.

Russ, NCNE

 

[Viper GTS]

Come to think of it I did see a lavender colored one, I closed it as soon as it opened & never paid any attention to where it came from.

It hasn't come back, so at least it's not obnoxious.

Viper GTS

 

[Jason Clark]

seen

 

[Russ]

Screen shot here, if you need it, Zuni. You know, in case the ad company decides to deny it when you ream them a new one.

Russ, NCNE

 

[birddog]

Is this a hack into the system, or is it something that Anandtech put in. It is quite annoying & keeps comming back every 30 seconds or so.

 

[JellyBaby]

More ammo -- the pop-up source URL: http://194.109.218.190/w3quest/ntext.dll?activateex&PATIM&tm0173. Going to just "194.109.218.190" gives you an "under construction" notice. Sinister.

 

[Russ]

HMM...that IP address is coming out of The Netherlands.

Russ, NCNE

 

[Russ]

And, here they are:

http://www.proactiveinternational.com

Russ, NCNE

 

[A2KLAU]

OOOooo... Detective work here! Tracing! How do you trace incidentely? Cause I wouldn't mind doing that!

Albert.

 

[Viper GTS]

He probably did a reverse DNS lookup on it, although I'm not finding anything by that IP...

Viper GTS

 

[Fandu]

http://194.109.218.190/w3quest/ntext.dll?activateex&PATIM&tm0173

Kill em!

 

Shall I whip out the shotgun Zuni ?

 

[pm]

This pop-up seems to kill my Internet Explorer 5.00.2013.1312 for Hp-UX 10.20. IE for Unix usually is very stable, but I've been crashing on AT all afternoon.

 

[A2KLAU]

Or whip out the Rocket Launcher used in UT? Fill it up with rockets and fire it at their server.... BTW Zuni how did that get to these forums anyway???

Albert.

 

[CurtOien]

I answered everything wrong.

 

[Azraele]

I just ran across the same problem. I opted not to take the survey.

 

[CurtOien]

I did it again in french I think.

 

[Innoka]

I think they're called pop-ups after that amusement fair game where you hit heads down with a mallet which are popping up at random out of holes.
Good name, that.

 

[A2KLAU]

I wonder if I should use an ACME Mallet to bash that server in? Its the one causing the pop ups and as Inoka said you use a hammer to bash them down, so whats the difference in doing it to their server? Same difference I think that will stop them from poping up again!

Albert.

 

[TBP]

popup window sucks!

 

[Sukhoi]

Yep, I just got it.

 

[A2KLAU]

Don't ALL pop up windows suck!!! They just take up space and bandwidth especially when you only have a slowish 56K modem! And standard dial up connect.

Albert.