WTH? I just got a popup ad in the middle of my screen!

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ViRGE

Elite Member, Moderator Emeritus
Oct 9, 1999
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Yep just got another small square pop up "your opinion counts".

Again real fast pop up and disappear.
Ugg. I really wish these punks would stop; the ad guys pull their ad, and then they just buy a new one on another 3rd party ad host and we're back at square one.

I'll see if the ad people can figure out where it's coming from. Remember, screenshots of all the ads and the originating source of the ad are the fastest ways to help the ad guys find and remove these damn pop-ups.
 

VirtualLarry

No Lifer
Aug 25, 2001
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I was browsing this thread: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2125703
and I had what appeared to be a flash of a black command-prompt window, just briefly.

Are they serving malware ads too?

Edit: I had an adobe reader update prompting me, so I did it, and as it was installing, it gave me an error, "1618" - "Another installation is already in progress. Complete that installation before proceeding with this install."

Could that black flash I saw, have been some sort of malware trojan installing something, via a poisoned ad.

Edit: Perhaps it wasn't malware. I got a pop-up window "Automatic updates", that wants to reboot my computer within 15 minutes. Strange that the little auto-update shield wasn't showing in my taskbar when it was doing its thing.
 
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busydude

Diamond Member
Feb 5, 2010
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I just got a pop up ad

ad.jpg
 

ChaiBabbaChai

Golden Member
Dec 16, 2005
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No Inception ad, but I get a new window popped up with a URL from google-analytics or some other usually, like popad2. What is this crap!? Is it with the DNS? I've run 3 different virus scans twice each and it still pops up. Mostly at this forum, but also other sites randomly.
 

alkemyst

No Lifer
Feb 13, 2001
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Yeah me too.

Are you sure you guys aren't banning URL shorteners because of your advertizers and dynamicdata crap?

WTF?
 

Quiksilver

Diamond Member
Jul 3, 2005
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I just got a pop up ad

ad.jpg



Same damned ad with chrome.

Got some info though...
Code:
<script src="http://ar.voicefive.com/bmx3/builder.pli?pid=p76927724&amp;1291764005623"></script>

Opening that gives me a bunch of scripty crap I dont understand :D

Edit.

Oh if link doesn't work...

Code:
COMSCORE.BMX.Utils.getPageWidth=function(){var A=0;var B=document;var C=window;if(COMSCORE.BMX.ScriptPlacement==COMSCORE.BMX.CONSTANTS.SCRIPT_PLACEMENT.IFRAME_SAME_DOMAIN){B=parent.document;
C=parent.window;}if(typeof(C.innerWidth)=="number"){A=C.innerWidth;}else{if(B.documentElement&&(B.documentElement.clientWidth||B.documentElement.clientHeight)){A=B.documentElement.clientWidth;
}else{if(B.body&&(B.body.clientWidth||B.body.clientHeight)){A=B.body.clientWidth;
}}}return A;};COMSCORE.BMX.Utils.getPageHeight=function(){var A=0;var B=document;
var C=window;if(COMSCORE.BMX.ScriptPlacement==COMSCORE.BMX.CONSTANTS.SCRIPT_PLACEMENT.IFRAME_SAME_DOMAIN){B=parent.document;
C=parent.window;}if(typeof(C.innerWidth)=="number"){A=C.innerHeight;}else{if(B.documentElement&&(B.documentElement.clientWidth||B.documentElement.clientHeight)){A=B.documentElement.clientHeight;
}else{if(B.body&&(B.body.clientWidth||B.body.clientHeight)){A=B.body.clientHeight;
}}}return A;};COMSCORE.BMX.Utils.getPageTopOffset=function(){var A=0;var B=document;
var C=window;if(COMSCORE.BMX.ScriptPlacement==COMSCORE.BMX.CONSTANTS.SCRIPT_PLACEMENT.IFRAME_SAME_DOMAIN){B=parent.document;
C=parent.window;}if(typeof(C.pageYOffset)=="number"){A=C.pageYOffset;}else{if(B.body&&(B.body.scrollLeft||B.body.scrollTop)){A=B.body.scrollTop;
}else{if(B.documentElement&&(B.documentElement.scrollLeft||B.documentElement.scrollTop)){A=B.documentElement.scrollTop;
}}}return A;};COMSCORE.BMX.Utils.getPageLeftOffset=function(){var A=0;var B=document;
var C=window;if(COMSCORE.BMX.ScriptPlacement==COMSCORE.BMX.CONSTANTS.SCRIPT_PLACEMENT.IFRAME_SAME_DOMAIN){B=parent.document;
C=parent.window;}if(typeof(C.pageYOffset)=="number"){A=C.pageXOffset;}else{if(B.body&&(B.body.scrollLeft||B.body.scrollTop)){A=B.body.scrollLeft;
}else{if(B.documentElement&&(B.documentElement.scrollLeft||B.documentElement.scrollTop)){A=B.documentElement.scrollLeft;
}}}return A;};COMSCORE.BMX.Utils.openWindow=function(A,B){B=B||"";return window.open(A,"",B);
};COMSCORE.BMX.Utils.lang={extend:function(B,D,A){if(!D||!B){return;}var E=function(){};
E.prototype=D.prototype;B.prototype=new E();B.prototype.constructor=B;B.superclass=D.prototype;
if(D.prototype.constructor==Object.prototype.constructor){D.prototype.constructor=D;
}if(A){for(var C in A){B.prototype[C]=A[C];}}}};COMSCORE.BMX.Utils.toQueryString=function(E){var A=[],D;
function C(F,G){return(escape(F)+"="+(G===null?"":escape(G)));}for(D=E.length-1;D>=0;
D--){var B=E[D];A.push(C(B.n,B.v));}return A.join("&");};COMSCORE.BMX.Builder=(function(){var _bmx=COMSCORE.BMX;
var _utils=_bmx.Utils;return{version:"3.0",Events:{beforeRender:function(){},beforeDestroy:function(){},beforeAccept:function(){},beforeDecline:function(){},beforeRenderUpdate:function(){},afterRender:function(){}},init:function(options){var url=_utils.getScriptUrl("/builder.pli");
this.CoreExecutingPath=_utils.getPath(url);this.ExecutingPath=this.CoreExecutingPath+"projects/"+this.FolderName+"/";
this.Config=options.Config;this.CoreConfig=_utils.getCoreConfig({Pid:_bmx.chosenSetting.pid,Config:options.CoreConfig});
this.CoreConfig.LogSettings.CensusBeaconUrl=this.CoreConfig.LogSettings.CensusHttpUrl;
if(/https/.test(url)){this.CoreConfig.LogSettings.CensusBeaconUrl=this.CoreConfig.LogSettings.CensusHttpsUrl;
}for(var x in this.Events){if(options.Events&&typeof(options.Events[x])=="function"&&typeof(this.Events[x])=="function"){this[x]=options.Events[x];
}else{this[x]=this.Events[x];}}this.SurveyData=_bmx.chosenSetting;this.Invitation=this.getInvitation();
},start:function(options,coreOptions){this.init({Config:options.Config,CoreConfig:coreOptions.Config,Events:options.Events});
if(typeof(this.Cookies[this.CoreConfig.CookieSettings.CookieCheckName])=="undefined"){this.logEvent({Pid:COMSCORE.BMX.chosenSetting.pid,Prad:COMSCORE.BMX.chosenSetting.prad,Arc:COMSCORE.BMX.chosenSetting.ar_c,EventType:14});
return;}if((typeof(_bmx.Broker)!="undefined"&&parseInt(this.version)!==parseInt(_bmx.Broker.Version))||(typeof(_bmx.Buddy)!="undefined"&&parseInt(this.version)>parseInt(_bmx.Buddy.LatestVersion))){return;
}if(this.Invitation!=null){this.invite();}},getInvitation:function(){switch(eval(COMSCORE.BMX.chosenSetting.methodology)){case COMSCORE.BMX.Invitation.METHODOLOGY.STANDARD:case COMSCORE.BMX.Invitation.METHODOLOGY.BUDDY:return new COMSCORE.BMX.Invitation.Standard({CoreConfig:this.CoreConfig,ChosenSetting:_bmx.chosenSetting,InviteSettings:this.Config.InviteSettings});
case COMSCORE.BMX.Invitation.METHODOLOGY.DD:return new COMSCORE.BMX.Invitation.DD({CoreConfig:this.CoreConfig,ChosenSetting:_bmx.chosenSetting,InviteSettings:this.Config.InviteSettings});
case COMSCORE.BMX.Invitation.METHODOLOGY.TILE:return new COMSCORE.BMX.Invitation.Tile({CoreConfig:this.CoreConfig,ChosenSetting:_bmx.chosenSetting,InviteSettings:this.Config.InviteSettings});
case COMSCORE.BMX.Invitation.METHODOLOGY.IFRAME_BUDDY:return new COMSCORE.BMX.Invitation.Standard({CoreConfig:this.CoreConfig,ChosenSetting:_bmx.chosenSetting,InviteSettings:this.Config.InviteSettings});
default:}return null;},writeAlreadyAskedHosted:function(){if(true){var url=COMSCORE.BMX.Builder.CoreExecutingPath+this.CoreConfig.CookieSettings.HostedCookieWriteUrl+"?n="+this.CoreConfig.CookieSettings.AlreadyAskedCookieName+"&v=1&d="+this.CoreConfig.CookieSettings.AlreadyAskedCookieDuration;
_utils.loadScript(url+"&func=COMSCORE.BMX.Builder.invite");}},removeAlreadyAskedCookie:function(){var url=COMSCORE.BMX.Builder.CoreExecutingPath+this.CoreConfig.CookieSettings.CookieWriteBeaconUrl+"?n="+this.CoreConfig.CookieSettings.AlreadyAskedCookieName+"&v=1&d=-1";
_utils.fireBeacon(url);},invite:function(){this.Invitation.start();},getSurveyData:function(data){var rawParamsList=_utils.getNameValuePairs(data.acceptParamsRaw,"&","=");
var scriptArgsList=_utils.getNameValuePairs(data.scriptArgs,"&","=");for(var x in rawParamsList){data[x]=rawParamsList[x];
}for(var x in scriptArgsList){data[x]=scriptArgsList[x];}return data;},logEvent:function(options){_utils.fireBeacon(this.CoreConfig.LogSettings.CensusBeaconUrl+"?c1=5&c2="+encodeURIComponent(options.Pid)+"&c3="+encodeURIComponent(options.Prad)+"&c4="+encodeURIComponent(options.Arc)+"&c5="+encodeURIComponent(options.EventType));
}};})();COMSCORE.BMX.Invitation={METHODOLOGY:{STANDARD:1,DD:2,WPOP:3,BUDDY:4,TILE:5,IFRAME_BUDDY:6},REMOVE_DELAY:{ACCEPT:500,DECLINE:200},acceptHandlerTag:"__acceptHandler__",declineHandlerTag:"__declineHandler__",brandingTag:"__brand__"};
COMSCORE.BMX.Invitation.Renderer=(function(){var _handle;var _lastX=0,_lastY=0,_marginX=0,_marginY=0,_width=0,_height=0;
var _bmx=COMSCORE.BMX;var _utils=_bmx.Utils;var _inviteSetting=null;function _stop(){clearInterval(_handle);
}return{HORIZONTAL_ALIGNMENT:{LEFT:1,MIDDLE:2,RIGHT:3},VERTICAL_ALIGNMENT:{TOP:1,MIDDLE:2,BOTTOM:3},init:function(){var invConfig=_inviteSetting;
_width=invConfig.Width;_height=invConfig.Height;switch(eval(invConfig.HorizontalAlignment)){case this.HORIZONTAL_ALIGNMENT.LEFT:_lastX=invConfig.HorizontalMargin;
break;case this.HORIZONTAL_ALIGNMENT.MIDDLE:_lastX=(_utils.getPageWidth()-_width)/2;
break;case this.HORIZONTAL_ALIGNMENT.RIGHT:_lastX=_utils.getPageWidth()-_width-invConfig.HorizontalMargin;
break;}switch(eval(invConfig.VerticalAlignment)){case this.VERTICAL_ALIGNMENT.TOP:_lastY=invConfig.VerticalMargin;
break;case this.VERTICAL_ALIGNMENT.MIDDLE:_lastY=(_utils.getPageHeight()-_height)/2;
break;case this.VERTICAL_ALIGNMENT.BOTTOM:_lastY=_utils.getPageHeight()-_height-invConfig.VerticalMargin;
break;}this.setPosition(_lastX,_lastY);},autoCenter:function(){COMSCORE.BMX.Builder.beforeRenderUpdate(_utils);
var invConfig=_inviteSetting;_marginX=Math.round(_utils.getPageWidth()/2)-Math.round(_width/2);
_marginY=Math.round(_utils.getPageHeight()/2)-Math.round(_height/2);var t=5;var x=_lastX;
var y=_lastY;var pageLeft=_utils.getPageLeftOffset();var pageTop=_utils.getPageTopOffset();
var dx=Math.abs(pageLeft+_marginX-x);var dy=Math.abs(_utils.getPageTopOffset()+_marginY-y);
var d=Math.sqrt(dx*dx+dy*dy);var c=Math.round(d/50);if(pageLeft+_marginX>x){x=x+t+c;
}if(pageLeft+_marginX<x){x=x-t-c;}if(pageTop+_marginY>y){y=y+t+c;}if(pageTop+_marginY<y){y=y-t-c;
}if(invConfig.IsHideBlockingElements){this.hideBlockingElements(true);}this.setPosition(x,y);
_lastX=x;_lastY=y;},start:function(options){_inviteSetting=options.InviteSetting;
this.invitation=options.Invitation;this.init();this.invitation.container.style.visibility="visible";
if(_inviteSetting.IsAutoCentering){var that=this;_handle=setInterval(function(){that.autoCenter();
},5);}this.invitation.logView();},setPosition:function(x,y){var s=this.invitation.container.style;
s.left=x+"px";s.top=y+"px";},hideBlockingElements:function(isRehide){var i=-1,j,objects=[];
if(!isRehide||this.blockedElements===null){objects=objects.concat(document.getElementsByTagName("object"),objects.concat(document.getElementsByTagName("select")));
this.blockedElements=[];}while(++i<=1){for(j=objects.length-1;j>=0;j--){var o=objects[i][j];
if(o&&o.style&&o.style.visibility!="hidden"){o.style.visibility="hidden";if(!isRehide){this.blockedElements.push(o);
}}}}},showBlockingElements:function(){var b=this.blockedElements,i;if(b){for(i=b.length-1;
i>=0;i--){b[i].style.visibility="visible";b.pop();}}},destroy:function(){_stop();
if(_inviteSetting.IsHideBlockingElements){this.showBlockingElements();}var container=this.invitation.container;
container.style.visibility="hidden";function removeEvents(d){var a=d.attributes,i,l,n;
if(a){l=a.length;for(i=0;i<l;i+=1){n=a[i].name;if(typeof d[n]==="function"){d[n]=null;
}}}a=d.childNodes;if(a){l=a.length;for(i=0;i<l;i+=1){removeEvents(d.childNodes[i]);
}}}removeEvents(container);if(container.parentNode){container.parentNode.removeChild(container);
}}};})();COMSCORE.BMX.Invitation.BaseInvitation=function(A){this.CoreConfig=A.CoreConfig;
this.ChosenSetting=A.ChosenSetting;this.InviteSettings=A.InviteSettings;};COMSCORE.BMX.Invitation.BaseInvitation.prototype={constructor:COMSCORE.BMX.Invitation.BaseInvitation,logIt:function(C,D){var B=COMSCORE.BMX.Utils;
if(!C){return;}var A=D||"";A+="&"+this.ChosenSetting.scriptArgs;A+="&method="+this.ChosenSetting.methodology;
var C=B.appendQueryParams(C,A);B.fireBeacon(C,true);},logInvite:function(){var A=COMSCORE.BMX.Utils;
var B=this.CoreConfig.LogSettings.CensusBeaconUrl+"?c1=11&c2="+encodeURIComponent(COMSCORE.BMX.chosenSetting.pid)+"&c3="+encodeURIComponent(COMSCORE.BMX.chosenSetting.prad)+"&c4="+encodeURIComponent(COMSCORE.BMX.chosenSetting.ar_c)+"&c5="+encodeURIComponent(COMSCORE.BMX.chosenSetting.methodology)+"&c6="+encodeURIComponent(COMSCORE.BMX.chosenSetting.recruitFrequency)+"&c8="+encodeURIComponent(document.location.href)+"&c9="+encodeURIComponent(document.title)+"&c10="+encodeURIComponent(document.referrer);
A.fireBeacon(B);},logView:function(){this.logInvite();},logAutoDecline:function(){},updateContentPaths:function(A){var B=COMSCORE.BMX.Builder.ExecutingPath+"invite/";
A=A.replace(/url\((.+?)\)/mig,"url("+B+"$1)");A=A.replace(/src=['"](.+?)['"]/mig,"src='"+B+"$1'");
if(typeof(this.ChosenSetting.branding=="undefined")){this.ChosenSetting.branding="";
}var C=new RegExp(COMSCORE.BMX.Invitation.brandingTag,"g");A=A.replace(C,this.ChosenSetting.branding);
return A;},preRender:function(){COMSCORE.BMX.Builder.beforeRender(COMSCORE.BMX.Utils,{ChosenSetting:this.ChosenSetting});
this.content=this.InviteSettings[this.ChosenSetting.inv].Content;this.content=this.updateContentPaths(this.content);
},inject:function(){var A=this.InviteSettings[this.ChosenSetting.inv];if(A.IsHideBlockingElements){COMSCORE.BMX.Invitation.Renderer.hideBlockingElements();
}COMSCORE.BMX.Invitation.Renderer.start({Invitation:this,InviteSetting:A});if(A.InviteDuration&&A.InviteDuration>0){setTimeout("COMSCORE.BMX.Builder.Invitation.logAutoDecline();COMSCORE.BMX.Builder.Invitation.decline()",A.InviteDuration);
}},start:function(){if(typeof(this.ChosenSetting)=="undefined"){return;}if(this.ChosenSetting.delay>0){setTimeout(function(){COMSCORE.BMX.Builder.Invitation.render();
},this.ChosenSetting.delay);}else{COMSCORE.BMX.Builder.Invitation.render();}},render:function(){if(!this.ChosenSetting.inv){return false;
}this.preRender();var B="_inv_voicefive___";if(COMSCORE.BMX.ScriptPlacement==COMSCORE.BMX.CONSTANTS.SCRIPT_PLACEMENT.NO_IFRAME){var D=document.getElementById(B);
if(D!=null){return;}this.container=document.createElement("div");this.container.id=B;
}else{var D=parent.document.getElementById(B);if(D!=null){return;}this.container=parent.document.createElement("div");
this.container.id=B;}var F=this.container;F.innerHTML=this.content;var I=F.style;
I.position="absolute";I.left="0px";I.top="0px";I.zIndex=10001;I.visibility="hidden";
var E=new RegExp(COMSCORE.BMX.Invitation.acceptHandlerTag,"g");var H=new RegExp(COMSCORE.BMX.Invitation.declineHandlerTag,"g");
var G=F.getElementsByTagName("*");for(var A=(G.length-1);A>=0;A--){if(E.test(G[A].onclick)){G[A].onclick=function(){COMSCORE.BMX.Builder.Invitation.accept(this);
};}else{if(H.test(G[A].onclick)){G[A].onclick=function(){COMSCORE.BMX.Builder.Invitation.decline(this);
};}}}if(COMSCORE.BMX.ScriptPlacement==COMSCORE.BMX.CONSTANTS.SCRIPT_PLACEMENT.NO_IFRAME){document.body.appendChild(F);
}else{parent.document.body.appendChild(F);}var C=this;C.inject();COMSCORE.BMX.Builder.afterRender(COMSCORE.BMX.Utils,{ChosenSetting:this.ChosenSetting});
},removeInvitation:function(B){B=B||1;var A=this;setTimeout(function(){COMSCORE.BMX.Builder.beforeDestroy(COMSCORE.BMX.Utils,{ChosenSetting:this.ChosenSetting});
COMSCORE.BMX.Invitation.Renderer.destroy();},B);},decline:function(){COMSCORE.BMX.Builder.beforeDecline(COMSCORE.BMX.Utils,{ChosenSetting:this.ChosenSetting});
this.removeInvitation(COMSCORE.BMX.Invitation.REMOVE_DELAY.DECLINE);},accept:function(){COMSCORE.BMX.Builder.beforeAccept(COMSCORE.BMX.Utils,{ChosenSetting:this.ChosenSetting});
this.removeInvitation(COMSCORE.BMX.Invitation.REMOVE_DELAY.ACCEPT);this.surveyData=COMSCORE.BMX.Builder.SurveyData;
},appendSurveyDataToAcceptUrl:function(D){var C=COMSCORE.BMX.Utils;var A="";for(var B in this.surveyData){if(typeof(this.surveyData[B])!="function"&&typeof(this.surveyData[B])!="object"&&typeof(this.surveyData[B])!="array"){A+="&"+B+"="+encodeURIComponent(this.surveyData[B]);
}}return C.appendQueryParams(D,A);}};COMSCORE.BMX.Invitation.Standard=function(A){COMSCORE.BMX.Invitation.Standard.superclass.constructor.call(this,A);
};COMSCORE.BMX.Utils.lang.extend(COMSCORE.BMX.Invitation.Standard,COMSCORE.BMX.Invitation.BaseInvitation,{accept:function(){COMSCORE.BMX.Invitation.Standard.superclass.accept.call(this);
var B=this.InviteSettings[this.ChosenSetting.inv];var A=B.SplashPage;if(/^\.\//.test(A)){A=COMSCORE.BMX.Builder.ExecutingPath+A;
}A=this.appendSurveyDataToAcceptUrl(A);var C="width=750,height=660,location=0,menubar=0,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,toolbar=0";
if(B.AcceptWindowFeatures){C=B.AcceptWindowFeatures;}if(B.AutoSubmit){A+="&autoSubmit=true";
}COMSCORE.BMX.Utils.openWindow(A,C);},toString:function(){return"Standard";}});COMSCORE.BMX.Invitation.DD=function(A){COMSCORE.BMX.Invitation.DD.superclass.constructor.call(this,A);
};COMSCORE.BMX.Utils.lang.extend(COMSCORE.BMX.Invitation.DD,COMSCORE.BMX.Invitation.BaseInvitation,{accept:function(){COMSCORE.BMX.Invitation.DD.superclass.accept.call(this);
var B=this.InviteSettings[this.ChosenSetting.inv];var A=this.appendSurveyDataToAcceptUrl(this.CoreConfig.DDSettings.TrackerPageUrl);
A+="&cookieName="+this.CoreConfig.CookieSettings.AlreadyAskedCookieName+"&cookiePath=/&cookieDomain=.voicefive.com&cookieDuration=90&splashPage="+B.SplashPage;
if(B.AutoSubmit){A+="&autoSubmit=true";}COMSCORE.BMX.DDKeepAlive.start();this.openWindow(COMSCORE.BMX.Builder.CoreExecutingPath+A);
},openWindow:function(A){var B=this.CoreConfig.DDSettings.Features||"resizable=1";
COMSCORE.BMX.Utils.openWindow(A,B);},toString:function(){return"DD";}});COMSCORE.BMX.Invitation.Tile=function(A){var I=COMSCORE.BMX.Utils.getPageWidth();
var D=COMSCORE.BMX.Utils.getPageHeight();var B="";var F=0;var H=0;for(var C in A.InviteSettings){var E=A.InviteSettings[C];
if(E.IsTile){var J=I-((E.TileToleranceWidth)?E.TileToleranceWidth:0);var G=D-((E.TileToleranceHeight)?E.TileToleranceHeight:0);
if(E.Width>=J&&E.Width<=I&&E.Height>=G&&E.Height<=D){if(F<E.Width&&H<E.Height){B=C;
F=E.Width;H=E.Height;}}}}if(B!=""){COMSCORE.BMX.chosenSetting.inv=B;A.ChosenSetting.inv=B;
}else{COMSCORE.BMX.chosenSetting.inv=false;A.ChosenSetting.inv=false;COMSCORE.BMX.Builder.logEvent({Pid:A.ChosenSetting.pid,Prad:A.ChosenSetting.prad,Arc:A.ChosenSetting.ar_c,EventType:13});
COMSCORE.BMX.Builder.removeAlreadyAskedCookie();return;}COMSCORE.BMX.Invitation.Tile.superclass.constructor.call(this,A);
};COMSCORE.BMX.Utils.lang.extend(COMSCORE.BMX.Invitation.Tile,COMSCORE.BMX.Invitation.BaseInvitation,{accept:function(){COMSCORE.BMX.Invitation.Standard.superclass.accept.call(this);
var B=this.InviteSettings[this.ChosenSetting.inv];var A=B.SplashPage;if(/^\.\//.test(A)){A=COMSCORE.BMX.Builder.ExecutingPath+A;
}A=this.appendSurveyDataToAcceptUrl(A);var C="width=750,height=660,location=0,menubar=0,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,toolbar=0";
if(B.AcceptWindowFeatures){C=B.AcceptWindowFeatures;}if(B.AutoSubmit){A+="&autoSubmit=true";
}COMSCORE.BMX.Utils.openWindow(A,C);return true;},toString:function(){return"Tile";
}});COMSCORE.BMX.Builder.Cookies={   "UID": '15d2abcd-128.242.186.231-1291762905',  "ar_s_p76927724": '1->1291764522',  "BMX_3PC": '1',  "BMX_G": 'method%2D%3E%2D1%2Cts%2D%3E1291763977%2E403%2Cwait%2D%3E10000%2C',  "ar_p76927724": 'exp=4&initExp=Tue Dec  7 23:03:41 2010&recExp=Tue Dec  7 23:25:45 2010&prad=1146507&arc=1411665&',  "ar_p65750914": 'exp=1&initExp=Tue Dec  7 23:06:49 2010&recExp=Tue Dec  7 23:06:49 2010&prad=1793770&arc=3650158&',  "ar_p72205782": 'exp=13&initExp=Tue Dec  7 23:01:45 2010&recExp=Tue Dec  7 23:26:41 2010&prad=56202389&arc=39658646&',  "ar_s_p72205782": '1->1291763184' };COMSCORE.BMX.Builder.FolderName="p76927724";
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ViRGE

Elite Member, Moderator Emeritus
Oct 9, 1999
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Same damned ad with chrome.

Got some info though...
Code:
<script src="http://ar.voicefive.com/bmx3/builder.pli?pid=p76927724&amp;1291764005623"></script>

Opening that gives me a bunch of scripty crap I dont understand :D

Edit.
Thanks. You actually went a bit too deep.:eek: The ad guys need to know what ad network is servering up that ad so that they can go to the network and get it pulled. That's the ad alright, but it doesn't tell them who initially served it.
 

ViRGE

Elite Member, Moderator Emeritus
Oct 9, 1999
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Alright, it looks like we've got it. The script that loads the pop-up is being called by a pair of HTC ads coming from DoubleClick. The ad guys have been informed and they should be able to pull the ad the first thing in the morning.
 

Ninjahedge

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Edit: I would pay a nominal yearly fee for the forums, if it would mean no ads for me. I'm not trying to freeload.

Is there no way to calculate the revenue made from these ads (what the advertiser is willing to pay per view/person) and finding a good price to pay to remove yourself from the tally that funds it and relieve yourself from the pablum that is forced to view it?

I know I will just bear with the ads if the price is too high, but I am betting that my contribuition to this site in terms of Ad traffic ammounts to less than $5 a year in revenue.
 

shortylickens

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Is there no way to calculate the revenue made from these ads (what the advertiser is willing to pay per view/person) and finding a good price to pay to remove yourself from the tally that funds it and relieve yourself from the pablum that is forced to view it?

I know I will just bear with the ads if the price is too high, but I am betting that my contribuition to this site in terms of Ad traffic ammounts to less than $5 a year in revenue.
As a general rule nobody is willing to pay even a small fraction of the ads for services they use. Ditto TV and radio and most printed media and pretty much every website and almost all freeware/shareware.
Thats why we have ads. If folks were required to pay for what they actually use then they'd use very few services.
On Anandtech, cost per person would probably be like 10 bucks a month, which is an awful lot of money for a place to nef and occasionally get technical advice. The majority of users would leave, and the few guys leftover would need to pay a hundred bucks a month, which they wont. So they leave.
No more website.

Nope, ads are annoying but overall better for business. Even though they sometimes suck.
Since the mods say they got rid of the popups, I will kill adblock for now.
 

Quiksilver

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Thanks. You actually went a bit too deep.:eek: The ad guys need to know what ad network is servering up that ad so that they can go to the network and get it pulled. That's the ad alright, but it doesn't tell them who initially served it.

I didn't get a chance too, after I clicked on it it went away, don't know if its related to the click or if its timed.

Alright, it looks like we've got it. The script that loads the pop-up is being called by a pair of HTC ads coming from DoubleClick. The ad guys have been informed and they should be able to pull the ad the first thing in the morning.

Hopefully its gone for awhile. This one always seems to come find it way back...
 

Tegeril

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It's timed, follows the page as you scroll, and I just saw it again right now.
 

Ninjahedge

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Shorty, I fail to see how my time is worth $10/mo.

The ads are only worth what the advertiser is willing to pay for them. THEY price a site by how much traffic it gets.

If you take the income produced purely from traffic (since I am one that never clicks on an ad, sorry!) and divide it amongst tallied time spend, on average, by a user, bumped it up a bit, I seriously doubt you would get $120 PER PERSON, per year.


Again, the numbers would have to be cranked, on their end (they do not need to tell us the nitty gritty) and then give us the OPTION of doing it or not.

I have been on sites that offer a reduced advertising footprint on their forums simply for signing up and being part of the community rather than a lurker, nevermind paying for it.

So the suggestion still stands to the financial managers of the site. Come up with a number that will make you come out a little ahead of "even" and offer it. See what happens.

Everybody will not choose it, but some will, and those that do will appreciate the uncluttered, SFW web page that is not flashing ads for this, that and the other while they are trying to hide it from their co-workers! ;)
 

Pulsar

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Bah - just saw where you say you think you've gotten it. Cool.

It certainly seems like there should be some way to charge-back to the ad provider, considering I'm certain you're losing hits from this. I know I went home and enabled ad-block on AT.
 
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Motorheader

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Shorty - Anand had paid member option at one time - no ad, faster forum, etc. Apparently - and my memory may be fail here - but the subject of liability came up after a while. So the paid went away.
 

shortylickens

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Shorty, I fail to see how my time is worth $10/mo.

The ads are only worth what the advertiser is willing to pay for them. THEY price a site by how much traffic it gets.

If you take the income produced purely from traffic (since I am one that never clicks on an ad, sorry!) and divide it amongst tallied time spend, on average, by a user, bumped it up a bit, I seriously doubt you would get $120 PER PERSON, per year.
Ummm, THAT WAS MY POINT!

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