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I rec'd two pop-up ads today using A2K; both were related to the advertisements currently being shown in the top ad bar. I am meticulous in my antivirus/antispy software and am confident that the problem doesn't lie on my end. This happened on both my home and work computers.

I don't know how much control there is over the rotating group of ads which show up, but I'd really, really rather not see that sort of thing around here.

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Cycloptichorn

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So glad that wasn't just me. Happened at home and work for me too.

Cleared my cookies and history and tried again and there it was.

Yeah. Get that outta here!

I'm assuming it's the one that slides in from the left in the middle of the page. Something about a survey or something. My pop up blocker didn't stop it. I'm guessing that's because it slid in from the side.

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I saw one too. This is the first pop-up I've seen since switching to Firefox ages ago.

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Me, too!

Twice.

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.... another odd thing that kept happening earlier in the evening: I kept getting an IE message box telling me something like: "Internet Explorer cannot open the internet site able2know, etc, etc ... operation aborted" each time I tried to access a new thread. Then, with a bit of tinkering, I'd get in each time. Weird. Confused

That may well have been some problem at my end, but combined with the pop-ups, I thought something was definitely going haywire with my computer. Everything's back to normal now, though.

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Two words: Firefox Adblock. The little floaty ones are harder to catch but you can catch them and block them.

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wow.

I just spent two hours scanning my computer because I thought those pop ups were a sign of spyware on my computer.

Confused

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There must be a bad ad in the mix. The good news is that it's just a pop up. The bad news is that I'm in a really hectic period right now and don't have time to hunt it down.

More good news is that the solution to all of A2K's problems (as far as I am concerned) is coming sooner as a result of some of the hectic stuff going on for me.

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Craven de Kere wrote:

More good news is that the solution to all of A2K's problems (as far as I am concerned) is coming sooner as a result of some of the hectic stuff going on for me.

Will we know the details soon, Craven?

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I was getting 2 pop up ads. One was drive cleaner and the other one was error protector.

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Craven de Kere wrote:

More good news is that the solution to all of A2K's problems (as far as I am concerned) is coming sooner as a result of some of the hectic stuff going on for me.

That's again a really good news. Thanks, Craven!

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msolga wrote:

.... another odd thing that kept happening earlier in the evening: I kept getting an IE message box telling me something like: "Internet Explorer cannot open the internet site able2know, etc, etc ... operation aborted" each time I tried to access a new thread. Then, with a bit of tinkering, I'd get in each time. Weird.

That may well have been some problem at my end, but combined with the pop-ups, I thought something was definitely going haywire with my computer. Everything's back to normal now, though.

I do not think it is a problem at your end msolga, it has also been happening to me numerous times in the past fortnight, and also another local member with whom I've discussed this particular IE message. Wonder if it just happen to us in Australia or other members overseas as well? I was able to overcome the problem by tinkering with the threads until it let me in.

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Thanks, Dutchy.
Good to know that my computer hasn't gone haywire.
It seems to have ceased today (touch wood!). Same with you?

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msolga wrote:

.... another odd thing that kept happening earlier in the evening: I kept getting an IE message box telling me something like: "Internet Explorer cannot open the internet site able2know, etc, etc ... operation aborted" each time I tried to access a new thread. Then, with a bit of tinkering, I'd get in each time. Weird.

That may well have been some problem at my end, but combined with the pop-ups, I thought something was definitely going haywire with my computer. Everything's back to normal now, though.

I got that, too. But so far not today.

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Maybe coincidence, but I started using Vista on Sunday and have no idea what you people are complaining. Somewhere in there, though, I stumbled onto an option (within Vista) as I recall, that would let me turn on popups within a2k. As if. . . !

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msolga wrote:

Thanks, Dutchy.
Good to know that my computer hasn't gone haywire.
It seems to have ceased today (touch wood!). Same with you?

Twice on Saturday msolga, never the same thread, seems just at random.

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Dutchy wrote:

msolga wrote:
Thanks, Dutchy.
Good to know that my computer hasn't gone haywire.
It seems to have ceased today (touch wood!). Same with you?

Twice on Saturday msolga, never the same thread, seems just at random.

Dammit! It's back tonight! Sad

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msolga wrote:

.... another odd thing that kept happening earlier in the evening: I kept getting an IE message box telling me something like: "Internet Explorer cannot open the internet site able2know, etc, etc ... operation aborted" each time I tried to access a new thread. Then, with a bit of tinkering, I'd get in each time. Weird.

That may well have been some problem at my end, but combined with the pop-ups, I thought something was definitely going haywire with my computer. Everything's back to normal now, though.

I had the "unable to open" a couple of times. Haven't had any pop ups though.

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It's the "unable to open" messages that are back, Wilso. Just when I thought I'd seen the last of them!

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msolga wrote:

.... another odd thing that kept happening earlier in the evening: I kept getting an IE message box telling me something like: "Internet Explorer cannot open the internet site able2know, etc, etc ... operation aborted" each time I tried to access a new thread. Then, with a bit of tinkering, I'd get in each time. Weird.

That may well have been some problem at my end, but combined with the pop-ups, I thought something was definitely going haywire with my computer. Everything's back to normal now, though.

I get that too if I'm logged in & try to reply.
If I'm just reading & not logged in, I can 'open' that link.
It doesn't make sense. Confused

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