Hi There!
I am not sure if this the right area, but I am writing to find out how I can get rid of the video ads that have start popping up over the last few weeks/months.
They are incredibly intrusive and even though the topics are benign (Soap advertisements) it's often embarrasing if I am on the phone with a client to have them start randomly and loudly.
I do understand that on a site provided for free adverts are a reality, I would just ask the choice of video adverts be reviewed.
Is there a paid subscription that I can use to avoid them or a way to just block those ads (I understand an Ad Blocker would not be fair).
Thanks.
Next time you see one, can you please take a screenshot of it and send it via PM to "svetius". He looks after all the ads and stuff. We don't deliberately put these ads on the forum, as we know how annoying they can be
Hi, any news on this? Lately I've been getting strange popups (or rather, redirections) when loading XDA-Dev (and only on XDA-Dev) on my Galaxy Nexus - almost always NSFW.
I'll PM a screenshot next time it happens (it's only once it a blue moon)...
bemymonkey said:
Hi, any news on this? Lately I've been getting strange popups (or rather, redirections) when loading XDA-Dev (and only on XDA-Dev) on my Galaxy Nexus - almost always NSFW.
I'll PM a screenshot next time it happens (it's only once it a blue moon)...
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Hmm there should definitely not be any of these. Do you have any details of the advert? We need to try and be sure it is coming from xda, as it could be an app or another tab...
But if you know details of it we can have a look at this. PM anything to svetius
It was just some porn advert or other. No other tabs were open, and no porn apps or anything similar is installed...
It only happens when I open an XDA link directly from GMail (i.e. topic reply notifications)...
I'll make sure to take a screenshot next time.
Starting to think it might be a Germany thing. What ISP is your WiFi connected to? I'm on 1&1...
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I couldn't get a chance to see which ad it was as they are dynamic, but an ad for AVScan hijacked my browsing when on XDA.
To me, this is a big deal and if it happened on my website, I'd be charging after someone - an on a decent website, I would personally be looking for compensation from the advertising provider or the advertising client who hijacked my site.
Sorry for posting here, I want this to be heard and not sure where to post!
I had the same problem. I was browsing XDA like normal yesterday and I got redirected to some page. I wish I saved the URL. Chrome gave me the malicious site warning thankfully.
Thank you for reporting this, Im notifying the proper people.
We're looking into this.
We take this very very seriously. Unfortunately, it's also very very difficult to pinpoint the cause of it. We pretty much only use two or three different ad networks (the largest, by far, of which is AdSense). I've yelled at several people about this, and I'm hoping it's taken care of. If it keeps happening, try to send me a screenshot of the ad that you think is causing the issue (or just PM me the domain it's linking to).
We are extremely sorry for the inconvenience. We do everythign we can to avoid these issues of course!
Who else has family dollar adds come up that block the whole effin screen to where you can't see $hit?? And I have yet to find a way to exit them! You have to hit 'refresh' and then 5 hyper link clicks later, you get it again! This is real BS.
If you're pissed to, HELP ME COMPLAIN!!
BravoMotorola said:
Who else has family dollar adds come up that block the whole effin screen to where you can't see $hit?? And I have yet to find a way to exit them! You have to hit 'refresh' and then 5 hyper link clicks later, you get it again! This is real BS.
If you're pissed to, HELP ME COMPLAIN!!
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adblock plus for firefox
If there is one spicific ad causing users a major problem in viewing the site then the admins MIGHT consider removing that particular ad, however the ads are what pay the server costs so.......
Sent from my fingers to your face...
If you are seeing full-screen ads, or any kind of pop-up or overlay, please post a screenshot, as they WILL be removed.
that was really annoying to me too, and I was really surprise that this site would have a pop up ad like that. Then I realize that if the cursor passes over the ad then it will open. You don't have to click on it for it to open, so I don't know if that would be consider a pop up ad.
Like he said the ads are there to pay for the server, but this particular family dollar ad takes it to a different level.
don't navigate the mouse over the ad or else it will open and take up most of the screen. To me that is close to being malicious
simonti said:
that was really annoying to me too, and I was really surprise that this site would have a pop up ad like that. Then I realize that if the cursor passes over the ad then it will open. You don't have to click on it for it to open, so I don't know if that would be consider a pop up ad.
Like he said the ads are there to pay for the server, but this particular family dollar ad takes it to a different level.
don't navigate the mouse over the ad or else it will open and take up most of the screen. To me that is close to being malicious
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Can you get a screenshot and pm it to "svetius" please.
Are you guys logged in when this happens? My settings are such that I log in automatically and I don't get any ads except banner ads that take up only a small part of the screen.
As Pulser said, please send me a screenshot of any pop-up ad you see here. We hate them, and sometimes they slip through the cracks. Thanks for your help.
huntman21014 said:
adblock plus for firefox
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Or chrome (sorry but I hate ads) hope xda still gets the revenue (at least there aren't popups)
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Annoying family dollar add here
here goes a screencap
here goes 1...
and not even the MOST ANNOYING one #familydollar
That's odd.. I've never seen such ads on XDA before.
Why don't you install the AdBlock Extension for Chrome?
babyfacedkayos said:
here goes 1...
and not even the MOST ANNOYING one #familydollar
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Thats Autozone... and there is a large close button in the corner.
slsSpeC said:
That's odd.. I've never seen such ads on XDA before.
Why don't you install the AdBlock Extension for Chrome?
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because i dont want to. i keep my main browser an ad on free zone. i want it as light as possible.
babyfacedkayos said:
because i dont want to. i keep my main browser an ad on free zone. i want it as light as possible.
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You want your browser "light", yet are willing to put up with ads that eat up your bandwidth and can even redirect you to potential security threats?
Yeah, sounds like you've got everything under control. But do please whine some more for us, because everyone automatically respects complaints by someone who gives lame (and probably pure BS) excuses to dismiss the most logical solution to your problems.
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dluther said:
You want your browser "light", yet are willing to put up with ads that eat up your bandwidth and can even redirect you to potential security threats?
Yeah, sounds like you've got everything under control. But do please whine some more for us, because everyone automatically respects complaints by someone who gives lame (and probably pure BS) excuses to dismiss the most logical solution to your problems.
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actually the most logical answer would be to take the offending ads down. ads dont bother me in general and i understand that sites make their $ by serving up ads, so the question is why would u block the very ads that allow this forum 2 exist??
and its not whining, its a pop up ad. its annoying.
it isnt a BS excuse btw. i dont have adblock because i dont want to have it. i dont need to explain or justify myself to you. if the mods agree with me that it is an annoyance we shouldnt have to deal with they will take it down. if they deem it ok, i will still rock out w/ xda as it is a valuable source of info, i will just try harder to not mouse over anything accidentally.
i imagine the ad will eat up my fios bandwith and cripple my internet connection. this isnt 200 w/ 56k anymore man. i run a quadcore w 4gb of ram and have a fiber line to my house. i have this PLENTY under control. its just a lil minor thing. how about you mind your business and move along, keep your criticism to yourself...
the offending ads only maximize when "rolled-over" and as said have a X button in top right of all those type of ads.
however today i installed "ad blocker plus" on firefox and its counterpart "easylist" for IE9 (known as tracking protection lists, in ie add-ons ).
no ads anywhere, in either web browser!
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here goes 1...
and not even the MOST ANNOYING one #familydollar
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Thank you. We will remove this ad asap.
Am I the only one who doesn't get ANY ad? ....Does it relates from which country I connect to Xda?
For people if they dont see the close button try the combo alt-f4
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Who else has randomly heard "Women everywhere have bla bla bla hands and knees..." come blasting out your speakers while simply viewing on the forum and had to stop reading, scroll down all the way to the bottom just to silence a dumb ad? It is very trashy and rude IMO to just start an ad WITH SOUND while your just viewing a thread. And this is the third time in a row that this has happened.
How cheap is this site? I honestly don't care about ads sitting on the side or ads that say "click to play" or videos that don't have the sound enabled. These videos come with the sound enabled and it's REALLY pissing me off.
STOP BEING SO DAM CHEAP AND ACTUALLY THINK ABOUT YOUR USERS ON THE SITE. Can someone please agree with me? I want this auto sound playing sh*t OFF.
adblock plus?
When XDA introduced the Like button I used WidgetBlocker to disable it; it slowed down the site significantly and getting rid of the button sped it up.
I agree with you, but registration and use is free and there are so many people using XDA that they need a way to pay for server maintenance, etc..
i see this thread being deleted in the near future
If you have such a big problem with it them donate the money in place of the ad companies....It takes money to manage the servers/forum, perhaps you want to give more out of your pockets instead. I have noscript and adblock on firefox, and never see any of what you're describing.
Ace42 said:
If you have such a big problem with it them donate the money in place of the ad companies....It takes money to manage the servers/forum, perhaps you want to give more out of your pockets instead. I have noscript and adblock on firefox, and never see any of what you're describing.
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Do you think they get extra money for playing them out loud through my speakers? Wakes everyone in the whole house up. It's the sound that's bugging me the most. It should be set to auto mute.
Sorry to hear that you've had those loud ads shown while browsing xda.
I know the admin does not like these ads and they certainly dont choose to put them there, they just sometimes sneak in.
Instead of having a sook, it would be a little more mature if you had just stated you had this ad on your computer and wondered if it was possible to have them removed?
xda is funded purely by donations and ad revenue. Without these, there would probably be no xda. And as some people will know, ad revenue from forum based websites is NOT good.
I'll flag the forum admin to this thread.
I don't mind leaving ads to run so the sites I use make some profit but when they start playing audio automatically it gets really annoying. Have to say ABP this one.
Please post screenshots of any annoying ads that pop up/pop over/have sound, etc...and we'll kill them. Thanks in advance.
It's easy to find offending adds on this site, simply log out and start browsing the forum. There's a ton of pop-over "brought to you by XDA", videos and what not...
AdamOutler said:
It's easy to find offending adds on this site, simply log out and start browsing the forum. There's a ton of pop-over "brought to you by XDA", videos and what not...
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Yes, for non members I think it's slightly different. That doesn't really help us in this situation. Those ads are normal.
The internet is full of advertisments and let's face it, almost every site that has an ounce of traffic uses ad revenue. The intention of xda is not to burden its members with ads that distract from the user experience. With that being said, if you have a problematic ad, please take a screenshot of the ad and post here so admin can take care of it. right now, that is the solution in place.
Thanks for your help in keeping XDA "intrusive ad free".
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It doesn't happen all the time but I have this "mobprizes" redirect when visiting XDA.
Happened to me a few times so far, not sure if others are experiencing it.
Same as chazam ^^^^
First instance of it today. Web URL is mobprizes.com and the site header says 'Android Rewards'. Tried to browse XDA via Dolphin browser on Android and was auto-redirected to this spam page; you cannot press 'Back' or 'Exit' in the browser and have to click 'OK', whereupon another window opens asking you to enter your mob number (supposedly so they can contact you to sort out sending you your prize - which if you do a quick search on Google means you will receive plenty of premium rate text messages and no prize!).
Not sure what you folks can do but thought would mention it.
Incidentally, when performing a search re: this, one of the replies was on Yahoo Answers - when I clicked on this I was redirected to the same damn Android Rewards page!
I also noticed another forum in the search results is experiencing the same thing. Seems to be spreading.
Attached.
That ad at the bottom left corner just popped up from nowhere. I may not have captured it completely sry...
Edit: it's an IE rollover to view ad.
Hey everyone,
I have also created a forum where people (including myself) are experiencing similar problems.
Perhaps it would be a great idea to share our knowledge between the two forums and see what we can do to get rid of these annoying ads.
would of if i didnt have ad block
chazam said:
It doesn't happen all the time but I have this "mobprizes" redirect when visiting XDA.
Happened to me a few times so far, not sure if others are experiencing it.
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Same.
ok, as i got no response in the other thread, here's a repost of an intrusive ad i got the other day:
as you can see they were even trying to impersonate XDA's theme to trick you into thinking it was a legitimate XDA page?
omniwolf said:
as you can see they were even trying to impersonate XDA's theme to trick you into thinking it was a legitimate XDA page?
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The JS alert window looks like that, since FF4.0. Type javascript:alert('test message') into the address bar.
Please remove this
I'm not really bothered by the ads so i dont need an ad blocker but this 'IE rollover to view' ad is being a pain in the rear.
Pls get rid of it.
Thanks.
Edit: started using ad blocker
i clicked a reply notification from an email sent by the forum
this is the page it took me to
i blanked out my location to stop aliens tracking me
No offence meant to anyone here, but I'm quite surprised at all of this. Adblocks for Chrome and Firefox are available easily, nobody uses IE anymore and if you're on XDA you probably have a rooted phone and should logically therefore have an adblock app. If you really dislike ads, there's no need to put up with them
Nigeldg said:
No offence meant to anyone here, but I'm quite surprised at all of this. Adblocks for Chrome and Firefox are available easily, nobody uses IE anymore and if you're on XDA you probably have a rooted phone and should logically therefore have an adblock app. If you really dislike ads, there's no need to put up with them
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Those without adblocks are doing xda a favour i guess.
roofrider said:
Those without adblocks are doing xda a favour i guess.
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Don't the ads only work if you click on them? As fas as I know nobody actually clicks on the ads unless it's by accident to disabling them doesn't really have a negative effect on the site
Nigeldg said:
Don't the ads only work if you click on them? As fas as I know nobody actually clicks on the ads unless it's by accident to disabling them doesn't really have a negative effect on the site
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I dont click on them, but there are a few which act weird when the mouse hovers over them accidentally. Like this one.
New Avast is too annoying, will be migrating our thousands of customers off it
I'm going to haveto agree with the OP in this one.
The advertising is becoming annoying and the re-registering method has been made to be difficult to see where the free option is...
Quickfix I disagree with you, this product is the most popular free Antivirus not because of bull**** advertising, but because of word of mouth!
Now instead of here's a great free AV the word is here is a great free AV with intrusive ads...
nvm
trm, please delete this post
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Intrusive pop-ups "mobprizes" visiting XDA with my mobile phone...
there were a lot of problems when you tried to access the page from your phone from germany the porn ads were awful
abel06 said:
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Intrusive pop-ups "mobprizes" visiting XDA with my mobile phone...
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I just had the same thing. I click on 'OK' or whatever it said when i should probably have just used the back button. It took me to the mobprizes thing which is clearly a scam. Hopefully just being taken to the site but not clicking anything wont have installed any malicious (i've literally no idea about android malware/viruses etc.).
I have written this on the main interface page and received no answers.
On some pages I get to a point where no matter how many times I click on the back button, the page goes nowhere. When I long click on the back button it shows a list and there are pages of the same link that has the word ads in it. If I click on the bottom item in the list and long click on the back button again, the same list comes up. If I do this several times, I finally get to where I was to navigate to the page.
While I haven't actually taken the time to count, I am sure that there are over 40-50 page listings that come up from one page with only a few messages.
I am using IE9 and I want to know what I can do to stop this overtly evil behavior. I fully understand the need for ads but I don't see any good reasoning to hijack my page. If I click on a link in the page, I can then go back to normal. It doesn't happen on every page, just sometimes.
Since my bookmark to this site is on IE9 and not Chrome or Firefox and since I navigate to this site only on my desktop, I don't get the problem elsewhere. This behavior is only on this site. Some sites open pop under windows (also evil) and pop up windows (annoying) but this one really gets me angry.
Again, how does one get this bad beharior to stop???!!!
Please help:crying:
I just went back to the offending page and several times it only had two instances of the ads link. I then went to Chrome and it didn't happen at all. I know there is evil here because it is related to advertising. Is someone posting hiding something here? Is the site doing this to me? Is it an attack on IE because of the anti microsoft sentiment?
Why Why Why???
I'm done. I'm hoping for some answers now.
Sorry about the rant. I have to use IE because it is what my non technical wife is used to and the always there bookmarks on the left are important. We also have land line becasue she won't give it up.
Ummm. Don't think your in the right place dude. You'd be better off searchin ms support or at least using a windows forum. This is Android!
But to try to help, sounds like a browser hijacker, or malware. You need to run scans with malwarebytes, spybot, hijack this, anti-virus....you get the idea.
Sorry I can't help you more than that. Good luck
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I've run my AV software MS Security Essentials. It only happens on this site. I first wrote to the website forum and received zero answers. Since this site is populated with very tech aware people, and I visit this forum (I now own a S3) almost exclusively, I thought I would try here.
I know that it is off topic, but since it only happens here I thought I would try here next. I also have a request in the Chrome forum as to how to get the left side bar bookmarks there.
Thanks, I hope it doesn't get deleted until I at least get some answer. I won't post here on this subject until someone asks me to qualify my question.
If you haven't already, download and run malwarebytes. Its one of the best and can find tons of stuff that regular AV can't.
As for bookmarks, if it comes to it there are utilities you can use to back them up. Then uninstall/reinstall IE.
You can also import bookmarks from/to chrome.
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Dude, this is an Android forum not a PC forum, what's wrong with you?
You have a virus or some serious malware.
Do a fresh install of windows, problem solved, stop being such cry baby.
Yikes this is a forum for mobile android phones not windows.
Like everyone has suggested use malwarebytes, it is free!
Antivirus software rarely pick up malware.
Use spybot search and destroy
Install spyware blaster to avoid future such problems
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Lol android android
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sandiegoan said:
I have written this on the main interface page and received no answers.
On some pages I get to a point where no matter how many times I click on the back button, the page goes nowhere. When I long click on the back button it shows a list and there are pages of the same link that has the word ads in it. If I click on the bottom item in the list and long click on the back button again, the same list comes up. If I do this several times, I finally get to where I was to navigate to the page.
While I haven't actually taken the time to count, I am sure that there are over 40-50 page listings that come up from one page with only a few messages.
I am using IE9 and I want to know what I can do to stop this overtly evil behavior. I fully understand the need for ads but I don't see any good reasoning to hijack my page. If I click on a link in the page, I can then go back to normal. It doesn't happen on every page, just sometimes.
Since my bookmark to this site is on IE9 and not Chrome or Firefox and since I navigate to this site only on my desktop, I don't get the problem elsewhere. This behavior is only on this site. Some sites open pop under windows (also evil) and pop up windows (annoying) but this one really gets me angry.
Again, how does one get this bad beharior to stop???!!!
Please help:crying:
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While looking for another solution (to another problem) I found your post. The same thing happened to me today on this site.
The problem is not your PC, nor your browser and is not a malware issue either. In fact, it's from a script that is specifically designed to disable the browsers' back button. You see, the back button does not generate any revenue towards pay-per-click and/or similar schemes. Click-throughs, however, will...
Chances are that one of the page ads loaded the script (usually java) and set a cookie as well (to prevent one from replicating the problem).
Closing the browser window is about the only way to get around it. Holding the pull-down for the back-button only shows numerous versions of the same page.
Other browsers have plugins that can prevent the script from running in the first place and/or block the ads entirely.
If it keeps happening then you should contact one of the Forum Mods.
Hope this helps.
sandiegoan said:
I've run my AV software MS Security Essentials. It only happens on this site. I first wrote to the website forum and received zero answers. Since this site is populated with very tech aware people, and I visit this forum (I now own a S3) almost exclusively, I thought I would try here.
I know that it is off topic, but since it only happens here I thought I would try here next. I also have a request in the Chrome forum as to how to get the left side bar bookmarks there.
Thanks, I hope it doesn't get deleted until I at least get some answer. I won't post here on this subject until someone asks me to qualify my question.
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ipaq_101 said:
Dude, this is an Android forum not a PC forum, what's wrong with you?
You have a virus or some serious malware.
Do a fresh install of windows, problem solved, stop being such cry baby.
Yikes this is a forum for mobile android phones not windows.
Like everyone has suggested use malwarebytes, it is free!
Antivirus software rarely pick up malware.
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Maybe you should've read a bit closer on this one. It is only happening to him on this site.
thechocowarrior said:
this thread should be moved or deleted lol.
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Can't delete or move unless we happen upon it (like I just did) or you report it. Not like we have filters that send us PMs whenever someone types Delete or Move. Doesn't work that way, fellas. Sorry
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At OP, if you are still having problems with the site, got to the main XDA page and flag an admin to check out your issues. Plus you could search there and if no results pop up or no one else is having the issue, there error could be between the chair and keyboard. If you want this to remain open, it is your choice but you will have better luck in the main XDA section, rather than the SGS3 section.
Shoot me a PM if you want it closed. If no PM by morning my time, then it is gone.