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Pop ups

This topic has 11 replies, 8 voices, and was last updated 16 October 2012 at 09:26 by Niloch.

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15 October 2012 at 19:16 #100943
Windy
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In the last few days when reading the various posts a highlighted word that seems like a link is a pop up with nothing to do with the subject being discussed.

Example scratchcards to name one.

The pop up blocker does no good is there a simple solution to stop them.

Windy
Advert

15 October 2012 at 19:16 #39228
Windy
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@windy30762
15 October 2012 at 19:29 #100945
NJH
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@njh
Windy

I've not noticed that – can you quote a specific thread and post please?

Regards

Norman
15 October 2012 at 20:03 #100948
Windy
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@windy30762
My post about popups had two blue underlined words that had pop ups I turned the forum off then switched it on again and the words were normal.

It has done this on other threads it is an anoyance.

Windy
15 October 2012 at 20:14 #100949
wheeltapper
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@wheeltapper
This happens all the time on Chester's forum but I've never seen it on here.

Roy
15 October 2012 at 20:30 #100952
JasonB
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@jasonb
I've not seen them here but like Roy says Chesters is full of them, think they are called "Infolinks"

J
15 October 2012 at 20:56 #100955
NJH
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@njh
Hmmm

I've had a look at the Chester site and I see what you mean. Agree with the others i've not seen them here. Maybe clear your PC's cache ?

N
15 October 2012 at 21:08 #100957
Michael Gilligan
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@michaelgilligan61133
Windy,

I have not yet suffered this problem on this forum but,

for reference; this might be useful.

MichaelG.

and here is the Infolinks Privacy Policy

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 15/10/2012 21:12:25
16 October 2012 at 08:37 #100979
David Clark 13
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@davidclark13
Hi There

I seem to get this with Internet Explorer all the time.

I used to use adaware to remove rubbish like this but since it know does not like Norton.

regards David
16 October 2012 at 09:02 #100985
Terryd
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@terryd72465
Hi,

The solution is local so you need to follow Michael's first link to Adblock and install as an extension. I have Adblock 2.12 on FireFox and this cured the problem.

David, apparently you can block 'Infolinks' on IE without any extension or add-on. Go to Michael's first link and scroll down to the instructions for IE.

Regards

Terry
16 October 2012 at 09:04 #100986
Terryd
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@terryd72465
Here are the links for Adblock

FireFox

and Chrome
16 October 2012 at 09:26 #100988
Niloch
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@niloch
Nil problems with Snow Leopard and Firefox
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