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Csargo
10-02-2006, 06:04
What's up with all the Gold Rush ads? It seems to pop up everytime I got to a different page in the Org. It's just really annoying and it seems to be happening quite often now.:furious3:
Stig
10-02-2006, 13:08
What browser are you using? I don't have any
GiantMonkeyMan
10-02-2006, 18:51
i noticed this also... they appear at random times in heaps and then disappear for a while... very annoying
Silver Rusher
10-02-2006, 19:03
I got one while viewing this page :laugh4:.

Seriously though, tis a problem.
KukriKhan
10-03-2006, 03:04
Never seen any here.

IE6 on XP w/SP2 + Google toolbar w/google popup stopper + PestPatrol + AVG antivirus + AdAware + SpybotS&D. Also have IE set to clear temp cache & history on close.

This is October. In the previous 9 months of 2006, 5 (five) popups have made it thru while I've surfed the Org. I'm certain of that number, because I recorded the sightings. Your mileage (and browser & defense measures) may differ.
Duke John
10-03-2006, 07:03
I can't recall getting any popups at all at the Org. The only protection I use against popups is Mozilla Firefox.
KukriKhan
10-03-2006, 12:08
Ha! I take it back. Just got "Gold Rush - AOL" popup 3 times, and I've been to BBC.com and here this session - nowhere else. The black box obscures text for about 10 seconds; then a left-click anywhere else on the browser makes it disappear. Annoying for that 10 seconds, tho'.
edyzmedieval
10-03-2006, 18:05
Never seen any here.

IE6 on XP w/SP2 + Google toolbar w/google popup stopper + PestPatrol + AVG antivirus + AdAware + SpybotS&D. Also have IE set to clear temp cache & history on close.


:laugh4:

Nice one Kukri.
MSB
10-04-2006, 19:32
Yes it is amazingly annoying. I was tempted to change my personal Org UI to DialUp or Lite (they hide adverts). And belive me they do look dull and boring...
Csargo
10-05-2006, 05:15
It won't stop it's pissing me off.
MSB
10-05-2006, 08:33
It won't stop it's pissing me off.
You should PM Admin and see if they can get rid of it. It's either them advertising to get money to pay to keep the forums running or its vBulletin advertising to get themselves money. I don't understand why people advertise, I never click on them and I don't think half the world does either.
Ludens
10-05-2006, 16:53
You should PM Admin and see if they can get rid of it. It's either them advertising to get money to pay to keep the forums running or its vBulletin advertising to get themselves money.
Actually, it's the host who places the advertisements, in exchange for letting us use the space on which the forum is hosted. The administrators have little control over the ads.

I got the pop-up a couple of times on the university network, but the not on my homecomputer. This may be because I use Firefox, while the university uses IE.
Stig
10-05-2006, 16:59
I use Firefox, and with that Spyware Blaster, I get nothing, I feel neglected
Dutch_guy
10-05-2006, 17:07
I use Firefox, I get nothing, I feel neglected

Same here, although quite frankly I'm fine with it. :2thumbsup:

:balloon2:
Caius
10-05-2006, 18:06
Hmm...
Using IE6 and Google Toolbar I only have one popup.:dizzy2:
MSB
10-05-2006, 19:21
Ah well! It could be worse. Does anybody remember the mosquito advert. That one where you had to kill the mosquito with the zapper to win a "Free Plasma TV". It was not the nature of the advert that made it annoying, it was the accursed sound over and over again that would just not shut up, even if you tried to kill the wretched thing!

And does anybody remember the Mate1 advert, now that was just unacceptable and was on the border line of been an explicit image! If anybody had posted that image on the forums that would probably have got them at least one warning point!
Csargo
10-05-2006, 21:27
Well could someone provide a link to where I can download FireFox?
Stig
10-05-2006, 21:31
http://www.browser.eu.com/
LeftEyeNine
10-05-2006, 22:08
Well could someone provide a link to where I can download FireFox?

If I was a close friend of yours, I would slap you with Google. I love such serious questions very much. And I love slapping friends with Google. :2thumbsup:
Caius
10-05-2006, 22:41
Well could someone provide a link to where I can download FireFox?
Firefox has a bug with The Guild.Or That says the www.totalwar.org site

Regards

Caius
Csargo
10-05-2006, 22:53
If I was a close friend of yours, I would slap you with Google. I love such serious questions very much. And I love slapping friends with Google. :2thumbsup:

Ah thanks LEN I love you too.:laugh4:
Ludens
10-05-2006, 23:24
Firefox has a bug with The Guild.Or That says the www.totalwar.org site
Never noticed it myself, but I think that refers to an old version of Firefox. We really need to update the frontpage.
Caius
10-07-2006, 00:31
Never noticed it myself, but I think that refers to an old version of Firefox. We really need to update the frontpage.
The frontpage is updated today, but stills having the same inscription.
Ludens
10-07-2006, 12:29
The frontpage is updated today, but stills having the same inscription.
We can add announcements quite easily, but that's something else than updating the frontpage.
Caius
10-12-2006, 23:58
And this ad again!

This is annoyning