Gold Rush

[Csargo]

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.

[Stig]

What browser are you using? I don't have any

[GiantMonkeyMan]

i noticed this also... they appear at random times in heaps and then disappear for a while... very annoying

[Silver Rusher]

I got one while viewing this page .

Seriously though, tis a problem.

[KukriKhan]

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]

I can't recall getting any popups at all at the Org. The only protection I use against popups is Mozilla Firefox.

[KukriKhan]

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]

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.

Nice one Kukri.

[MSB]

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]

It won't stop it's pissing me off.

[MSB]

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]

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]

I use Firefox, and with that Spyware Blaster, I get nothing, I feel neglected

[Caius]

And this ad again!

This is annoyning