Originally Posted by
moondog
jiejie: Since you appear to be the only one of us experiencing these problems, my money is on the "malware" theory. When IB made us ambassadors, they gave us the ad free version of FT as a token of their appreciation for our contributions here; I don't see ANY ads on FT, with or without VPN.
I checked and diagnostics couldn't find any malware. Also if it was malware, I'd probably be getting whammies thrown at me when visiting other sites, and that didn't happen. Am now on FT using Firefox again, and that popup is completely gone now. It's possible it was something time-limited and targeted to Unicom users in specific areas. I know that Unicom has different server links depending on what part of the city you are in.
As for the general ad issue, yes of course I also am ad-free on FT once I log in, with or without VPN. That Chinese popup came up in a completely separate window, not as a frame on the FT site.