popunders very annoying
Apr 16, 2006 | 8:16 pm
#1
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popunders very annoying
Whenever I use this forum I get dozens of POP-UNDERS from.
http://cdn5.tribalfusion.com/media/5...006_04_12A.gif.
This is a real pain in the ....Right now I have 12 on my browser bar. Is it really necessary to annoy forum members this way?
http://cdn5.tribalfusion.com/media/5...006_04_12A.gif.
This is a real pain in the ....Right now I have 12 on my browser bar. Is it really necessary to annoy forum members this way?
Apr 16, 2006 | 8:31 pm
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Do you have cookies totally turned off? The site is supposed to only give you one pop-under ad per session (maybe even per day), but if you reject all cookies from the site it thinks you're a new visitor every time.
Allow cookies and I'll bet it will stop.
Allow cookies and I'll bet it will stop.
Apr 17, 2006 | 7:13 am
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Or subscribe to Insideflyer which qualifies you for an ad-free Flyertalk (aka Flyertalk Premium).
Apr 19, 2006 | 5:08 am
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I use MEDIUM SECURITY which allows normal cookies. Just signing in to Flyertalk, signing in, navigatin to this site, I now have 11 POP UNDERS. This is a real pain and a reason to never come to the site.
Originally Posted by robb
Do you have cookies totally turned off? The site is supposed to only give you one pop-under ad per session (maybe even per day), but if you reject all cookies from the site it thinks you're a new visitor every time.
Allow cookies and I'll bet it will stop.
Allow cookies and I'll bet it will stop.
Apr 19, 2006 | 5:39 am
#5
Join Date: Apr 2006
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I have never received any pop-ups or pop-unders from this site - not even when I first registered.
Do you have a pop-up blocker? The Yahoo! Toolbar has one and it works really well. It gives you the option of what sites you DO want pop-ups or pop-unders from.
Do you have a pop-up blocker? The Yahoo! Toolbar has one and it works really well. It gives you the option of what sites you DO want pop-ups or pop-unders from.
Apr 19, 2006 | 8:22 pm
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I run CLEANSWEEP and NORTON internet security. They block pop-ups. These are POPUNDERS. They hide under the browser window. As we chat, I not have 17 pop-unders. This is rediculous.
Originally Posted by New-Flyer
I have never received any pop-ups or pop-unders from this site - not even when I first registered.
Do you have a pop-up blocker? The Yahoo! Toolbar has one and it works really well. It gives you the option of what sites you DO want pop-ups or pop-unders from.
Do you have a pop-up blocker? The Yahoo! Toolbar has one and it works really well. It gives you the option of what sites you DO want pop-ups or pop-unders from.
Apr 19, 2006 | 9:05 pm
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Originally Posted by iflyalot
I run CLEANSWEEP and NORTON internet security. They block pop-ups. These are POPUNDERS. They hide under the browser window. As we chat, I not have 17 pop-unders. This is rediculous.
As I said; if this were a problem on the Flyertalk end of things, then more people would have these problems, so there is clearly something different on your PC that is triggering this.
Apr 20, 2006 | 7:05 am
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Originally Posted by iflyalot
I run CLEANSWEEP and NORTON internet security. They block pop-ups. These are POPUNDERS. They hide under the browser window. As we chat, I not have 17 pop-unders. This is rediculous.
In Internet Explorer (IE), cookies are more to do with your privacy setting rather than security, make sure you have privacy set to medium as a maximum - if you set it any higher then IE becomes useless on a lot of websites.
Personally I would recommend switching browser to Firefox or Opera, they both have far stronger pop-up blockers than IE and you can get rid of these unnecessary external pop-up blocking systems.
Apr 20, 2006 | 8:01 am
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