# Ad causing Firefox to lock up

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-causing-firefox-to-lock-up/544340
**Category:** About This Message Board
**Created:** [June 24, 2010, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-causing-firefox-to-lock-up/544340 "2010-06-24T12:41:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2010, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-causing-firefox-to-lock-up/544340/1 "2010-06-24T12:41:51Z")

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There’s currently an advert being served up for Wilkinsons (a DIY chain?) consisting of a rotating series of images of products which brings my browser to its knees. It’s impossible to scroll past the thing and causes Firefox to go mental.

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### Author: ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2010, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-causing-firefox-to-lock-up/544340/2 "2010-06-26T10:24:17Z")

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As a Charter Member, how do you get ads?

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### Author: ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2010, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ad-causing-firefox-to-lock-up/544340/3 "2010-06-26T12:43:48Z")

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He’s not a Charter Member – that was an error on our part.