# an ad tried to install this

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**Created:** [January 21, 2019, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ad-tried-to-install-this/828142 "2019-01-21T07:41:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ad-tried-to-install-this/828142/1 "2019-01-21T07:41:04Z")

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I don’t know what the original ad was it just popped that link up before I signed on …

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ad-tried-to-install-this/828142/2 "2019-01-21T10:45:39Z")

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**Moderator Note**

Thank you for reporting this. I have removed the link in case it is malicious (I didn’t try to click on it on my computer). Moderators and admins can still access the link.

I have also reported this to our admin.

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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:** [January 21, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ad-tried-to-install-this/828142/3 "2019-01-21T15:15:44Z")

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Can you tell us what was displaying on the page when this happened? What was the ad specifically, if you can tell us that?

I’ll get the ad department folks to look into this. If anyone else sees this a screen capture would be very useful.

We apologize, we’re sorry that this happened to you.

Jenny  
your humble TubaDiva  
Administrator

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**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-ad-tried-to-install-this/828142/4 "2019-01-22T03:56:57Z")

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I don’t know whathe the ad was because I have a weird freezing thing that happens when it loads an ad on a separate screen …by the time it loaded up it was trying to install the player