# I keep getting redirected to an ad for something called "ZoneAlarm" **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 9, 2011, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-redirected-to-an-ad-for-something-called-zonealarm/584853 "2011-06-09T14:31:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-redirected-to-an-ad-for-something-called-zonealarm/584853/21 "2011-06-11T16:36:13Z")
A few times for me also…Firefox and Windows 7 here. I find it mildly annoying, but just use the Back button/arrow to get back to where I was. Zone Alarm is actually a good product - and as mentioned before, one of the good guys. I have used them before in the past, but actions like this understandably pisses people off and unnecessarily hurts their reputation. If I weren’t so lazy, I’d report it directly to Zone Alarm. Perhaps their ad provider is one of those that also serve the porn industry, where you get dozens of unwanted pop-up, new windows/tabs, etc.? But I wouldn’t know anything about that… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-redirected-to-an-ad-for-something-called-zonealarm/584853/22 "2011-06-11T17:49:31Z")
> [@RaftPeople](#): > > I’m curious - why not just block all ads? It’s simple and effective. That is not actually not possible. I have no idea why you would think that it’s possible to block _all_ ads. That’s not the way the Internet works. E.g., let me place an ad right here: “Buy now for just $1,234,456 a lifetime supply of FtG’s brand De-Dopeilizer Cream. Guaranteed to work. Go to FtGRulz!.com now!” I bet you just saw that ad. I have all sorts of restrictions set in my browser, plus blocked sites, plus a standard blocked host file, plus … And of course I see ads. If they are annoying enough, I try to figure out how they are getting by and such and block them. There is NO simple cure for this. (Unless you just stop using the Internet!) ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-redirected-to-an-ad-for-something-called-zonealarm/584853/23 "2011-06-11T17:59:41Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > “Buy now for just $1,234,456 a lifetime supply of FtG’s brand De-Dopeilizer Cream. Guaranteed to work. Go to FtGRulz!.com now!” Reported as spam 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-redirected-to-an-ad-for-something-called-zonealarm/584853/24 "2011-06-11T19:11:52Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > That is not actually not possible. I have no idea why you would think that it’s possible to block _all_ ads. That’s not the way the Internet works. E.g., let me place an ad right here: > > “Buy now for just $1,234,456 a lifetime supply of FtG’s brand De-Dopeilizer Cream. Guaranteed to work. Go to FtGRulz!.com now!” > > I bet you just saw that ad. > > I have all sorts of restrictions set in my browser, plus blocked sites, plus a standard blocked host file, plus … > > And of course I see ads. I just use adblock plus, I see no ads on any site, you might want to check it out, seems to work pretty well. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-redirected-to-an-ad-for-something-called-zonealarm/584853/25 "2011-06-12T06:50:13Z")
> [@mlees](#): > > Wouldn’t a bad script affect all users? Looks like it is only affecting guests, so apparently it has something to do with the fact that you all see ads and members don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-redirected-to-an-ad-for-something-called-zonealarm/584853/26 "2011-06-12T11:24:17Z")
+1 for the redirect. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-redirected-to-an-ad-for-something-called-zonealarm/584853/27 "2011-06-13T11:53:40Z")
Here’s the URL for the full-screen image I got within the past hour: [http://www.zonealarm.com/security/en-us/cdn/2012/affiliates-a/2012security.htm?lid=en&source=zanox&medium=affiliate&content=ZAPCRT&cid=W200038&zanpid=1515319329426846720](http://www.zonealarm.com/security/en-us/cdn/2012/affiliates-a/2012security.htm?lid=en&source=zanox&medium=affiliate&content=ZAPCRT&cid=W200038&zanpid=1515319329426846720) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-redirected-to-an-ad-for-something-called-zonealarm/584853/28 "2011-06-13T12:24:31Z")
It may not be relevant but after I copied the URL to Notepad when I went “back” to the previous address where I had been looking at “New Posts” the “You last visited” setting had been updated to current time and all the threads that had been marked as ones that were “new” to me, were now looking as if I had read them. ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-redirected-to-an-ad-for-something-called-zonealarm/584853/29 "2011-06-13T15:45:26Z")
Sent another note to the QC folks at our major ad provider; I’ve gotten this redirect several times myself. I sent them the URL above - thanks for that. We’ll see. ---
**Author:** ![iftheresaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecae2f/32.png) [@iftheresaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iftheresaway)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-redirected-to-an-ad-for-something-called-zonealarm/584853/30 "2011-06-13T17:10:11Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Here’s the URL for the full-screen image I got within the past hour: > > [http://www.zonealarm.com/security/en-us/cdn/2012/affiliates-a/2012security.htm?lid=en&source=zanox&medium=affiliate&content=ZAPCRT&cid=W200038&zanpid=1515319329426846720](http://www.zonealarm.com/security/en-us/cdn/2012/affiliates-a/2012security.htm?lid=en&source=zanox&medium=affiliate&content=ZAPCRT&cid=W200038&zanpid=1515319329426846720) Just came to post the same thing - the link I copied was the same except for the last numbered section: 1515402324762678273 ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-redirected-to-an-ad-for-something-called-zonealarm/584853/31 "2011-06-13T17:20:26Z")
Is everyone who has this problem using the same operating system/web browser combination? ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-redirected-to-an-ad-for-something-called-zonealarm/584853/32 "2011-06-13T17:29:35Z")
[quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:31, topic:584853”] Is everyone who has this problem using the same operating system/web browser combination? [/QUOTE] Windows XP Home and IE8 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-redirected-to-an-ad-for-something-called-zonealarm/584853/33 "2011-06-13T17:35:43Z")
Windows XP Professional Firefox 4.0.1 Happened again this morning. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-redirected-to-an-ad-for-something-called-zonealarm/584853/34 "2011-06-13T18:17:46Z")
I have Vista home, Norton AV/Firewall, Google Chrome, SDMB guest status, and so far… NOT getting it. I hope I didn’t just jinx myself. ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-redirected-to-an-ad-for-something-called-zonealarm/584853/35 "2011-06-13T18:28:25Z")
[quote=“Gary “Wombat” Robson, post:31, topic:584853”] Is everyone who has this problem using the same operating system/web browser combination? [/QUOTE] XP Pro, Internet Explorer 8 (got the redirect again this morning in MPSIMS) ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-redirected-to-an-ad-for-something-called-zonealarm/584853/36 "2011-06-13T20:27:09Z")
I’m using Chrome and I got it multiple times the last few days. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-redirected-to-an-ad-for-something-called-zonealarm/584853/37 "2011-06-13T21:11:47Z")
> [@RaftPeople](#): > > I’m curious - why not just block all ads? It’s simple and effective. because a mild irritation every now and again isn’t enough to make me deprive the sites I visit regularly of revenue. ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-redirected-to-an-ad-for-something-called-zonealarm/584853/38 "2011-06-13T22:12:04Z")
I got this this mourning and it happen last week also. I’m using WinXP Home & Firefox 4.01 ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-redirected-to-an-ad-for-something-called-zonealarm/584853/39 "2011-06-14T00:15:55Z")
I’m currently running Windows 7, IE, and got it when trying to go to the Message Boards from the _Home Page_ ---
**Author:** ![Sateryn76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Sateryn76](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sateryn76)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-redirected-to-an-ad-for-something-called-zonealarm/584853/40 "2011-06-14T00:37:34Z")
Got it again twice since my first post. Windows XP ~ Firefox 3.6 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-redirected-to-an-ad-for-something-called-zonealarm/584853.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-keep-getting-redirected-to-an-ad-for-something-called-zonealarm/584853.md?page=3)