Pop-up ads on SDMB

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OK! I give up!! How much will it cost to stop that constant barrage of Pop-ups that every 30 seconds or so come slamming onto my screen while trying to use the SDMB. Do I have to join something? Just tell me and I’ll do it!

I’ve got pop-ups blocked in IE8, but these come blasting past the blocker without even a seconds pause.

Help, PLEASE!!!

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Don’t move your mouse over the top ad. The ads popped up for me when I’d move my mouse over the ad on the top of the page, which of course, I do to access the toolbars at the top of my browser. If you are really getting a barrage of pop ups, your PC is inficted with something.

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I only get them on SDMB. Other sites either never or rarely.

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Moved from GQ to ATMB.

Colibri
General Questions Moderator

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From what I’ve seen in other threads, you have malware on your system that is triggered by the ads.

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Daylate, please follow the instructions in this thread:

http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=538187

If you still see pop-ups after following those instructions, please post back to this thread.

Thanks,
-xash
Administrator

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Thanks for the advice. I already have Avasti, and Spybot S&D. Downloaded Malwarebyte’s Anti-Malware and ran both Spybot and A-M. We’ll see if that helps before using the nuclear option listed in the last post.

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I have Firefox and Ad Block Plus. I don’t see no stinkin’ ads.

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+1 Don’t forget Flashblock while you’re at it. And the EasyList subscription to AdBlockPlus takes care of EVERYTHING.