# Pop up ads

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-up-ads/793954>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [August 18, 2017, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-up-ads/793954 "2017-08-18T06:38:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![TwoCarrotSnowman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twocarrotsnowman/32/15879_2.png) [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2017, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-up-ads/793954/1 "2017-08-18T06:38:52Z")

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Hi, just reporting that when browsing the SDMB on my Android phone (the website itself, not via Tapatalk), I just repeated got pop up ads linking to http:// w5g.daily-sweeptakes .info

(I broke the link on purpose).

I didn’t have any other sites open at the time.

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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:** [August 18, 2017, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-up-ads/793954/2 "2017-08-18T13:52:34Z")

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Thanks. I’ve let the admins know about the problem ad.