# popups on the SDMB?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popups-on-the-sdmb/105889>\
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**Created:** [April 27, 2002, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popups-on-the-sdmb/105889 "2002-04-27T01:01:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Anubis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Anubis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anubis)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2002, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popups-on-the-sdmb/105889/1 "2002-04-27T01:01:53Z")

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I opened [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=111881) and [this pop-up](http://image73.eguard.com/surveysampling/11683-0/6239-target.html) came up.

Is this how the Chicago Reader plans to pay for the ever expanding SDMB, is it hackers, or what?

FTR, I had nothing else open at the time(around 8:50 EST), have Internet Explorer version 6.0, and another pop up popped up yesterday, but out of habit I closed it out but noticed the color red, which this pop up has.

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**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2002, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popups-on-the-sdmb/105889/2 "2002-04-27T01:05:30Z")

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I have tried it several times, and viewed the source, and I see nothing that would cause that. Sometimes IE has “zombie” sessions that sit in the background, that aren’t really dead, and can “come to life” - I’ve seen this happen myself.

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**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2002, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popups-on-the-sdmb/105889/3 "2002-04-27T01:11:35Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Anthracite \*  
> \*\*Sometimes IE has “zombie” sessions that sit in the background, that aren’t really dead, and can “come to life” \*\*

Stop it. You’re scaring me.

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2002, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popups-on-the-sdmb/105889/4 "2002-04-27T01:41:29Z")

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There are (as of this writing) no pop-up ads at the SDMB, and no plans to add any AFAIK.