# Where the hell did these ads come from?

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**Created:** [November 5, 2015, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-hell-did-these-ads-come-from/736685 "2015-11-05T06:26:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2015, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-hell-did-these-ads-come-from/736685/1 "2015-11-05T06:26:54Z")

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All of a sudden, there are ads appearing at the bottom of each thread here.  
The heading says **“You may like”** , but none of them seem to be at all something I would like.

And they just started – they didn’t appear yesterday.

And the only question I really care about – _how do I get rid of them_?  
(Running MS Vista Business, Firefix 42, Adblock, etc.)

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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:** [November 5, 2015, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-the-hell-did-these-ads-come-from/736685/2 "2015-11-05T13:48:55Z")

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I would expect adblock to get rid of them. Check to see if adblock didn’t get disabled because firefox upgraded or something like that.

Another possibility is that you picked up a malware bug from somewhere, but I kinda doubt it as those ads are appearing exactly where the SDMB places ads, if I recall correctly.