Complaint Ad problem (?)

AlephZero

Twice in the last 24 hours, clicking a link to open a thread on PF has produced a full-screen wnidow claiming to be http://testables.net/d/juicyru.com with a message like "congratulations, click here to win an ipad" or similar.

NOTE: THE ABOVE LINK IS MERELY TO REPORT THE PROBLEM - CLICK IT AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!

Whatever this is, it appears to be hijacking the actual PF page completely. If it's coming from your sponsored advertising software, please block!

Greg Bernhardt

You are logged in when this happens? The only ad you should see is a banner above the nav bar.

AlephZero

Quote by Greg Bernhardt

You are logged in when this happens?

Yes.

The only ad you should see is a banner above the nav bar.

That's what I do see normally, except when this takes over the entire tab in my browser (IE). The only way to kill it seems to be to close the tab. Re-clicking the same PF link works fine, with a different "normal sized" banner ad.

Greg Bernhardt

Quote by AlephZero

That's what I do see normally, except when this takes over the entire tab in my browser (IE). The only way to kill it seems to be to close the tab. Re-clicking the same PF link works fine, with a different "normal sized" banner ad.

Could it have been a flash ad that you hovered over and it popped out?

AlephZero

I suppose that's possible, but the IE/MS popup blocker is on, and I sometimes get messages from other sites saying a popup was blocked. But I don't think I clicked on anything.

Whatever it was, it was intrusive enough to replace http://www.physicsforums... in the browser address bar with its own address.

FWIW, googling "juicyru.com" suggests it's not specific to PF.

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AlephZero $Math 2012$ Recognitions: Science Advisor	I suppose that's possible, but the IE/MS popup blocker is on, and I sometimes get messages from other sites saying a popup was blocked. But I don't think I clicked on anything. Whatever it was, it was intrusive enough to replace http://www.physicsforums... in the browser address bar with its own address. FWIW, googling "juicyru.com" suggests it's not specific to PF.