Ad boxes




Posted by GameMiestro

Has anyone else noticed this? Occasionally, when you open a board, an advertising box mysteriously appears next to the mouse for a few seconds while the board is loading. I decided to post about it here after about the tenth time this happened to me.




Posted by Hyper

No.




Posted by Fate

mozilla




Posted by KoH

I use mozilla and it never happens to me.




Posted by Linko_16

I don't have a pop-up blocker beyong IE's standard features, and I don't have any problems with pop-ups. Scan for spyware... some of them can force pop-ups that you'd think just came from whatever site you were on.




Posted by Poison


Quoting GameMiestro: Has anyone else noticed this? Occasionally, when you open a board, an advertising box mysteriously appears next to the mouse for a few seconds while the board is loading. I decided to post about it here after about the tenth time this happened to me.

I see Mozilla hasn't taken over yet; I give it a few more months.



Posted by mis0

Norton SHITBLOCKER get.




Posted by Lord of Spam

mozilla ftw

Edit: Actually, I'm using IE right now (not my computer) and I still havent noticed one. Its probably spyware like linko said.




Posted by mis0

Is it just me, or every few months does everyone on this board change browsers? Fads, meh.




Posted by Klarth

...I've used Firefox for two years now, and religiously stuck to Mozilla before that.

My advice to GameMiestro is that he should stop downloading so much porn.




Posted by Jesse Smith

It must be Redscowl Bluesingsky taking over da boards!! :D




Posted by mis0


Quoting Klarth: My advice to GameMiestro is that he should stop downloading so much porn.

oO at least get it from a reputable source.







Like 4chan.



Posted by GameMiestro

I can't download anything at all on the computers I am forced to use.

Also, on further investigation, the ads that appear are from the exact same companies that appear in the ad box below the Super Moderator list.




Posted by Iris

I'm using IE, and I'm not getting any pop-ups. At least not from VGC.




Posted by KoH

[quote=Misoxeny]Is it just me, or every few months does everyone on this board change browsers? Fads, meh.

I'm addicted to the tabbed browsing. Plus, I don't want to seem like one of those annoying computer neophytes who only use IE. No offense peeps who use IE... it's just that... you're n00bs. No offense, it's just fact. Deal with it. Ya know... 'cause you are... Just because you don't use the browser I use, or don't use other programs that I use, that makes you all n00bs. So... yeah. GO FIREFOX.

PS: When I said mozilla, I meant firefox.




Posted by mis0

I'm a n00b then. I've got two firewalls running and it works just fine for me. :)




Posted by Hyper

Miso, Mozilla is basically Firefox. They're like the exact same thing only I think Firefox has a few less features. Both are made by the same people.

edit: I'm pretty sure your problem is that you're hovering your mouse over the ad area, which might cause the alt text to pop up before the ad itself is actually displayed.