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Re: Bad ads

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bicostp wrote:Well, they're mostly Google ads. :lol:
Not for me. Maybe it depends on where you live?
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Re: Bad ads

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I just got another redirect, to the following URL: http://www.ave99.com/search.php?q=blue% ... for%20cars" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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I got redirected 3 times to a fake warning that my computer is threatened with viruses.
And then the redirections kind of all of a sudden stopped. Haven't had one since.
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Re: Bad ads

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They're watching us. :shock:

I've never had a redirect on Opera 10. :|
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Re: Bad ads

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bicostp wrote:They're watching us. :shock:

I've never had a redirect on Opera 10. :|
I've only had 2 redirects so far.
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Re: Bad ads

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Well, it only happened for a bit. (For me at least).
I'm running Firefox, but I don't think it's browser based.
e.g. Sites redirect for legitimate purposes (such as a new URL). Thus redirection wouldn't be turned off in browsers because as much as it hurts it helps as well.
(It also means the page would never update either, which means you would have to do it yourself. :? I agree Opera is nice but I don't think in this case that it is a browser issue. I don't have anymore redirect ads either.)
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Re: Bad ads

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I had it redirect me the other day as well to that virus alert crap. I did not click a thing.
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Re: Bad ads

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I've never been redirected. I'm running FF with Adblock Plus.
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Re: Bad ads

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Hmm... I have a theory.

Anyone out there running Firefox with FlashBlock but no AdBlock?
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Re: Bad ads

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I had flashblock, but I find it annoying that it blocks everything related to flash, I mean it blocking the adds is cool, but when it blocks primary parts of sites and re-arranges everything in weird boxes it annoys me.
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Re: Bad ads

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vskid wrote:I've never been redirected. I'm running FF with Adblock Plus.
Same here. :lol:
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