Ads Taking Over GenVibe?

VforVIBE · Post by **VforVIBE** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:45 am

I've noticed this a few times, random ads I guess embedding themselves into the forum, there not clickable, but there are in threads and... other places... I've noticed this twice before, has anyone else seen this? Or could it just be my computer.

Vibr8tr · Post by **Vibr8tr** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:49 am

I don't think I have noticed them before, but now a days there are ads every where and I rarely even take a look at any of them. It's amazing how easy they are to ignore.But I did notice that you are listening to Enya in your screen shots.... nice, lol.

Kamikaze · Post by **Kamikaze** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:49 am

I've never had those pop in... Have you tried using IE?I hate I.E, but I see you are using Mozilla...Just thought you know as maybe a test or something...

millster · Post by **millster** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:52 am

Well, that IS curious. I'd dare to say you have an issue either with your browser installation or your video driver. Those are the banner ads that normally sit just in the upper right corner of the screen. If they're appearing in other places, it's not the site.

VforVIBE · Post by **VforVIBE** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:58 am

Quote, originally posted by Vibr8tr Â»But I did notice that you are listening to Enya in your screen shots.... nice, lol.I LOVE Enya Quote, originally posted by Kamikaze Â»I've never had those pop in... Have you tried using IE?I hate I.E, but I see you are using Mozilla...Just thought you know as maybe a test or something...Your right, they're not in IE... hmmm.... Bad Firefox

Kamikaze · Post by **Kamikaze** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:59 am

At least we've narrowed it down for ya!Bad Firefox VERY Bad Firefox

Vibr8tr · Post by **Vibr8tr** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 4:00 am

Quote, originally posted by VforVIBE Â»Your right, they're not in IE... hmmm.... Bad Firefox NOOOOOOO..... you can never call Firefox bad, it is so fun and nice, with good plug ins....It has gone down hill alot over the last few years since it actually became popular. But that's how it works, people won't attack something that only 10% of people are using... but once there is a market there.... the hacks will follow.

zionzr2 · Post by **zionzr2** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 4:58 am

i use firefox almost all the time and i have never had this issue...I have other issues occasionaly but its with site developers not coding for firefox and not Firefox itself.

northvibe · Post by **northvibe** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 5:18 am

im pretty sure its because of the panda in the task bar

joatmon · Post by **joatmon** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 5:46 am

that last one that shows the Ronal ad plus the spam autoyes ad is the most curious one, I have seen that Ronal ad on genvibe a fair amount. My guess is that there is some sort of adware or spyware or curious plug in of some sort that is hosing your browser, perhaps associated with autoyes.com . It isn't from genvibe, it doesn't happen on my firefox. Is genvibe the only site where you have seen this happen? I think it's time to clean up your fox

GrayFox · Post by **GrayFox** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 5:58 am

gosh V! quit breaking Genvibe

damronjr · Post by **damronjr** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 8:04 am

Quote, originally posted by Vibr8tr Â»But I did notice that you are listening to Enya in your screen shots.... nice, lol.Return to Innocence is not Enya, but both that song and Enya ARE both awesome! lol

VforVIBE · Post by **VforVIBE** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 10:53 am

Quote, originally posted by damronjr Â»Return to Innocence is not Enya, but both that song and Enya ARE both awesome! lolActually, the song is by Enya and Enigma.

Vibr8tr · Post by **Vibr8tr** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 10:51 pm

Quote, originally posted by VforVIBE Â»Actually, the song is by Enya and Enigma. Correct you are.... and they are awsome.... if I am in the right mood for them... when racing, they don't quiet get the heart pumping, however a quiet night at home with some wine and a bathtub... perfect music... ( +3 gay points.... I need to do something manly now, lol)

VforVIBE · Post by **VforVIBE** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 11:04 pm

Quote, originally posted by Vibr8tr Â»I need to do something manly nowWe're waiting.

ColonelPanic · Post by **ColonelPanic** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 12:42 am

Are you on any sort of funky firewall? Try turning it off and see if anything improves.At work, they have god knows what behind my computer and somehow the images get mixed up and put places where they don't belong. It can happen with ANY image... So what looks to be happening here is the ad is placed in the location that a different image is supposed to be loaded. One of the autoyes images in one of your screen captures looks to be replacing one of the emoticon thingies. I've seen this under Firefox and Opera only under winblows... Checked the Opera forums on that issue and they hinted to a firewall screwing with everything. A few months later, it started happening in Firefox. I don't know if this happens in m$ internet exploiter, when I'm forced to run winblows, I don't use that piece of rubbish. Away from work on my Linux and Mac machines, everything is fine on the same sites.It is either your computer or something with your network. The site is fine, I'm viewing it with Firefox on Xubuntu right now and everything is peachy.

redlava · Post by **redlava** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 4:37 am

I use nothing but Firefox and I have never noticed any ads at all. Except for the ones at the top of the screen that have been there ever since I can remember.

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