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I have been on this site for a couple of years and posted quite a bit. Never had a problem until recently. What is up with all the ADDS and Pop Ups?? I can't scroll or go to a post without an add. Even between the page and the post a pop up will take over the entire page and I have to x out of it first.
Anybody else?
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I use Tapatalk to view this forum from my phone. Adds aren't too bad, but every couple of posts there is a couple of posts which are adds or articles from TOC News Bots. At least their relevant!
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If you are seeing pop up ads then your browser has been compromised. There are ZERO pop up ads delivered by this site. I would suggest you scan your system for malware.
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I will run some antimalware programs. But I will say that it only comes up on this site. I am on a few other boating/fishing sites and dont get it there.
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Use malwarebytes and let me know what the results are. I use google adsense to serve ads and there should be zero pop ups.
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If it only happens on this one site, it may be an ad creative going rogue rather than a full browser infection, though running Malwarebytes is still a sensible first step. I'd also check for suspicious extensions, since those often behave differently per site. Worth noting whether the pop-ups appear on mobile or desktop too. If the scans come back clean, that points more toward the ad network side than your machine.
