pop up adds!!

[Ashcollection]

not been on here for a week or so. but has the site changed? top and bottom of the screen and both sides are now those dam adds, has the site changed? or had Fing gooogglle changed all my settings in an update last night?  yours a computer illiterate person!

[Mk3iain]

Hi, did not notice your post before making my own.  I find them too overpowering and annoying to use the forum, sadly.

[fv1609]

I've not noticed anything different, but for years I have been using AdBlock Plus.

[Ashcollection]

I will have to try something, it puts me right off using the site, you get them on on line newspapers a lot, so I never look at them anymore.

[Richard Farrant]

Just had a large advert for Air China pop up and of no use at all as it was in Chinese! Also an Ebay advert came up after that.  Annoying.....

[Ashcollection]

yeah they aren't even things people on this site would buy, like spanners or gaskets! right now I have one for Fisker, On Logic computers magnitude finance and hawk classic on instagram. they are now all on my list of "never buy from" companies.

[john1950]

These ads are destroying the site.

[Rangie]

I didnt spot this thread until after I posted my own, sorry. I am finding it infuriating as well!!! 🤬

To cap it all, the massive advert at the top is now for an adblocker!!! You do wonder about these things...... 😩

Alec.

[Oh Five]

Perhaps I should take up Veronica's offer or the unnamed lady who wants to make my day better. 

Hopefully, this is the right place to reply to things on HMVF without great risk to my personal information and bank accounts. 

[Mk3iain]

I have just checked up on the "free" total add blocker for Microsoft edge and the reviews say "stay away" citing pushy messages to upgrade to a paid version etc.  So I'll pass on that.  This is the only place I have this problem so if it continues I will just not be coming back, so unnecessary !

Hopefully personal details are still safe on here !

Edited June 21, 2023 by Mk3iain
A bit more.

[earlymb]

Depending on what browser you use, I have Adblock Plus and AdBlocker Ultimate (free versions) for Firefox and I have no issue with pop-up ads here whatsoever.

These extensions are probably available for Chrome and Edge too.

[Mk3iain]

4 minutes ago, earlymb said:

Depending on what browser you use, I have Adblock Plus and AdBlocker Ultimate (free versions) for Firefox and I have no issue with pop-up ads here whatsoever.

These extensions are probably available for Chrome and Edge too.

I have been considering dumping Edge for Firefox and have installed it ready.  Just uneasy about making the move, don't know why....

If it helps to stop this carry-on then maybe this is the push I needed. Maybe.

[fv1609]

I've been using Firefox for as long as I have been on the internet & have avoided the Microsoft browsers. I have no problems & with AdBlock Plus was not aware there there was a problem until this thread started.

[earlymb]

2 minutes ago, fv1609 said:

I've been using Firefox for as long as I have been on the internet & have avoided the Microsoft browsers. I have no problems & with AdBlock Plus was not aware there there was a problem until this thread started.

Same for me. Firefox is my standard browser, sometimes I use Chrome but I've never used Edge really so i don't know how that one is.

[earlymb]

13 minutes ago, Mk3iain said:

I have been considering dumping Edge for Firefox and have installed it ready.  Just uneasy about making the move, don't know why....

If it helps to stop this carry-on then maybe this is the push I needed. Maybe.

Just import all your settings & passwords from Edge and give it a go

[Mk3iain]

8 minutes ago, earlymb said:

Just import all your settings & passwords from Edge and give it a go

Thank you, I am doing it now and so far, with adblock plus, all good.   So far....

[Oh Five]

I do not understand all this chat about Firefox and Edge and have no idea how to import passwords. Should I ask Regina Celi who now wants to talk to me as well as Veronica? 

 

Why is this happening? 

[rewdco]

Same complaints here in Belgium. HMVF is now littered with publicity banners left, right, top, bottom and in-between posts as well. I'm using Safari, but just gave it a try on Chrome, and it's the same. 

[Rootes75]

Same here...adverts top and bottom popping up and even when minimised another one pops up as soon as I start scrolling..!?!?!

[fv1609]

Now I'm getting this detritus on my android phone, so that is goodbye to keeping up to date on the phone. I'll just visit here less frequently & only use the PC or laptop with AdBlocker Plus from now on.

[Jessie The Jeep]

I browse with Firefox and Adblock and never knew there was a problem! Never seen a pop up ad here, only the small banner ads for MV insurance etc.

[utt61]

Something has happened in the last 48 hours or so which has made the forum unusable due to the intrusive advertisements in my view. I've changed nothing in my browsing environment so presume that it is the site that has changed.

Perhaps a moderator could comment?

[peter75]

Noticed all the pop ups last night.

Needs sorting!

 

[johann morris]

Why has it just started?

I can't stand the bloody things, I don't comment that often but I do have a look every day to see what's new, if it means having to put up with these adds i shall have to stop visiting the site.

 

Jon

 

 

[simon king]

The ads are really annoying and potentially will drive people away. Things like this can kill a forum -I’ve seen it happen before.

 

So just what has changed to allow the ads?. It was never like this before. Is it the forum software that has been tweaked to include adverts or has something else changed?

[ruxy]

£ free / almost free lunch gone  ?    Gold plated Youtube is  £15 p.c.m.  to escape ads.  -  not that I use it to any note. 

btw  don't cluch on any of these ads.  your phone/puter will get some sort of VD that the same specialists charge £50 to get rid of.