Anyone getting ad popups when clicking on a thread?
I started getting it since this morning.
none here. post a screenshot?
Yes.
Yes.
There is a solution to your problem…
Yep
None here, but Im GCC
Yeah the interstitial on click out is a terrible UX.
I kinda feel like non-GCC peeps complaining about ads is the equivalent of someone being mad that they got wet in the rain when they chose not to buy an umbrella 
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true story
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Is my question a complaint? I don’t see it that way. I want to know if the new popup ad that fills the entire screen is part of the site’s setup or my system got some sort of malware.
It looks like you haven’t paid up. If you contribute and have Grand Cru Cru status, you won’t get the ads.
Without a screen shot, it’s impossible to know if there’s some other issue.
it can easily be both, unfortunately. here are the domains being pulled when you load a page here:
pixel.33across.com
ssc-cms.33across.com
x.dlx.addthis.com
adform.net
c1.adform.net
adnxs.com
acdn.adnxs.com
ib.adnxs.com
m.adnxs.com
secure.adnxs.com
cdn.adpushup.com
e3.adpushup.com
delivery.adrecover.com
feedback.adrecover.com
adsrvr.org
match.adsrvr.org
c.bing.com
bluekai.com
stags.bluekai.com
casalemedia.com
as-sec.casalemedia.com
ssum-sec.casalemedia.com
bh.contextweb.com
creativecdn.com
bidder.criteo.com
dis.criteo.com
gum.criteo.com
criteo.net
static.criteo.net
match.deepintent.com
demdex.net
dpm.demdex.net
securepubads.g.doubleclick.net
ads.us.e-planning.net
emxdgt.com
cs.emxdgt.com
everesttech.net
sync-tm.everesttech.net
exelator.com
loadm.exelator.com
loadus.exelator.com
fonts.googleapis.com
google-analytics.com
www.google-analytics.com
google.com
adservice.google.com
www.google.com
googlesyndication.com
pagead2.googlesyndication.com
84e7c378bb166bad44365747b453657d.safeframe.googlesyndication.com
tpc.googlesyndication.com
googletagservices.com
www.googletagservices.com
gstatic.com
encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com
encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com
fonts.gstatic.com
www.gstatic.com
gumgum.com
g2.gumgum.com
rtb.gumgum.com
indexww.com
js-sec.indexww.com
ipredictive.com
sync.ipredictive.com
jsdelivr.net
cdn.jsdelivr.net
krxd.net
beacon.krxd.net
lijit.com
ap.lijit.com
mathtag.com
sync.mathtag.com
mrpdata.net
j.mrpdata.net
openx.net
adpushup-d.openx.net
us-u.openx.net
outbrain.com
sync.outbrain.com
pubmatic.com
ads.pubmatic.com
hbopenbid.pubmatic.com
rfihub.com
p.rfihub.com
rubiconproject.com
eus.rubiconproject.com
fastlane.rubiconproject.com
scorecardresearch.com
ads.scorecardresearch.com
servenobid.com
ads.servenobid.com
public.servenobid.com
socdm.com
tg.socdm.com
spotxchange.com
sync.search.spotxchange.com
stackadapt.com
sync.srv.stackadapt.com
teads.tv
sync.teads.tv
technoratimedia.com
sync.technoratimedia.com
tynt.com
de.tynt.com
unrulymedia.com
sync.targeting.unrulymedia.com
yahoo.com
pr-bh.ybp.yahoo.com
zemanta.com
b1sync.zemanta.com
zeotap.com
spl.zeotap.com
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Thank you. I’ve always felt the GCC and Berserker Business tariffs were well worth the expense.
If you’re not going to pony up for GCC, then you gotta try and play the best defense possible. There are new exploits daily. It could be Adware/Malware on your machine (assume Windows, most likely target rich environment) or a bad/misbehaving extension on your browser. Pick up a free malware removal program like BitDefender or Malwarebytes. While not perfect, it helps.
I haven’t used Windows at home in a decade, went Chromebook, and its been a much better experience. Not flawless, but a much better batting average. So if using Chrome which accounts for like 70% of today’s traffic, make sure all your security and privacy setting are correctly blocking pop-ups and redirects. Also block notifications.
Good luck, however its a battle of attrition. GCC would be your best bet though.
I’ve had the same full-screen ad appearing when using Chrome on my Android phone. Also tons of ads more - normally there were 1-2 per page, now between every single message.
No ads when using PC, however. Thanks to adblock.
Are you getting the ads? I am - and I am a Berserker Business . . .
I have experienced the new pop-up ads which only started in the past few days on a few other sites as well. Funny enough, the last one I received was when I clicked on the link to join the Grand Cru Cru. While I guess the new ads are good in that they reminded me that I needed to join the GCC, they are beyond annoying to the point where it spur me to boycott the firms whose ads are being shoved down my throat (that is, if I ever actually get an ad for a product or service that I might use - most seem to be way off mark).
Have to cover the costs of free loaders some way. Thousands of posts over two years means multiple interactions a day, every day. GCC contribution is worth it even just to ensure this site stays up and running long term. Real people run this site and have to put up with all the BS that goes along with it. GCC is a tiny price to pay, and no ads is quite nice.
Ads are back