Rant Is it just me or is everyone being attacked by adverts?

Discussion in 'General' started by atc95, 10 Oct 2013.

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  1. atc95

    atc95 I have the upgrade bug!

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    Not sure if it is just me or is bit-tech getting attacked by adverts recently including popups in the middle of the window?

    If it is just me then I guess it is time for a virus scan :wallbash:
     
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  2. debs3759

    debs3759 Was that a warranty I just broke?

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    I use AdBlock plus and see no ads.
     
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  3. Comrade Woody

    Comrade Woody Obsolete

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    Same here.
     
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  4. Ending Credits

    Ending Credits Bunned

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    +1 for adblock.

    Never got round to whitelisting BT although given how intrusive and resource intensive some of the ads on here are, I'm not that inclined to go do it now...
     
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  5. Darkwisdom

    Darkwisdom Level 99 Retro Nerd

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    I've used Adblock for the last year or so; no ads on Bit-tech here.
     
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  6. Silver51

    Silver51 I cast flare!

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    Adblock.

    I disable it on sites such as web-comics where the creators deserve to be paid. There is, however, a limit to the amount of spam one can put up with. When half the page is moving, flashing, shouting at you or popping up/under, then it's time to say 'no'.
     
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  7. loftie

    loftie Multimodder

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    Adblock :D

    You installed anything lately? I installed a codec pack a little while back which installed a nice ad spammer program that I didn't catch. Was throwing up some popups, I only noticed because Opera was unaffected by it. Just had to uninstall it from the PC.
     
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  8. sniperdude

    sniperdude Minimodder

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    haha Adblock again
     
    sniperdude, 10 Oct 2013
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  9. Teelzebub

    Teelzebub Up yours GOD,Whats best served cold

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  10. GeorgeStorm

    GeorgeStorm Aggressive PC Builder

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    Yeah I now use adblock, thought of whitelisting BT, did for a while but they annoyed me too much.
     
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  11. Tim S

    Tim S OG

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    The good old days are gone :(
     
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  12. GeorgeK

    GeorgeK Swinging the banhammer Super Moderator

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    Woo for adblock :D

    I particularly like the stats - like mine says it has blocked a total of nearly 27,000 ads :clap:
     
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  13. liratheal

    liratheal Sharing is Caring

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    Yeah. I never used to use ad blockers on BT, but the last 12 months or so? I've had to.

    I'd have been driven potty otherwise.
     
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  14. lp rob1

    lp rob1 Modder

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    I use AdBlock, but I leave the option to display non-intrusive ads enabled. If B-T were to use such non-intrusive ads, then I would happily see them. Otherwise, all are blocked.
     
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  15. FIBRE+

    FIBRE+ Minimodder

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    After a fresh windows install I was reminded what BT looks like without AdBlock :sigh:
    It was back on in a matter of seconds :)
     
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  16. longweight

    longweight Possibly Longbeard.

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    ADBLOCK.
     
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  17. theshadow2001

    theshadow2001 [DELETE] means [DELETE]

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    Its a bizarre thing to see, such a unanimous pro-adblock from an online community. Unfortunately, it is a necessity in order to use the site(and not have an epileptic fit induced).
     
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  18. yodasarmpit

    yodasarmpit Modder

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    It says a lot about Dennis Publishing advertising policy.
     
    yodasarmpit, 10 Oct 2013
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  19. Shirty

    Shirty W*nker! Super Moderator

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    Me too I'm afraid. I get that sites need to advertise to stay afloat in these hard economic times, but when the site becomes difficult/impossible to use then I'm afraid the ads are the first thing to go.

    Plenty of others manage to get the balance right , although these days I have nothing whitelisted since I can't be bothered to spend any time configuring things.
     
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  20. Teelzebub

    Teelzebub Up yours GOD,Whats best served cold

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    It's probably why the site was playing up last week they was messing with it putting adverts on Dennis will never learn will he
     
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