ZZZeee Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 I'm staying out of this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazycat5 Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 I don't know much about computers, but I use vista and have the same problem. Very annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyZdriver110 Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Same problem too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B00STDZ Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Same problem here too... VERY annoying and should not be ignored... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240z!!! Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 i have the same problem...but its intermitten...and i have internet explorer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forrest Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 I don't have any issues with ads because I blocked all the ad servers in my hosts file. http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm That way you don't have disable javascript. Easy to do on windows and unix/linux, so if you're running OS X, it should be easy for you as well, if you're interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megatherion Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 same problem here, I'm using safari. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete280z Posted January 11, 2009 Author Share Posted January 11, 2009 http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm That's an interesting little hack. I was thinking about blocking doubleclick at my firewall. This solution would be much easier for folks that don't want to get into firewall configuration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete280z Posted January 11, 2009 Author Share Posted January 11, 2009 For Safari users, check out Safari AdBlock: http://safariadblock.sourceforge.net/ And Firefox users, go to "Add-ons" in your "Tools" menu. An add-on called "Adblock Plus" was at the top of my Recommended list. If not I'm sure you can find it pretty easily. I just installed both of these and all of the ads on HybridZ have gone away. Problem solved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woldson Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 I might have to give that a try as well. Problem here too. Have not ran across it in a day or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators SuperDan Posted January 11, 2009 Administrators Share Posted January 11, 2009 So, is this problem just with the one ad that goes to pricequotes.com ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZZZeee Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Yipee... SuperDan to the rescue!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete280z Posted January 11, 2009 Author Share Posted January 11, 2009 So, is this problem just with the one ad that goes to pricequotes.com ? Yup. That's the only ad I've run into that's doing this. And I've spent a fair amount of time clicking on various threads to recreate the issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators SuperDan Posted January 11, 2009 Administrators Share Posted January 11, 2009 Ok, I blocked ads from that advertiser. Should stop stop showing up in an hour or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Dan THE Man, to the rescue... THANKS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete280z Posted January 11, 2009 Author Share Posted January 11, 2009 Thank you Dan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 had the same problem, now it's gone! Dan is the man, if you want something done without attitude go straight to the top! Thanks for all your hard work Dan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friar-Tuck Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Thank you Sir ! I would have never figured that out on my own... (Forrest- Fix) Done Tuck o/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyZdriver110 Posted January 12, 2009 Share Posted January 12, 2009 Very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Careless Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 A word of internet-friendly advice: next time an advertising sponsor decides to create an ad, inform them that any JavaScript "onLoad" browser events are not tolerated and must be rectified before the ad will be displayed. within the tag of every website, there is a tag that can be input between the two < > 's stating: onload="javascript: do this" alternatively, if javascript is loaded within the body itself (as the ad is doing), when the ad is loaded, within the code which displays the ad will be something like this: body onload="do this" effectively allowing the advertising sponsor to inject the same code where it would otherwise be unwrittable, unless you gave them access to the main template of the phpBB forum files, which I will presume has never occured, and with obvious reason... as it requires administrator access. so the best way to cease the occurence of this in the future would be to declare to the advertising sponsor that any javascript that does not solely compute in-advertisement form variables and calculations (i.e.- your car make, manufacturer, year, current insurance premium in a mathematical form) shall have their ad pulled until fixed. It's the only solution for this type of nuisance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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