dadof2 Posted September 25, 2014 Report Share Posted September 25, 2014 Do pop up ads from Bravissimo and Simply Be deter people from subscribing as a trials central supporter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b40rt Posted September 25, 2014 Report Share Posted September 25, 2014 Cookies, what have you been looking at ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted September 25, 2014 Report Share Posted September 25, 2014 TC does not use Pop up ads on any part of the site. Hate them myself so am not going to subject anybody else to them. Sounds like you've picked up a bit of Adware/Malware from somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadof2 Posted September 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2014 Hi Andy, thanks for coming back on this. In between posts we get a message saying "Don't want these ads , why not help TC and sign up as a TC supporter". This suggests if you sign up you won't get these ads. As some of the recent pop ads have been from Bravissimo & Simply Be showing scantily clad rather attractive women I thought I would make a joke of it. We do get more irritating ads such as an I phone 5 dancing about. Have had some virus / adware / malware problemes including optimiser pro, and Looky Shoipper and something which is preventing me from opening the start menu to delete it. I have McAfee but sometimes it seems to take a few weeks to decide adware is a virus and block it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b40rt Posted September 25, 2014 Report Share Posted September 25, 2014 Ok, your not a pervert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel dabster Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 Wouldnt be so sure...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thats_a_five Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 I don't get any pop-up ads when on Trials Central. Thanks Andy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie_lejeune Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 no pop up ads on tc- you have got that from somewhere else..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadof2 Posted September 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 (edited) This is what I am getting, Perhaps a little on the heavy side for dabster's liking. You can see why it looks as if these ads are under TCs control look at the text just under the pictures Edited September 26, 2014 by dadof2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie_lejeune Posted September 28, 2014 Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 Those ads are intuitive and come up with content related to your browsing patterns, for example the one I have just now is for talk talk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dadof2 Posted September 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2014 I have now been told by my local computer repair centre that this is a a type of fraud. It is very close to what you say in #10 except you do not have to visit or browse the sites to be inundated with adverts. Someone (without permission) puts some kind of bot on computers. This bot then makes it look as if you are looking at these sites and then the fraudsters can claim their advertising revenue which is based on the recorded number of visitors to the sites. As I implied earlier the ad made it look as if its Andy the TC site owner who is profiting from these ads when in fact it is the fraudsters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mags Posted September 29, 2014 Report Share Posted September 29, 2014 I have one on screen now.... "Motorcycle Race Gear" Ad... dont want them, subscribe to TC as supporter. Some of us look at motorcycles... AND some NOT! Hehehehehe Mags 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 I have one on screen now.... "Motorcycle Race Gear" Ad... dont want them, subscribe to TC as supporter. Some of us look at motorcycles... AND some NOT! Hehehehehe Mags Some of us combine the two passions and look at both at the same time............... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie_lejeune Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 (edited) this is what i see just now- this is a forum add in via google adwords to monetise the site. once you become a supporter they disappear/ Edited September 30, 2014 by eddie_lejeune Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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