Fix the stupid advertisements

Wolfman Walt · Post by **Wolfman Walt** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 9:18 am

Fix or change the stupid advertisements that keep crashing peoples Internets. I don't care about American Express cards so take that shit out and replace it with something more relevant that doesn't break my computer.

Thor Kaufman · Post by **Thor Kaufman** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 9:51 am

configure your PC better
Use Adblock for a start

Wolfman Walt · Post by **Wolfman Walt** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 9:53 am

I wasn't aware that Adblock handled flash ads that were imbedded into the HTML.

Thor Kaufman · Post by **Thor Kaufman** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 10:01 am

It does, you can even block whole frames with it.

Wolfman Walt · Post by **Wolfman Walt** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 10:02 am

The internet redeems itself - again.

Even so - other folks who aren't computer savy may want that fixed. Or something.

Thor Kaufman · Post by **Thor Kaufman** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 10:06 am

I think the ads appear randomly, so the admins wouldn't be able to change much about it, anyway?

Besides what's so bad about crashing computers, maybe those people then learn the harder way that internet isn't all wunderbar and dandy and that one needs to know a bit about security to maintain a computer in the harsh world of the internets?

Maybe a radiated warning sign might help, like not only the Wasteland but the whole forum gets one?

jetbaby · Post by **jetbaby** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 11:01 am

The internet is for morons.

Koki · Post by **Koki** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 1:25 pm

Morons are for the internet.

By the way, I wonder *what* Google Ads would do with DAC

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 2:33 pm

Ooh, I think some of the ads here are location specific or something, because I never got any mein klein AmEx ads, but sometimes I get canadian bullshit.

Post by **Taluntain** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 7:50 pm

All the ads are geo-targeted, which means there are hundreds of different ones seen by different people. Complaining vaguely about one ad doesn't help me much unfortunately. The best thing you can do is take a screenshot of the ad in question and describe exactly what happens with it. That way I can submit that info to the advertising provider and have it removed as soon as possible. So if you can take a screenshot, please do.

Wolfman Walt · Post by **Wolfman Walt** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 2:27 am

Strangely enough, immediately after posting this message, the ad stopped occuring. It was an "American Express Blue Card" add which would automatically expand itself to half the size of the screen. When it expanded it would cause an illegal operation in IE and shut down all of my Internet windows. If I see the ad again, I'll make a screen shot, but I guess my demand was answered prompter then I'd have imagined. Good work Taluntain.

Wolfman Walt · Post by **Wolfman Walt** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 12:32 pm

I take back the good work. The ad is all over the place and I've encountered it 3 times in the past 4 minutes, crashing my explorer twice.

The ad.

And theres the result of it.

Naked_Lunch · Post by **Naked_Lunch** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 6:56 pm

Don't use Internet Explorer.

vx trauma · Post by **vx trauma** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 7:42 pm

mozilla or opera ftw.

Post by **DarkUnderlord** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 10:59 pm

Wolfman Walt wrote:I take back the good work. The ad is all over the place and I've encountered it 3 times in the past 4 minutes, crashing my explorer twice.

People who use Internet Explorer are infidels that need to die in a holy Jihad.

Post by **Taluntain** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 12:42 am

The ad's been reported to the advertising provider, but since it's the weekend it likely won't be fixed until Monday. In the meantime, I'm looking for a new advertising provider...

Koki · Post by **Koki** » Sun Feb 05, 2006 3:36 pm

DarkUnderlord wrote: People who use Internet Explorer are infidels that need to die in a holy Jihad.

POOPERSCOOPER · Post by **POOPERSCOOPER** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 4:58 am

I also get an AD that uses Flash but after freezing my browser for like 5 seconds, flash asks me if I want to stop it. Its the egloo one, so you can fix it for me.

baby arm · Post by **baby arm** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 5:10 am

The Flashblock Firefox extension works pretty well. The flash ads don't load (so some pages load faster too).

Nicolai · Post by **Nicolai** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 4:46 pm