Pop Up Ads On Answerbank

[shivvy]

I haven't been on this site for quite a while but coming on to it tonight I have had the frustration of advertisements jumping up and blocking the screen. Is this normal now?

Thanks

[Buenchico]

>>>Is this normal now?

No, it's not.

The only ads you should be seeing (if you're not using an *** [removed the naughty bit :-)] anyway) are those embedded within the page. There are no pop-ups used by AB.

If you're seeing pop-ups here you've got malware on your computer. Download, install and run the free version of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware to get rid of it:
https://www.malwarebytes.org/antimalware/
(NB: When installing it, take care to deselect the pre-ticked option offering you a free trial of the Premium version).

[ABAuntie]

thank you Chris for your prompt and helpful answer, apart from the naughty bit :-)

I hope shivvy comes back to let us know how she got on :-)

auntie xxx

[shivvy]

Thanks for the advice.

How has Buenchico been naughty? What have I missed?!

[tara20]

An ad for Skoda next to best answer expanded and popped up just by moving the mouse over it. The rest of the screen went dark grey.

[Dizmo]

tara20: Some adverts do but not many of them. Non of them will activate without making a move first though.

[tara20]

Doesn't make it less irritating :-)

[Dizmo]

Nope, but you only have 2 choices: Live with it or don't. :D

[shivvy]

Lol Dizmo You could also have said " leesen very carefully I jall say zis only once!"

Tara - that is what happened to me. It is a pesky ad for a ford mondeo beside the best answer that decides to come to life if I dare to hover over it for too long! I had thought that it was a pop up ad.

[andres]

All I get next to best answer on Answer Bank are ads. for Capital Spreads?

[Baldric]

///Non of them will activate without making a move first though///.

Really?

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/AB-Editors-Blog/Question1398924.html

[andres]

Now it's swopped to a Virgin ad .