AFF pop up spam

[medhead]

Can these spammy/scam pop up windows when using AFF be stopped. Even worse when the work IT blocks the content as a know malicious website. Consistently only get these when AFF is being used.

 

[anat0l]

I don't seem to get such pop up windows. Even the pop-up blocker or other ad detectors I have on do not detect or block any such activity.

 

[medhead]

Been getting them for a long time. Pretty random. There can be weeks or even whole months and they don't appear. The only constant is AFF across both the work PC and my personal PC. I'm pretty sure the intranet didn't cause the pop up today. Similar for the Qantas website.

 

[snabbu]

I've never had a single pop up from AFF.
If I were you I'd be running a malware / AV scan.

 

[DC3]

I can add that when logged-in to AFF, I do not get pop-ups.

 

[BAM1748]

Never had them myself.

Matt

 

[RooFlyer]

Another non pop-up guy.

 

[JohnK]

I haven't seen this particular pop-up but have seen other strange things happening on AFF over time. Perhaps a setting is temporarily enabled (yes a bug) that allows these popups?

 

[serfty]

Strange. .. I agree with snabbu - chech your desktop for malware.

... never seen such on AFF.

 

[Pushka]

I use ad-block. Nothing here. I have experienced on websites where I had accidentally downloaded malware. A system restore fixed it.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Another non pop-up guy.

Sorry to hear that - bet the cheese and kisses is pissed!

 

[moa999]

Download a malware checker. I suspect you've got a suspect add-on in the browser

 

[Termite]

Adblock, does that stop revenue being generated by the ads or does it just "hide" them?

 

[straitman]

Nothing here either.

Suggest the problem is at your end medhead.

I'll advise admin just in case.

 

[basso]

admin has previously admitted to the use of pop up ads on AFF. http://www.australianfrequentflyer....cam-you-have-1-message-67727.html#post1238375

 

[medhead]

I've never had a single pop up from AFF.
If I were you I'd be running a malware / AV scan.

If this only happened on my personal computer I'd agree. But that screenshot is from a corporate IT environment on which I have zero ability to add anything.

Nothing here either.

Suggest the problem is at your end medhead.

I'll advise admin just in case.

See above.

I have already raised this twice - ignored.

 

[admin]

Nothing has changed since my post last year - http://www.australianfrequentflyer....cam-you-have-1-message-67727.html#post1238375

Some pop-up ads do appear for visitors. ... As a registered user, you should not be seeing any pop-up ads. And yes, in addition, our paid members see no ads

 

[OATEK]

Nothing has changed since my post last year - http://www.australianfrequentflyer....cam-you-have-1-message-67727.html#post1238375

I have never seen such a pop-up on AFF, nor any other type, since I became a paid up member And I don't have an ad-blocker. It is very strange, and I think it is worth looking at your add-ins and running an Anti-malware check. What browser/OS combination?

 

[anat0l]

Things that I would try out (may be limited on the workplace system, but have a look see):

• Clear all (or as many as you can) cookies, which will log you out of AFF, then re-login.
• Install another browser and see if the same thing happens if you access AFF on it. Alternatively, open up a private browsing window (i.e. a "sandbox" with no history or cookie access) and see if you can replicate the problem on AFF through there.
• Check your browser's plugins and see if there's anything odd in it. If so, consider disabling or removing it.
• Install an adblocker and see if that suppresses the ad.
• Perform a malware check on the system.

In any case, after trying or solving through these means, you may need to invest a few days or a week of use to make sure that the "fix" wasn't temporary, i.e. there's something else causing the problem.

I'm a Gold member so I shouldn't get any ads. I can access a report which shows sources of ads or ad-like behaviour which is being requested on the AFF site. I'm not fully fluent with that report but a scan to the best of my ability shows that even if there appears to be some sort of ad-calling behaviour on the site, there doesn't appear to be anything immediately sinister.

 

[Pleb Status]

I do not get pop-up ads, but the normal ads (between the various sections) can be very slow to load when using my tablet browser/s.

These very slow ads stop the rest of the page below the ads loading, making the whole sites experience quite poor. I have not noticed the same issue on any other website using the same browser and tablet. I have FTTH, so bandwidth is not an issue.