Has anyone else seen those annoying "pop up" ads?

Terry, I only saw it the night I posted and it was just before I posted. I've tried clicking in and out and back through the pet forum and have not been able to get that sponsor or bouncing ad again. And I tried! LOL The ad I saw matched the sponsor that was at the bottom. I think it was blue and green and was for Safety something.

Got it! It was Safety Count! Before I could capture the screen, it went away.

pesky little thing, eh?

Okay, I'll keep trying - having the name definitely helps!

Quoted from Tetleytuna on 4/27

That is it! It seems to be tied to a sponsor banner for Market something. It seems getting that one is hit or miss. It is one that also wants you to take a survey.

Terry - it just now did it again and I got a "print screen" capture & pasted it into a word doc. Do you have an email address I can forward it to so that you can see it?

Vicki

If you save it as a jpeg .jpg, you can post it as a photo.

I'm using an OLD computer @ work and couldn't find an option to do that...any ideas??

Yay! Way to go sadie!

I guess you have to wait for someone to give you an email addy or you could copy and past it to a paint or photo program to save it as a .jpg. I can't remember if you can still use a .bmp here or not. I'm thinking it will change a .bmp to a .jpg but I could be wrong.


Deleted my email. ;)

This message was edited Apr 30, 2008 11:17 AM

Well, I found a way to save as a .BMP but it didn't give me the jpeg option, let's see if this works...the file looks huge!

Hmmmmm http://www.safecount.net/cookies.htm

Woo hoo! You got it and you did it.

LOL, we cross posted. The BMP turned out ok and DG did a good job reducing the size.

Learn something new every day ^_^

Terry, please email that screenshot to Ted and make sure this garbage is removed from the site asap.

Thanks Dave :-)

Thank you for catching it! I've got it copied and sent to the folks who work with our advertisers, and made my heartfelt plea for no floating ads ;o)

A reply from Ted:

Three cheers for Dave and Terry. ;)

Much of the credit goes to those of you who were able to track it down and get a screenshot for us. That helps a bunch!

Thanks for getting rid of this! I HATE those annoying pop ups and would never even consider anything they were promoting.

If any others show up, PLEASE take a screenshot if you can, and post it in this forum, so we can take care of it.

We have complete control over these ads, but when one slips through we need to see it so we can remove it.

VERY computer challenged here. How do you do a screenshot?

Most keyboards have a print screen on the keyboard. Press that and it saves a copy of the screen to your clipboard. Open mspaint and paste (control v) to a new file there. You can then save it to your pictures file and post it at will.

Thanks Zanymouse!

***squeak** you're welcome!

it's back again on the Pets Forum - sorry, no screen shot - bum hand today

Here it is.

That is the same pest they had taken off the last time! Persistant aren't they!

I'm glad that ya'll are letting us know about this. I wrote Ted again and his response is:

The ads don't bother me a bit; it's just the "floaters" that are hard to chase :) Thanks dave!

This particular add will continue to appear even if you have them turned off.

I doubt that's true, but you should double check and make sure BOTH checkboxes are unchecked, and that you save the page by submitting it.

I had the forum sponsors checked. I really do not mind seeing those. That is probably why I am getting the pop up ad.

Hey if the floaters are gone I can go back and turn the sponsor ads back on. Good to know.

Merigold...don't act too soon! I just came online and heard this loud "HELLO" - Scared the living bejeeezus out of me! Nearly knocked a drink into my computer!!!

The ad's talk now!

(an ad for IM smileys!)

Haven't heard one of those yet. I did turn back on the sponsor ads...will see how it goes.

Saw another floater today... here is a screenshot.

Looks like it's that same company that was doing the popups before...guess they won't give up!