Pop Ups On The DP?>>?

[silver_surfer]

I hope to God these new Video Game Pop Ups are just another hack attack cause if not thats pretty gay that the DP is now a "Pop-up" Site :(

[PapaStu]

Ive not had any 'pop ups' afflict me. You sure your not tied into another site besides DP as your browsing?

[Cmtz]

Its all that porn.

[silver_surfer]

Nope, It even comes up with the DP style PM window but it doesn't say you got PM it was some ad asking for me to pick my favorite video game vixin??? O_O

[CartCollector]

I haven't had any pop-ups either. You might want to scan your PC for adware/spyware...

EDIT: Video game vixen? Perhaps this is tied to G4.

[unbroken]

no pop ups here either.

[suppafly]

no pop ups here. You must have some spyware :roll:

[Pantechnicon]

I hope to God these new Video Game Pop Ups are just another hack attack cause if not thats pretty gay that the DP is now a "Pop-up" Site :(

I'm not trying to flame you here, but it looks like you're fairly new to the board (as a registered user anyway, as there's no accounting for time spent lurking). Based on what I've seen in my time here, the DP staff would never introduce so drastic a change to the board as pop-up ads without a Sticky topic explaining the rationale behind the change. I mean, just look at the current discussion regarding the addition of PayPal donation button. Anytime there's downtime for the board there's always a thread explaining what happened, how long, etc. DP staffers are, imho, very up-front with us about what it takes to run this site. Pop-ups - heaven forbid - would never just be foisted on us with nary a word of explanation.

Sounds to me like you've got a nasty spyware infestation; one that gives you ads based on keywords of the sites you visit. That's pretty bad. I had that a few months ago myself. I recommend you install Firefox, Ad Aware and subscribe to the Adblocker list in Yahoo Groups, because AFAIK DP is pop-up free.

[PapaStu]

I hope to God these new Video Game Pop Ups are just another hack attack cause if not thats pretty gay that the DP is now a "Pop-up" Site :(

I'm not trying to flame you here, but it looks like you're fairly new to the board (as a registered user anyway, as there's no accounting for time spent lurking). Based on what I've seen in my time here, the DP staff would never introduce so drastic a change to the board as pop-up ads without a Sticky topic explaining the rationale behind the change. I mean, just look at the current discussion regarding the addition of PayPal donation button. Anytime there's downtime for the board there's always a thread explaining what happened, how long, etc. DP staffers are, imho, very up-front with us about what it takes to run this site. Pop-ups - heaven forbid - would never just be foisted on us with nary a word of explanation.


He's actually been around for a while, he just changed his user name (by registering a new acct). This is the former Long_Shawn_Silver.

[Pantechnicon]

He's actually been around for a while, he just changed his user name (by registering a new acct). This is the former Long_Shawn_Silver.

I did not know that. However, this tenure as such is all the more reason to not go jumping to conclusions about pop-ups on the site.

Q: You know what happens when you assume something?

A: Somebody always spouts off that tired old cliche about what happens when you assume something.

[mills]

I as well, have not seen a pop up.

[PapaStu]

He's actually been around for a while, he just changed his user name (by registering a new acct). This is the former Long_Shawn_Silver.

I did not know that. However, this tenure as such is all the more reason to not go jumping to conclusions about pop-ups on the site.

Q: You know what happens when you assume something?

A: Somebody always spouts off that tired old cliche about what happens when you assume something.

Too too true. I'm in complete agreeance as well. Sounds like a spam attack to me, or something that came from another game site (like IGN/Gamespot) with all their constant popups.

[Snapple]

Adaware is great, and it's free.

[Lothars]

Yup I would suspect that there's some spyware on your computer, mainly because I've never encountered popup's on the forums or on dp's main site at all

so I would recommend Spybot Search and Destory and Ad aware for cleaning spyware

[dieourumov]

Get Firefox. it eliminates all popups and ads.

[lendelin]

Yep, it is probably adware/spyware. I had the same problem a year ago, even two nasty homepage hijackers.

When I surfed the DP site, there were ads as well.

Firefox is good, and so is Spysweeper. I got rid of all problems by using Norton Antivirus and Spysweeper combined.

[Zilla]

My recipe is firefox and adaware..no pop-ups.

[digitalpress]

It's definitely spyware. Get your computer scanned and quarantined.

"It's gay" to think that I'd pull a stunt like that without notifying anyone.

[ddockery]

Get Firefox. it eliminates all popups and ads.

It used to, not it's too damn popular and more and more popups are getting around it's native blockers.

[Mianrtcv]

It's definitely spyware. Get your computer scanned and quarantined.

"It's gay" to think that I'd pull a stunt like that without notifying anyone.

Not only is it gay, it's neo-zoom dweebie (sorry, just heard that one after a long hiatus from valley speak and needed to re-introduce it even if just for this post). Just to repeat the sentiment, I hit this site since inception (lazy, registered late). Never a pop up. NEVER! Seriously. Have not seen one. Seen many other things, no pop ups (praises the lord). Definitely scan the computer and maybe cut the self meds. LOL

[Jumpman Jr.]

Joe would never hurt us like that.

[Vigilante]

It's Colossal! It's Stupendous! Why some would say... it's Mediocre....

I was just having a Daffy Duck moment.