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    Solved Random popup ads

    Post by Mim贸za December 28th 2020, 9:20 pm

    Hi guys,
    I'm back and I'd need your help again...聽Random popup ads 1f62c
    So my forum is having random ad popups and I have no idea what's causing it.
    It's not just for me, 2 other members reported it too, so yeah...聽Random popup ads 1f614

    The past ~3 years the forum was closed. I've just installed our very first skin back recently and we have no js added, only the Christmas snowing thingie.

    Forum address:聽https://graphicballoon.forumotion.com/

    Do you have any tips where I should look around to find the thing that's causing the issue?聽Random popup ads 1f607
    Thanks for all the help!~


    Last edited by Mim贸za on December 30th 2020, 10:18 am; edited 1 time in total

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    Solved Re: Random popup ads

    Post by Joost December 28th 2020, 9:40 pm

    Hello,

    I see that you have the free package on Forumotion.
    You can buy with credits on the founder account the Random popup ads 857436672 or Random popup ads 312592876 package and with this package disabling the ads on your forum.

    Go to your Administration panel > Misc > Credits management > Forumotion Packages

    To buy credits for your forum go to: Administration panel > Misc > Credits management > Buy credits

    Regards, Joost

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    Solved Re: Random popup ads

    Post by Mim贸za December 28th 2020, 10:11 pm

    Joost wrote:Hello,

    I see that you have the free package on Forumotion.
    You can buy with credits on the founder account the Random popup ads 857436672 or Random popup ads 312592876 package and with this package disabling the ads on your forum.

    Go to your Administration panel > Misc > Credits management > Forumotion Packages

    To buy credits for your forum go to: Administration panel > Misc > Credits management > Buy credits

    Regards, Joost
    Hi Joost,
    Thanks a lot. Smile

    So is this expectable from now on without an upgrade?聽Random popup ads 1f615

    Some of the ads are malicious.
    A screenshot I got from a member and what they said:

    I just got another one while trying to click the BOLD icon on the editor.
    https://i.imgur.com/nkLHfgG.jpg
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    Solved Re: Random popup ads

    Post by KPOP December 28th 2020, 11:00 pm

    Joost wrote:Hello,

    I see that you have the free package on Forumotion.
    You can buy with credits on the founder account the Random popup ads 857436672 or Random popup ads 312592876 package and with this package disabling the ads on your forum.

    Go to your Administration panel > Misc > Credits management > Forumotion Packages

    To buy credits for your forum go to: Administration panel > Misc > Credits management > Buy credits

    Regards, Joost
    they are not talking about the regular ads
    she is talking about EXTRA ones and in actual pop up windows @joost

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    Solved Re: Random popup ads

    Post by SLGray December 29th 2020, 1:08 am

    Are these ads from Google?聽聽 If yes, they are a new way Google advertises.



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    Solved Re: Random popup ads

    Post by The Godfather December 29th 2020, 10:12 am

    Hello,

    Mim贸za wrote:Some of the ads are malicious.
    A screenshot I got from a member and what they said:

    I just got another one while trying to click the BOLD icon on the editor.
    https://i.imgur.com/nkLHfgG.jpg

    First of all regarding this screenshot, the alert concerns resources used by the forum theme that have nothing to do with advertisements.

    It is therefore necessary to clean up your theme and in particular at the level of the external resources included in your theme.

    For example, I think that resources hosted on domains with the .ovh extension are suspect. This is particularly the case with the visit counter in the footer.

    The pop-ups that are generated come from the theme and not from the advertisements displayed by Forumotion.

    To startn, try to remove the counter widget here:

    Random popup ads Counbt10

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    Solved Re: Random popup ads

    Post by Mim贸za December 30th 2020, 10:16 am

    The Godfather wrote:Hello,

    Mim贸za wrote:Some of the ads are malicious.
    A screenshot I got from a member and what they said:

    I just got another one while trying to click the BOLD icon on the editor.
    https://i.imgur.com/nkLHfgG.jpg

    First of all regarding this screenshot, the alert concerns resources used by the forum theme that have nothing to do with advertisements.

    It is therefore necessary to clean up your theme and in particular at the level of the external resources included in your theme.

    For example, I think that resources hosted on domains with the .ovh extension are suspect. This is particularly the case with the visit counter in the footer.

    The pop-ups that are generated come from the theme and not from the advertisements displayed by Forumotion.

    To startn, try to remove the counter widget here:

    Random popup ads Counbt10
    Thanks so much! Very Happy

    Yea, it might come from that then.
    It's weird, I don't recall having this issue when we used to have this skin and the counter.聽 blackeye

    Anyway, most likely it's solved then.
    Thanks a lot again! I appreciate the help. Very Happy

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    Solved Re: Random popup ads

    Post by Ape December 30th 2020, 4:16 pm

    Problem solved & topic archived.
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