Urgent Question to Webmaster

Wombat 280 · Guru

Urgent Question to Webmaster

dave06 · Guru

only those big flashy mongrel things at the top of the screen, but I guess someone has to pay for us to have a yak

twobob · Guru

Griz
I am with you, I have had a sexy bird wishes to chat to me, and this BLOODY annoy "FLASHING" F!@#% thing say "I HAVE WON"

BOTH ANSOLUTELY ANNOYING, AND THES EARE WHY PEOPLE GET CAUGHT ON THE NET. AT OUR AGE GROUP, SEX AND WINNING, IS BAD

Cindy, as for a donation, if you need cash, get rid of thse types

Wombat 280 · Guru

Wouldn't mind so much if I won something I could use at my age, an hour with Cindy having a massage with a happy ending is really a waste of mine and Cindy's time .

This is the second time I've won in as many weeks no wonder I'm worn out

drongo & wendy · Senior Member

" HEY MUST BE MYLUCKY DAY"
Im the 10000 visitor just click here and claim whatever ummm wonder where my clicker is hehe. biggrin

drongo & wendy · Senior Member

update now im the 1000 winner talk about my lucky day

Basil Faulty · Guru

These anoying popups don't seem to effect me. If you are using Internet explorer 7 try a left click on "TOOLS" and check the status of the inbuilt popup blocker, left click to turn it on, if its off...
Then you get a message in a line that appears top of your window when a popup is trying to popup asking if you want the popup to popup or not. I have to allow popups in some situations eg when I'm doing Banking online...

Pam · Guru

I haven't had any pop ups here either but have pop up setting set to block. If I click on a link sometimes it asks me to allow the pop up to appear then I can choose whether to continue. Some websites as Basil said eg banking I have set a special allow pop up to gain access. It might depend on individuals computer set ups.

Wombat 280 · Guru

All that's in the block mode but still coming through when accessing this forum. Not taking the risk that there's a hacker in the system planting a virus so will give it a miss for awhile see ya later

Smokeydk · Guru

The popups dont worry Me.....its the constant every time I want to post ..it asks Me to login...every page...its getting that annoying..I might be leaving this forum...maybe someone can suggest.a solution.......I sign in to the forum every time I come to it....then every page I want to reply too...Grrrrrrrr

Dave

Basil Faulty · Guru

Smokeydk wrote:

The popups dont worry Me.....its the constant every time I want to post ..it asks Me to login...every page...its getting that annoying..I might be leaving this forum...maybe someone can suggest.a solution.......I sign in to the forum every time I come to it....then every page I want to reply too...Grrrrrrrr

Dave

Dave, somewhere in your "profile" or "settings" there is a box to tick that says "stay logged in". Try ticking that, of course if you are not actally logged on the system just "holds' a place for you....That may help

dave06 · Guru

hang in there Dave, try Basil's advice, I agree somewhere in there you should get a "remember my password" popup if you tick that it should just come up automatically

if you allow the pass word to be shown it's not going to hurt anything because you dont have any "identifying" information on here I.E. phone numbers, home address or banking details and thats all the information miners and resellers are after

wombat I think the one popup at the top of the screen is actually caled a "banner ad" it is not strictly speaking a popup and as such is not a hackers method of gaining knowledge, I think if you just ignore it then all will be fine

Webmaster · Guru

Sorry everybody. Have been away for a few days. Will check into your pop-up concerns. However, you should be aware that we get the forum page service supplied to us from another organisation, and we simply moderate the content and make new topic listings as required. I am confident security is not an issue Wombat as we have been using this forum service for a number of years now and have had no problems reported to us. Nonetheless, I completely understand your concerns and will seek the appropriate reassurances. As for 'inappropriate' pop-up messages, again I understand your concerns. This, I suspect, is part of the price we pay for having a free forum page supplied to us. I will see if these pop-ups can be changed or, if not, it may be time we considered creating our own forum page and having complete control over what appears there. Apologies once again for not getting back to you sooner. Should have more news in the next couple of days.

Smokeydk · Guru

Hi dave.....yes the box is ticked...I'm using IE 7..I'm also on ADSL...I have noticed it takes a long time to load a page...maybe the login gets lost...sometimes refreshing the page gets the login showing I am logged in

Dave

dave06 · Guru

well Dave, that's the limit of my knowledge mate as I too am on adsl and explorer 7, Basil is far more knowledgeable than I on these things

lady of the realm, we of course forgive you as you have done no wrong, you too have a life away from the website as do we all, you do a fantastic job and are to be commended we are not attacking you, god help anyone that does

the "pop up hackers" I think are using new weaponry, I am getting unsolicited offers in my email account offering all sorts of things from helping me in private departments to university degrees unearned, Basil I am now a bachelor of physics dont you know, and it only cost me ten dollars, so a little respect if you please LOL!!!

once microsoft and other spycatchers catch up their days are numbered but until then it may be a question of time??? not that I know anything about these things

Basil Faulty · Guru

Smokeydk wrote:

Hi dave.....yes the box is ticked...I'm using IE 7..I'm also on ADSL...I have noticed it takes a long time to load a page...maybe the login gets lost...sometimes refreshing the page gets the login showing I am logged in

Dave

Ok.... not good news... I'd suspect a virus or some malware, spyware etc has found a way to get onto your system. Slowed speed generally indicates some other activity taking place on your machine especially if it is net related.
I'd try downloading this software and installing and updating both then restart your PC and THEN let both do a scan. The Glarysoft has a "One click does all" function. Then correct all the faults that are found....If a virus is found put it into the vault then delete it and do a wipe of your free drive space.
http://www.glarysoft.com/gu.html?tag=download
and:
http://www.download.com/AVG-Anti-Virus-Free-Edition/3000-2239_4-10320142.html?part=dl-AVGAntiVir&subj=dl&tag=button

Ok if that does not fix your problem then it could be your ISP, Telstra could also have you routed over a downgraded line to the exchange, or you could still have a "nondeclared" virus and you may need to rebuild your pc, ie format your had drive and start over.

Basil Faulty · Guru

dave06 wrote:

well Dave, that's the limit of my knowledge mate as I too am on adsl and explorer 7, Basil is far more knowledgeable than I on these things

lady of the realm, we of course forgive you as you have done no wrong, you too have a life away from the website as do we all, you do a fantastic job and are to be commended we are not attacking you, god help anyone that does

the "pop up hackers" I think are using new weaponry, I am getting unsolicited offers in my email account offering all sorts of things from helping me in private departments to university degrees unearned, Basil I am now a bachelor of physics dont you know, and it only cost me ten dollars, so a little respect if you please LOL!!!

once microsoft and other spycatchers catch up their days are numbered but until then it may be a question of time??? not that I know anything about these things

Tsk Tsk Tsk.... Dave I have an Doctorate in Philosopy and human sciences from a great little Uni in Nigeria....and mine was free....

Palebushman · Senior Member

G'day Sir Dave,
My Queen Jenny (Ozziebushfolk) asked me to have a read of this particular thread, and see if there was anything I might be able to suggest to help fellow GN's get rid of these very annoying intrusions into one's browsing.
The one important thing to remember is that those of us that are on the road, need to keep their 'Download' times to an acceptable level in order to keep within the ISP's monthly allowances. Banner, Flash, Video and various other advertising media, significantly reduce ones web page opening speed, and conversely, increase the actual download time of a web pages that carry this type of advertising media. Not the sort of stuff one needs to have forced into ones eyeballs, particularly if we are on a limited/tight ISP budget.
My suggestion is to take a look at what is on offer at this website:-
http://www.adblockpro.com/ It has a 30 day FREE Trial period before it expires or ask for a very reasonable payment for the program, the cost of which will be saved by the incredible amount of time/money saved when opening up faster loading web pages, and it will definitely get rid of that banner add that is causing so much annoyance at the top of this page.
My apologies for such a long input but hope the above will be useful.
PS; I am in no way affiliated with the suggested company, I am only a very satisfied customer.

Best regards always,

Dave
(Palebushman)

-- Edited by Palebushman at 15:52, 2008-11-17

dave06 · Guru

gday right back at you Dave and thanks enormously for your valued input,

say howdy to queen Jenny from a commoner and avail her in the knowledge that she is a highly respected and welcome contributer to our little forum

Basil I got mine from india and I am feeling quite ripped off, should have got the law degree from thailand for $6.00

Basil Faulty · Guru

A good place to find software is on the dvd's/CD's that come on the fronts of computer mags. Ther are some real gems there just make sure they are "the full aplication" and not Demo....

Wombat 280 · Guru

Webmaster wrote:

Sorry everybody. Have been away for a few days. Will check into your pop-up concerns. However, you should be aware that we get the forum page service supplied to us from another organisation, and we simply moderate the content and make new topic listings as required. I am confident security is not an issue Wombat as we have been using this forum service for a number of years now and have had no problems reported to us. Nonetheless, I completely understand your concerns and will seek the appropriate reassurances. As for 'inappropriate' pop-up messages, again I understand your concerns. This, I suspect, is part of the price we pay for having a free forum page supplied to us. I will see if these pop-ups can be changed or, if not, it may be time we considered creating our own forum page and having complete control over what appears there. Apologies once again for not getting back to you sooner. Should have more news in the next couple of days.

Thanks for taking onboard my concerns re the porno adds, as much as Cindy and i would possible like to meet I reckon the life of my pacemaker batteries will certainly be prolonged if we don't .

I accept your word that there is minimal security risk but look forward to a change in popups just the same .

Thanks again

Basil Faulty · Guru

I'd love to have a popup occasionally....

dave06 · Guru

we all live in hope Basil, we all live in hope!!!

Smokeydk · Guru

I've done a virus scan and malware check...nothing found...tonight I will be chatting with My ISP....as its extreamely slow

Dave

dave06 · Guru

chatting with your I.S.P. is that your Itinerent sexy partener, boy wait till your wife finds out!!!