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Postby BrandonF » Wed Sep 16, 2009 11:14 pm

I have gotten very mad because every time I go to the home page of SimV, the main menu with the list of newly added files, you click anywhere on the page and a popup window opens with an ad I don't care about. (I don't care about any of the ads.) The popup blocker doesn't stop the ad. I am just sick and tired of it!

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Re: Ads

Postby Hagar » Thu Sep 17, 2009 1:58 am

Pete will tell you that there is one unobtrusive
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Re: Ads

Postby pete » Thu Sep 17, 2009 3:46 am

One pop under. Only one. And you did not get any malware or bad stuff from this site. :)
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Re: Ads

Postby JBaymore » Thu Sep 17, 2009 3:28 pm

And please keep in mind that that one SINGLE pop-under ad and the ads on the top banner are a portion of what pays the bills in order to keep the SimV servers online.

If it really makes you "sick and tired" as you say... you can (do not HAVE TO) join SimV as a Premier Member and help to support and defray the cost of operating the site.
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Re: Ads

Postby BrandonF » Thu Sep 17, 2009 6:51 pm

I do scans on my computer often to check for malware and viruses. The ad problem happens only on SimV, and a few other sites I've been to. You don't even click on a link, just anywhere on the page, and the popup comes up. It is a different ad every time. And it has happened to me on other computers as well. I am using Firefox by the way. I love SimV, but I don't want to pay to be a member. And that little pest ad bugs me!
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Re: Ads

Postby pete » Fri Sep 18, 2009 4:36 am

The single ad is a pop under. You do not see the ad unless you close the page. Clicking on the page does not bring the ad up.
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Re: Ads

Postby Hagar » Fri Sep 18, 2009 4:52 am

[quote]I love SimV, but I don't want to pay to be a member. And that little pest ad bugs me!
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Re: Ads

Postby BrandonF » Sat Sep 19, 2009 12:30 pm

Yeah, I would never stop visiting SimV just because a little stupid pop under ad. I visit SimV more than any other website. Even more than my own!  ;D
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Re: Ads

Postby Capt.Propwash » Thu Sep 24, 2009 9:15 pm

like hughes, i just tried the main page.  I did not close the tab (IE8), go to another site, click on any links.  I clicked on a blank area just to the right of the Ad at the top of the page.  The main page stayed in the tab it is assigned to, but the Pop-under that was supposedly blocked by IE8, DOES show up in a new tab anyways.


granted it is annoying, it is something that I have come to live with until I can become a little more financially able to help the site with the $20 a year (which i REALLY wish that I could do)   :'(

Not to mention, I would be able to download more that just the 1 download at a time and have to wait 15min just to get a 30MB file that could d/l in a matter of 10seconds if I were able to get the 700Kb/s speed that I normally download at.

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Re: Ads

Postby JBaymore » Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:41 am

........until I can become a little more financially able to help the site with the $20 a year (which i REALLY wish that I could do)




Hum........ let's see here...... $20.00 divided by 52 weeks a year.
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Re: Ads

Postby Capt.Propwash » Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:04 pm

i realize that it comes up to just less than .50 cent a day... but I just dont have the $20.00 USD to put up-front at the moment.  I will by christmas due to my christmas bonus.    ..... @PETE:: Do you take money orders as I do not have a bank account, or credit card??? How about making a SimV MoneyGram Account, then if anyone wants to contribute more they can.
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Re: Ads

Postby Mazza » Sat Sep 26, 2009 4:26 am

My pop-under jumps up on top then goes under ;D ;D ;D
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