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#26 |
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If everyone affected keeps posting in the "Need help? Ask the Digital Spy team" section (at the very top of the main forum page), surely this will prompt them to take it seriously and actually do something.
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#27 |
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: S.West England.
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Amazingly my iPad is not suffering this?!
And I don't have any extra blocking software either. |
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#28 |
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Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Dark Side of The Moon
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Amazingly my iPad is not suffering this?!
And I don't have any extra blocking software either. ![]() Thanks to JasonWatkins' advice, I've now downloaded Weblock to my 'old' iPad2 and 'Hey Presto' the problem has been resolved and all the other irritating ads on DS have disappeared. Happy Days. ![]()
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#29 |
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Essex/ex NW London
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Thanks for your advice Jason. I'll have a look at the link and Weblock.
My iPad2 is using iOS 9.3.5 which is the latest update sent to me. |
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#30 |
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 4,009
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I've experienced a similar pop up on the MET office weather site - an adfoundation.xyz pop up saying I'd been selected for a free ap. I closed it but rather annoyingly this closed the MET office site too.
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#31 |
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Essex/ex NW London
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Don't tempt fate David. My iPad didn't suffer until yesterday. Hope you're keeping your fingers crossed.
![]() Thanks to JasonWatkins' advice, I've now downloaded Weblock to my 'old' iPad2 and 'Hey Presto' t he problem has been resolved and all the other irritating ads on DS have disappeared. Happy Days. ![]() ![]()
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#32 |
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 4,009
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Argh! It's started happening in DS too. Hitting the back button gets rid of it.
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#33 |
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 18,880
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Phew... Thought something was up with my ipad
![]() it's annoying!!!
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#34 |
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Join Date: Mar 2003
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Pleased from you but not working for me
![]() What exactly isn't working with Weblock ?. The majority of posts i've read on various other forums say it works fine with an iPad 2. |
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#35 |
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 18,880
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Can DS sort this out? Still doing it
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#36 |
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 25,458
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Had to abandon the site yesterday because of this. SO infuriating!
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#37 |
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 22,441
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This is still ongoing? At this point it's beyond ridiculous.
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#38 |
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Work, probably..
Posts: 3,837
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Can't do anything right that Apple lot.
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#39 |
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Richmond, Surrey.
Posts: 13,814
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I've had this since yesterday. Disabling JavaScript seems to work as a temporary fix.
It's not satisfactory, you will probably need it for browsing other sites so will have to return to settings and toggle it back on when finished. |
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#40 |
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Join Date: Oct 2013
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It's still doing it! What are DS doing about it?
As I reported earlier, it was also happening at the MET office site. I emailed them. They replied within the hour saying they were looking into it and the problem appears to have gone away this evening. |
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#41 |
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: London
Posts: 2,106
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I started getting this on both my iPads, only when viewing Digital Spy Forums. I installed Ad Blocker Plus and never received the pop up again.
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#42 |
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Join Date: Nov 2015
Location: Dark Side of The Moon
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It's still doing it! What are DS doing about it?
As I reported earlier, it was also happening at the MET office site. I emailed them. They replied within the hour saying they were looking into it and the problem appears to have gone away this evening. Did search the Forums late last night and found two other similar threads back in October complaining about the same issue. DS don't seem to have made much progress in stopping it if it is still happening one month later. I'm just grateful that the advice DS member JasonWatkins' gave me fixed the problem on my iPad2. |
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#43 |
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Join Date: Oct 2013
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I reported the issue to DS support team yesterday. Received an acknowledgment by email but had nothing since.
Did search the Forums late last night and found two other similar threads back in October complaining about the same issue. DS don't seem to have made much progress in stopping it if it is still happening one month later. I'm just grateful that the advice DS member JasonWatkins' gave me fixed the problem on my iPad2. Frankly if DSS can't be arsed to do anything about it then I can't be arsed with DS. |
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#44 |
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Join Date: Jan 2015
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Have people not realised yet? DS don't give a single **** about the forums and if they work as intended or not. They've effectively left them to die a long, slow death. Just look at how outdated the forum software is, how amateurish the layout is and how long it is since the place had something as simple as a functioning search function.
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#45 |
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 53,646
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I tried downloading ad guard but it's not compatible with my iPad.
Frankly if DSS can't be arsed to do anything about it then I can't be arsed with DS. |
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#46 |
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 2,881
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I have this problem, it's so annoying I couldn't stay on the forums last night. I sent a post to DS but haven't had a reply. I'm wary about downloading ad blockers as I've had problems with them in the past.
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#47 |
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Join Date: Mar 2003
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I have this problem, it's so annoying I couldn't stay on the forums last night. I sent a post to DS but haven't had a reply. I'm wary about downloading ad blockers as I've had problems with them in the past.
![]() Are you on a tablet or desktop ? |
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#48 |
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Join Date: Apr 2009
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What sort of problems ?
Are you on a tablet or desktop ? A few years ago I downloaded a blocker onto my then PC and it basically destoyed it. I'd rather lose DS than my iPad! Be interested to hear recommendations that work with this pop up though as it's so annoying ... it's doing it now while I write this
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#49 |
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 14,547
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I can't believe Digitial Spy have failed to do anything about this or reply in one of the threads. They didn't bother to reply to my 'contact us' report either and that was 2 weeks ago.
These scam adverts take you off the forum with no user interaction, then bounce you through several domains and then take you to the store even though you didn't click anything. You end up being taken out of the application you were in and off to the store to some app which was free anyway. Is it time to start reporting DS as mallicious to site advisor sites? Time to vote with our feet and move to AV forums or elsewhere? I'm fed up with DS letting this place fall to ruin, it sounds like they couldn't give a toss anymore so why should the users? Turn all your ad blockers on and to hell with it, go to somewhere that does care and is going to block mallicious ads? |
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#50 |
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Join Date: Mar 2003
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The pop up is happening on my iPhone and iPad
A few years ago I downloaded a blocker onto my then PC and it basically destoyed it. I'd rather lose DS than my iPad! Be interested to hear recommendations that work with this pop up though as it's so annoying ... it's doing it now while I write this ![]() ) ??.Anyway, I would recommend AdGuard for the latest version of iOS as you can have selectable filters, or WeBlock for older versions. |
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