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Postby Solfius » Wed Jun 14, 2006 9:01 pm

I occasionally get a popup when I come onto the Cantr homepage.

I've not had this happen when accessing any other site, and it doesn't happen all the time.

it gives an address in its title, which is http://ilead.itrack.it which cannot be viewed (gives an error if you try)

Is this to do with the site, or my computer. If it's my computer any idea what's causing it?
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Postby nitefyre » Wed Jun 14, 2006 9:19 pm

I have this too from everywhere I try the Cantr homepage. If it's not something harmful in Cantr's database, then I guess it's an attempt to make some money for the game. I wish there was another way though, since it is annoying when you're trying to show somebody the site....
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Postby Solfius » Wed Jun 14, 2006 9:41 pm

I just wanted to check it out, to make sure A) it wasn't me, and B) it wasn't something that wasn't meant to be there
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Postby Phalynx » Wed Jun 14, 2006 9:49 pm

Well it has always happened when I play at work (IE6) but Firefox blocks the pop-up automatically - although I don't think Jos will be pleased at that!

I think they are 'ethical' ads... WWF appears quite often...
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Postby Solfius » Wed Jun 14, 2006 9:54 pm

I had an ad for financial services, and it pops up over my firefox
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Postby Phalynx » Wed Jun 14, 2006 9:56 pm

erm you could bookmark the page you are not meant to... special discretion for you.. :wink:
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Postby nateflory » Thu Jun 15, 2006 1:39 am

I've seen this same thing happen on newly re-imaged computers at my work.
When I have to check 'net connectivity, Cantr.net is my homepage. 8)

Can't be spyware on the PC, as IE was installed mere minutes before launching. I'm actually trying to make it happen a few more times, so I can see if it's a banner Ad that launches the "ilead" popup page. :evil:
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Oh my...

Postby g1asswa1ker » Thu Jun 15, 2006 5:23 am

You are just noticing it... That has been pleague of cantr for a very long time.
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Postby Talapus » Thu Jun 15, 2006 5:25 am

Indeed. There was another thread about this that you might want to look at.

http://www.cantr.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6795
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Postby tiddy ogg » Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:54 am

[quote="Phalynx"]erm you could bookmark the page you are not meant to... special discretion for you.. :wink:[/quote]
Ssh. I do. The junk isn't spoken so no one's losing money, unless Jos gets some contribution.
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Postby Torkess_theCommie » Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:30 pm

I've been getting porno pop-ups... not good, quite a shock when you come back from outside and this big porno window fills yours monitor... yea It's coming from that ilead.itrack.it popup site.
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Postby Doug R. » Tue Jul 04, 2006 2:33 am

I had somehow managed to get rid of it for a while, but now it's back. Haven't gotten porno myself, but then again, I don't really wait to see what's on the screen before I close it.
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