New Pop-unders?

[Shaderon]

I do NOT browse shady sheep sites and I resent the implication!!! *looks indignant while trying to hide a large white struggling thing under the computer desk*


*Baaaaa*

[Nick]

Video clips, Doug?
I've never had that obnoxious of an advertisement yet.

[Doug R.]

Yep, videoclips.

[Sho]

A bit of digging in source code and Google reveals that the popunders are probably coming from the traffic counter. Cantr uses Webstats4U, a free web statistics service formerly known as Nedstatbasic, which creates popups and popunders (see the company's explanation at http://www.webstats4u.com/service/#misc14).
It'd be awfully nice of the powers that be to switch to a service that doesn't put obtrusive advertising on the site. I don't know much about what's out there, but Google Analytics (http://www.google.com/analytics/) is a new thing that's got a good reputation by association, being from a company whose motto is "Don't be evil" and all.
For now, a good workaround is to bookmark the login page directly, bypassing the main page's popunders. I realize that people are told not to do this precisely because it messes up the traffic analysis and possibly ad revenue; only do this if the ads are a huge problem and making it difficult to play Cantr.

[Thetaris]

Ah, nice work Sho.

[Doug R.]

I just deleted all the tracking cookies, and it seemed to do the trick.

[formerly known as hf]

Today's pop-up from www.cantr.net:

A nice box warning that the 'registry hasn't been cleaned' and a link to a 'registry cleaner' piece of software, that, surprise surprise, is a known piece of spyware.

That's such an old ploy that no one hardly ever falls for it anymore (hopefully)

I didn't mind the usual ads, but malicious ones? Is there anyway to vet what the ads are that appear on Cantr? (I'm also somewhat miffed by the constant google ads for ready-written college papers...)

[Marian]

I use Firefox and I still get the iLead one all the time, then when I go to close it I get another little popup asking me if I want to clean my computer.

[the_antisocial_hermit]

That's what the ad-blocker is for.. you just have to keep blocking it through that manually... because I think it's different ilead pop-ups that make it... after a time, you won't have to do that very often because you'll have most of them blocked... 'least that's my experience...

[Phalynx]

At home firefox - no pop ups

At Work IE and a popup from ilead every time
(also some fool loaded mysearch at work and I dont have admin rights to remove it so its a regualr pop fest)

[Sho]

You only have to block http://m1.nedstatbasic.net/basic.js to block all the pop-ups - however, this also makes you not show up on the traffic counter.

[the_antisocial_hermit]

Thanks Sho

[Phalynx]

Ssssh we dont want Jos going bankrupt!

[formerly known as hf]

I've got firefox and it blocks most of them, only the odd one gets through

[smokeythebear]

ahhhhhh.... i love my pop-up blocker... it's the shiznit! So no i haven't had any pop-ups or "unders"???
plus that other person did have a point... they have to pay for the web space some how