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pop ups

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pie · 11/02/2004 10:49

I have a pop up stopper but OMG there are a lot to them aren't there? Or is it just me getting them?

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spacemonkey · 11/02/2004 10:58

pie i don't get any popups within the talk section (just get one on the MN homepage) ...

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pie · 11/02/2004 11:00

Really? My soft blocks one everytime I click on a conversation.

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pie · 11/02/2004 11:00

software that should have read!

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spacemonkey · 11/02/2004 11:01

oo weird - i haven't got any popup blocking software on my puter ... does it block banner ads as well?

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pie · 11/02/2004 11:02

No I still get the banner adds.

I know that there isn't anything running in the background...Dh reformatted last night so everything is shiny new and clean.

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SoupDragon · 11/02/2004 11:09

I don't get any pop ups within the talk section. Could there be something that's confusing the pop up stopper?

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pie · 11/02/2004 11:10

No I was getting loads before I installed the pop up stopper too.

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twiglett · 11/02/2004 11:11

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SoupDragon · 11/02/2004 11:12

Have you run one of those "spy software spotter" programmes? Could something have slipped past the disc reformatting (which I thought was impossinle, I must say!)

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pie · 11/02/2004 11:12

Yep everytime here too. Is it the online banking one you get twiglett?

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Janh · 11/02/2004 11:13

AOL has a pop-up blocker as part of the personal settings although the default is not to block. It works very well (now I've set it!) Do other ISPs have one?

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pie · 11/02/2004 11:14

Yes I have spy software installed too Soupy, and a firewall. The first thing I did after DH finished the reformat was log on here, having forgotten to install the pop up stopper and it went pop up crazy!

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pie · 11/02/2004 11:16

Just checked 135 block ups stopped from Mumsnet this morning alone...6 total from everywhere else I have gone today.

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pie · 11/02/2004 11:17

Janh my ISP doesn't but we have Power IE installed.

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spacemonkey · 11/02/2004 11:19

this might be totally wrong, but i've noticed i get the online banking one on the MN homepage, which i close, then i don't get it again even when i return to the homepage - just wondering if it sets a cookie or something which remembers that you've already seen it and doesn't pop it up again

twiglett · 11/02/2004 11:20

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SoupDragon · 11/02/2004 11:22

I get the online banking survey once, but only once.

justiner · 11/02/2004 11:29

Hi all,
Yes we have a pop up survey campaign running at the moment - but it should only appear once as you say. Hope it's not too much of a bother but you know, needs must and all that!
Justine

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pie · 11/02/2004 11:31

just tried that spacemonkey, still getting it oh well.

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twiglett · 11/02/2004 11:31

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spacemonkey · 11/02/2004 11:32

pie have you got cookies disabled?

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pie · 11/02/2004 11:33

nope!

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spacemonkey · 11/02/2004 11:34

weird!

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pie · 11/02/2004 11:35

yep!

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justiner · 11/02/2004 11:45

Twiglett we get paid per page impression - ie doesn't matter if filled or not in BUT over the long term our value (and therefore prices) goes up if people fill surveys in.
Best,
Justine