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This irritating banner ad

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GladysTheGolem · 30/05/2015 19:18

It's flashing and making me doddery eyes go funny.
I look like Confused

Anyone else, or is it just trying to make me watch the football instead of mumsnetting?

Can i use a ad blocker on an iphone?

This irritating banner ad
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IonaMumsnet · 30/05/2015 19:59

Oh no. Sorry to hear this. How annoying. We've sent Tech an email and asked their advice. We'll post here as soon as we hear back. Hope you can bear with us until then without the aid of migraine tablets.

FirstOfficerDouglasRichardson · 30/05/2015 20:09

I'm fed up of flagging these kind of adverts to be honest. They are horrid. MN should be better than this. They get rid of one and another comes along, all of the same ilk.

usualsuspect333 · 30/05/2015 20:11

They are very annoying. Especially the one which mimics Facebook.

Very sneaky.

Koalafications · 30/05/2015 20:12

Yes, I've had that come up a few times, too.

Really irritating.

The flashing light on it is very distracting.

LineRunner · 30/05/2015 20:13

Oh come on, MNHQ. Over and over again we flag these ads up. Over and over and over again.

The 'you've got mail' scam is back again.

So is my headache. Sad

RedandYellow24 · 30/05/2015 20:13

I stick a post it on iPad where flashing or changing adverts are concerned makes me eyes go funny

Blu · 30/05/2015 20:15

I keep getting one which looks like a series of fantasy symbols and one is an envelope symbol with a red 1 on it, as if it is a message. It opens a box offering a prize draw for an iPad if you click to confirm you are the owner of 'this apple device'. No way am I clicking , but I can't then Close the box without turning of my phone and clearing all favorites. Is this a MN thing or has something got into my phone ?

Lightas · 30/05/2015 20:19

I got the thing with the iPhone box I couldn't get rid of and had to clear all my history and cookies which was annoying. Now if I get the banner ad I close MN and reopen and it goes but it's very annoying

Lightas · 30/05/2015 20:22

Blu, it was the same thing as you got so I think it's MN, it was on my iPhone

usualsuspect333 · 30/05/2015 21:25

I get it on my blackberry. It's made to look like the symbols on the mobile FB site.

Blu · 30/05/2015 23:17

Ok, it is a MN thing then. I am using the mobile MN on an iPhone 5. It is incredibly annoying because you cannot shut down the box, or navigate to another open page. I am not prepared for my phone to be taken over in this way so I'm logging off for a few weeks until I can be sure it's been well and truly dealt with ( it has happened before...) Byeee!

LineRunner · 31/05/2015 16:51

Any news, MNHQ?

Blu · 31/05/2015 18:03

I have logged in from my computer but am not logging in from phone until it is gone - too much trouble, and it worries me, a box that you can't shut down or navigate away from.

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