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Unwanted Ad just opened up and went to a new page

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orlantina · 19/09/2017 15:43

Was happily reading the Trump thread. Then the page opened a new page and this ad appeared. I didn't click on any link.

Anything to do with you?

Unwanted Ad just opened up and went to a new page
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LornaMumsnet · 19/09/2017 15:49

Hi, orlantina!

Hm, has this happened since? Do you remember seeing this on Mumsnet before it redirected you?

What device and browser are you using?

yawning801 · 19/09/2017 15:51

This has happened too, but it is a video of something. I'm on an HP stream laptop.

orlantina · 19/09/2017 15:57

It has happened before. Not often. Firefox on a laptop.

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DressedCrab · 19/09/2017 16:17

Just happened to me as well. Desktop, IE.

LornaMumsnet · 19/09/2017 16:21

Any screenshots of this advert on the page before it opens a new window? Sorry that it's being so intrusive, we'll try and get to the bottom of this!

NevilleBennett · 19/09/2017 19:03

I just had this too. I'm using Chrome browser on my phone

orlantina · 19/09/2017 19:30

Any screenshots of this advert on the page before it opens a new window

I don't think it's on the page as a link. It opens all of a sudden.

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LornaMumsnet · 20/09/2017 13:31

Hi folks,

Is it always the same ad that pops up? And definitely not associated with something that you're already seeing on the page?

orlantina · 20/09/2017 22:09

It happened again. Except the ad didn't appear. Just this.

Unwanted Ad just opened up and went to a new page
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Aderyn17 · 23/09/2017 13:53

I am using chrome. Keep trying to post and thread just jumps into an ad or onto an entirely new thread without me doing anything. It's massively pissing me off.

thatstoast · 23/09/2017 14:10

Not sure if connected but I just got redirected to this page when trying to get to active. I'm on chrome/android.

Unwanted Ad just opened up and went to a new page
FleetwoodMacNCheese · 24/09/2017 01:34

I keep getting an advert for Fred Olsen bloody cruises 😡

And it shuts my MN window so I have to re-open it.

Unwanted Ad just opened up and went to a new page
FleetwoodMacNCheese · 24/09/2017 01:35

I'm using Safari on my iPad and I really am going to download ad blocker this time

RustyBear · 24/09/2017 01:47

Don't know if it's related, but I was reading a thread about grammar school the other day and suddenly got redirected to a Mumsnet page about the 11+. I went back to the thread to see if I'd accidentally touched a link, but couldn't find any such link anywhere on the page.
(iPadPro, Safari, iOS 10)

FleetwoodMacNCheese · 24/09/2017 09:06

This has just popped up, shutting down my MN window.

I was googling holiday resorts last night.

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