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Old 09-03-2006, 08:53 AM
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Google and other ads on Retouchpro

as of this morning, i'm seeing google ads and others here on RetrouchPro. i'm hoping this is something that doug has implemented to help pay for the costs here on RetouchPRO and not some odd piece of malware that has suddenly shown up on my browser. since i'm not seeing it on some other sites where no ads were showing before, i again assume this is something new implemented by doug. i'd just like a confirmirmation on this so i dont keep running around looking for spyware, malware and other stuff on my browser/system.

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Old 09-03-2006, 09:02 AM
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Hi Craig...

On my RetouchPro too....I thought the same as you...

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Old 09-03-2006, 09:06 AM
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Hi Craig

I don’t see them on my machine with a modem?
Although I thought I spotted something similar on my parents broadband machine this morning.
Is it a virus? Or maybe a broadband only thing?

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Old 09-03-2006, 09:09 AM
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patricia, ah, good. if you're seeing them too then it would seem this is indeed something doug has implemented and not some oddball malware thing

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Old 09-03-2006, 09:10 AM
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whoops, i may have spoken too soon. ken and i must have posted at the same time.

ken, does your modem use some sort of 'fast access' or 'accelerator' type software to speed up your browsing? that could account for you not seeing the ads. then again, maybe both patricia and i are infected.

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Old 09-03-2006, 09:18 AM
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Hi Craig

Could you post a screen shot?

I see nothing different on my machine. No fast access etc but I do have a firewall.

On my Parents machine this morning I used a link in favourites to look at RetouchPro. Just before Retouch Pro came up I noticed an Ad for Insurance flash up. I thought they had changed their home page to account for this but when I checked their home page it was their correct one.

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Old 09-03-2006, 09:29 AM
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i've got it too, i'm on cable high speed with firewall -- i've attached a screenshot -- the ads change but appear on all viewing pages on retouchpro.

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Old 09-03-2006, 09:35 AM
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ken,

attached is the screenshot.

i also checked to make sure this wasnt a spoof google site. seems like it's the legitimate google page ads.

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Old 09-03-2006, 09:36 AM
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Thanks Marsha and Craig.

No. I definitely don’t have that and it’s also completely different from what I saw on my parents broadband machine so they don’t have that either.

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Old 09-03-2006, 09:36 AM
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ken, do you have any sort of popup blocker and is the count going up when you browse on RetouchPRO?

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Old 09-03-2006, 09:54 AM
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Craig.

I have No popup blocker.

I have installed a host file as Gary recommended on both machines. I am using Firefox but I have also just checked IE and that is also not showing these Ads.

I don’t think you should be seeing this. I think you need Gary

There is a popup blocker available for Firefox (note 4)
http://www.flourish.org/adremove/

But it seems that there is something on your PC that is causing this.

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Old 09-03-2006, 09:56 AM
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Just to add to your confusion here I dont see anything at all like the screen shots etc & no reference to google. I do have a pop up blocker on, the count isnt going up but i think it only notifies me every hour had a look at the log though and this was there

pagead2googlesyndication.com/pagead/ads

at the time i logged on here

help this helps at all

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Old 09-03-2006, 10:16 AM
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I have a pop up blocker and its on high...to stop them...but i still have this google one on Retouch....Its also has Swedish ads too...I also have a firewall that is on..My connection is broadband...
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Old 09-03-2006, 10:26 AM
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Yep i got it Couldnt have noticed at first as i just scrolled down the screen not looking at the side panel sorry if i did cause confusion

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Old 09-03-2006, 10:43 AM
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I put them there, no malware to worry about. It's an experiment and may or may not be permanent.
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