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@LeaPea2417 (36442)
Toccoa, Georgia
September 15, 2015 2:20pm CST
I don't know about you all, but something has happened to my computer and it happens especially on the writing sites like this site. What happens is , 99 percent of the time (with few exceptions), I will click the button "start discussion" to submit the article or I will hit all the different columns on the left side of the page like the notifications or suggestions etc, and when I do this, an ad page will pop up and start trying to appear. I quickly click it off. Luckily, when I am posting the article, the article will post but right before it does, the ad pops up and I am clicking it off. The same thing happens when I am answering posts here too. Right when I click the button to respond, an ad page pops up. It really is frustrating. Does this happen to you?
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@cupkitties (7421)
• United States
15 Sep 15
Nope. You may want to check your popup blocker settings.
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@elitess (5070)
• Ipswich, England
15 Sep 15
Luckily it does not, I would advise you to do a health check on your system. There are a couple of free malware software that I can recommend that I use that should fix your problem: Spybot - Search & Destroy available here: (use the free version, works just fine); and malwarebites available here: Malwarebytes.org (use the free version). Hope this helps you
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@LeaPea2417 (36442)
• Toccoa, Georgia
16 Sep 15
Thanks, I will look into that.
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@loki1982 (780)
• Dallas, Texas
15 Sep 15
You probably have malware/adware on your computer. I would recommend running malwarebytes to look for it. If your somewhat tech savy you can look in the registry under local user and current user under the run keys and see if anything has added entries there. You can also check msconfig.
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@LeaPea2417 (36442)
• Toccoa, Georgia
16 Sep 15
Thanks, I will look into that.
@inertia4 (27961)
• United States
16 Sep 15
I haven't encountered that here, thats for sure. And come to think of it, I haven't encountered that on any site I write on. It could be your computer. Maybe you have to block those pop-ups.
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
16 Sep 15
I think this happened on here or Persona Paper when I first opened it today, and it is annoying.
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• United States
15 Sep 15
that's one problem I don't have.
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• United States
15 Sep 15
i despise this immensely 'n the 'pups' that attach to my puter 't the same time. makes me wonder why i've anti-e'erythin' ware, which apparently aint doin' its job proper. kinda makes me wanna take the puter out 'n through it out in the pasture 'n then run o'er it with the tractor a few times. jest maddenin' :(
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