Pop-ups from the OAS website?

[Rick]

If it appears that you are getting pop-ups delivered to you when you visit the OAS website, then please could you put a note here saying:

1) Which browser you are using.
2) What the pop-up is advertising.
3) If you can figure it out, where the pop-up came from.

I have my suspiscions (thanks Paul) but I'd like to hear more...

[Mike]

I use both IE and FireFox and have never had a pop-up.

[JohnP]

I use IE6 & used to get them every time I'd visit - I think they were from a 'surveilance TV camera company' I've now installed a google Add-on bar to my browser & it blocks all the pop-up's - Works great. A few weeks ago I had a major problem with a pop-up from 680180.net which was mobile phone related - Every time I would surf it would pop-up every 30secs or so - It was doing my head in... After much searching the net I managed to find a fix - took me about a week to sort it out.

Cheers,  John

[Rick]

Paul reports pop-ups from IE and lack of pop-ups from Opera. Source appears to be www dot bravenet dot com.

[Rick]

Dunno whether BHODemon would be of any help...

http://pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,23611,00.asp

[Rick]

I'm experimenting with an alternative counter hosted on my home system. Please report any problems you have with it.

[Whitters]

Nice one.

[Rick]

One of the side-effects of this, because I've added to counter script to most of the html pages on the site, is that I'm seeing the referring information from some of the search engines. I offer this string for consideration:

astrophotography scotch

[ This Message was edited by: Rick on 2004-07-23 15:35 ]

[Ian]

well during those long exposures in winter, there is nothing like a warming dram.

I doubt I'd build a website to say so though...

[Mike]

My guess is something to do with making a Scotch Mount.

[Ian]

or improving the tracking of an etx using nothing but scotch tape?

[Whitters]

Or they just heard about DSC.

[Mike]

Tried to access the OAS page from work today and got my first ever pop-up !!! Took me to a ringtone site - http://64.237.46.147/sms-universe/sms-uk-fuel.html

[Rick]

From the main index page, presumably. What browser?

[Mike]

Yes - and it is IE version 6.