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[aczlan]

I don't know how to do a screen shot, but this is what popped up while on the Trailers and transportation forum a few minutes ago;View attachment 656105

Funny thing is that I don't have Norton's...

What browser are you using? Usually when I see something like that it means that you have a bad browser extension which is putting extra ads in.

Aaron Z

 

[Jstpssng]

^^^^
Microsoft Edge, whatever that is; something which came with Win10. I just downloaded and ran a second virus protection, the free version of AVG, which also found no malware or other problems.

 

[riptides]

Content is king.

Old web designer methodology.

 

[aczlan]

^^^^
Microsoft Edge, whatever that is; something which came with Win10. I just downloaded and ran a second virus protection, the free version of AVG, which also found no malware or other problems.

In Edge, go to "Settings and more" click on "Extensions", then post a screenshot of the installed extensions (or just click on "Remove" for any that are obviously junk).

Aaron Z

 

[Muhammad]

I don't know how to do a screen shot, but this is what popped up while on the Trailers and transportation forum a few minutes ago;View attachment 656105

Funny thing is that I don't have Norton's...

Looks like you have a Norton product installed that is initiating a scan.

 

[Muhammad]

I wonder if the theory behind this is that a first time visitor is more likely to click through an ad and generate revenue or get disgusted with all the ads and not return...just curious...?

Our ad delivery system decides. If users stay longer with fewer ads, the system displays fewer ads. If they don't mind the ads, it shows them.

Online advertising has gotten to the point that everybody is so desensitized that every site shows 5-10 ads on every page and still people ignore them 999 times out of 1,000.

But I'm guessing it's still a better alternative than sites like NYT that make you pay just to read.

 

[/pine]

Our ad delivery system decides. If users stay longer with fewer ads, the system displays fewer ads. If they don't mind the ads, it shows them.

Online advertising has gotten to the point that everybody is so desensitized that every site shows 5-10 ads on every page and still people ignore them 999 times out of 1,000.

But I'm guessing it's still a better alternative than sites like NYT that make you pay just to read.

Other than community bulletin board (town criers etc.) type news letters...almost all actual newspapers (including small town papers) charge subscriptions to read all but a minimum of their content...

BTW, FWIW...A single day full page (non contract) ad in the NYT costs over $150,000.00....in the WSJ the same ad will cost over $250,000.00...

 

[MossRoad]

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But I'm guessing it's still a better alternative than sites like NYT that make you pay just to read.

Read 5 free stories. Delete cookies. Clear cache. Read 5 more.

 

[MossRoad]

When viewing this thread, logged in to TBN, on an iPad, using Safari, with no ad blockers, etc... installed, I see ONE ad at the top of the page and ONE ad at the bottom of the page. That's it. Not bad for a free website at all.

 

[/pine]

When viewing this thread, logged in to TBN, on an iPad, using Safari, with no ad blockers, etc... installed, I see ONE ad at the top of the page and ONE ad at the bottom of the page. That's it. Not bad for a free website at all.

Along with half a dozen trackers you don't see...!

 

[MossRoad]

Along with half a dozen trackers you don't see...!

And I should worry about that, why?

 

[/pine]

I didn't say anything about something to worry about...the point is..."there is no such thing as a free lunch"

FWIW...the most invasive scripts I see here are from google and facebook...with the latter being the most invasive...also some site owners may not even be aware that the entities they do allow to run on their sites allow other third parties from running other scripts via their ads...

 

[MossRoad]

How's the facebook script invasive?

 

[/pine]

How's the facebook script invasive?

I have not investigated this particular script...but in the past on most devices... fb would look through any e-mail client contact lists, scan both stored and current session cookies and browsing histories...

 

[/pine]

FWIW...a basic (programmable) firewall can be set to prevent any outbound traffic from any particular script etc...but you have to be able to recognize said script to tell the firewall from whom to block...same can be done to prevent any installed software from "phoning home" every time a particular program is started...(like adobe, msft, etc., etc., etc....)

 

[cqaigy2]

FWIW...a basic (programmable) firewall can be set to prevent any outbound traffic from any particular script etc...but you have to be able to recognize said script to tell the firewall from whom to block...same can be done to prevent any installed software from "phoning home" every time a particular program is started...(like adobe, msft, etc., etc., etc....)

Or, use a pi-hole.

 

[Jstpssng]

Looks like you have a Norton product installed that is initiating a scan.

That's just my point... I don't have Norton's installed. I have Bitdefender and the free AVG.

 

[aczlan]

That's just my point... I don't have Norton's installed. I have Bitdefender and the free AVG.

Can you go to edge://extensions/ (paste it into your address bar) and post a screenshot of the installed extensions.
I have seen your exact issue on computers that have junk addons installed (which dont get caught by most malware scanners).
Here is what my version of that screen looks like:


Aaron Z

 

[Muhammad]

I didn't say anything about something to worry about...the point is..."there is no such thing as a free lunch"

FWIW...the most invasive scripts I see here are from google and facebook...with the latter being the most invasive...also some site owners may not even be aware that the entities they do allow to run on their sites allow other third parties from running other scripts via their ads...

We don't run any scripts that I personally wouldn't want on my own machine. All the cookies are for ad display and are standard across 99% of sites these days. You're welcome to block them but I'm just saying everybody's data is basically what makes ads run.

Having said that, we did much better as a site when the third party cookie tracking didn't exist.

 

[Tractor Seabee]

We don't run any scripts that I personally wouldn't want on my own machine. All the cookies are for ad display and are standard across 99% of sites these days. You're welcome to block them but I'm just saying everybody's data is basically what makes ads run.

Having said that, we did much better as a site when the third party cookie tracking didn't exist.

Muhammad, as far I am concerned you run a very professional site. I do not have any fancy add-in applications, so called blockers) and open TBN in Chrome. I get no adds except the ones you sponsor and like you said they are normally top and bottom. There are a lot of sites and platforms out there that are more adds than substance. Google is one of them. I have Norton with all their add-ins and that keeps out a lot of trash also. The complainers probably have the problem evrey site they go to because of what the let into their system. There are some very insidious add spammers out there that get their worms everywhere.

Ron