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  • 10-05-2012 1:28pm
    #1
    stupidusername
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,762 ✭✭✭✭


    This is happening to me on most forums I've visited and in most threads I'm in. When the page loads, the McAfee security banner displays at the top of the screen, and whatever ad was displayed at the bottom of the page to the right is greyed out with a round STOP sign in the corner of it. If you reload the page, or click Back, the ad will for a split second re-appear. Mostly it seems to be an ad for a phone or something, it's quite hard to tell.

    If I click back, it doesn't work, it just reloads the same page, and I have to go into the Back menu and select the page I want to go to. very bloody irritating.

    not sure if this is quite the right place for this, but couldn't think of anywhere better.


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  • #2
    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Can you click "View all blocked content" and get a screenshot of the offending ad?

    It's probably something wrong in McAfee's definitions, but sometimes google ads mess up too.


  • #3
    stupidusername
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,762 ✭✭✭✭stupidusername


    oh ffs, why didn't I think of that. :o

    attached.


  • #4
    Boards.ie: Danny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,609 ✭✭✭Boards.ie: Danny


    stupidusername wrote: »
    oh ffs, why didn't I think of that. :o

    attached.


    Can you get us the URL for the advertisement? Right click and copy the URL or click through the ad and tell us where you end up. We'll see about getting it removed if it's causing trouble, but I wouldn't put this past being a McAfee over-zealous blocking issue.

    Danny


  • #5
    stupidusername
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,762 ✭✭✭✭stupidusername


    Here's the address of where it goes when you click on it
    http://www.carphonewarehouse.ie/Product/strong-Nokia-strongAsha-300-Black/238498/1_1?gclid=CNnZoPqA9q8CFRRX4QodAC8AUQ


  • #6
    Boards.ie: Danny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,609 ✭✭✭Boards.ie: Danny


    Yeah, I'm afraid I'm going to have to put this down to a McAfee issue. It's an ad served from Google Ads, which is pretty much a black box as far as we're concerned, we give it a spot and it serves the ads. McAfee really shouldn't be blocking content from it.

    Danny


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