weird russian adverts...HELP!

lifeandtimes

Hi Guys,

Not sure if this is the right place to post this and mods please move if needed.

I need help with something, for the last couple of weeks whenever i browse the internet in the place where adverts would usually be i keep getting this strange and sometimes disgusting adverts in Russian and i don't know how to stop them or even go back to normal Irish based adverts.This is happening on most sites like facebook,independent,boards etc

I use to have my dns change for the us netflix but changed that back a long time ago so i don't think that is the reason and like i said this has only been happening a couple of weeks. I have deleted cookies,caches,history,everything and its still happening

Would anyone know how i can sort this out?

i have attached a couple of pics so you see what im talking about

degsie

I'd suggest downloading malwarebytes and doing a full scan on your system, could be a nasty lurking virus...

dom17

Hi I am getting the same but it is only on boards.ie and adverts.ie webpages and not on other webpages. Any thoughts why

Wetbench4

Have you tried using a browser addon to block ads? I use adblocker plus on chrome and firefox and i haven't seen an ad in about 6 years. I also use Ghostery to block trackers.

dom17

I downloaded adblocker this morning but the same ads still appear, just find it weird that its only on the boards/adverts site will try a restart and see if that helps

dom17

Got it sorted (i hope) when you click the Adblocker plus icon there is an options tab, click it and then uncheck the Allow some non-intrusive advertising box
seems a bit stupid to have an adblocker and the default setting is to allow some ads

lifeandtimes

i sorted it...just cleared everything like history,cache and cookies...then un installed chrome and re-installed and it sorted it

acquiescefc

i had the same issue. I googled and sorted it as it was a plug in for Ace Stream media player causing it.

Rucking_Fetard

dom17 wrote: »

Got it sorted (i hope) when you click the Adblocker plus icon there is an options tab, click it and then uncheck the Allow some non-intrusive advertising box
seems a bit stupid to have an adblocker and the default setting is to allow some ads

Controversy over ad filtering and ad whitelisting



The owners of some websites which use third party hosted online advertising to fund the hosting of their websites have argued that the use of ad-blocking software such as Adblock Plus risks cutting off their revenue stream.[26][27] While some websites such as The New York Times and The Daily Telegraph have successfully implemented subscription and membership based paywall systems for revenue,[28] many websites today rely on third party hosted online advertising to function.


In 2007, web developer Danny Carlton described the use of adblockers as tantamount to theft,[29] and called for other site owners to block the Firefox web browser from their websites to deter its use.[30]
On December 5, 2011, Wladimir Palant announced that certain "acceptable" ads would be whitelisted in upcoming builds of the Adblock software, with the option to remove whitelisted ads via a custom setting in the software. According to Palant, only static advertisements with a maximum of one script will be permitted as "acceptable", with a preference towards text-only content.


The announcement created some controversy both at Adblock's website and at social media sites like Reddit.[31]
In 2012 Adblock's managing director Till Faida told the Swiss newspaper Thurgauer Zeitung that the "strategic partners" on Adblock's whitelist could not be named, but that the partnership is part of the company's "Acceptable Ads" whitelist project.[32]



In February 2013, an anonymous source accused Adblock Plus developer Wladimir Palant of offering to add his site's advertisements to the whitelist in return for one-third of the advertisement revenue.[33] In June 2013, blogger Sascha Pallenberg accused the developers of Adblock Plus of maintaining business connections to "strategic partners in the advertising industry", and called ABP a "mafia-like advertising network".[34] He alleged that Adblock whitelisted all ads coming from "friendly" sites and subsidiaries, and promoted their product using fake reviews and pornography.[35] Faida responded to Pallenberg's accusations, stating that "a large part of the information concerning the collaboration with our partners is correct," but that the company did not see these industry connections as a conflict of interest. He said that the company is convinced that the "acceptable ads" business model will be successful and says that the whitelisting criteria are "completely transparent".[34]



He also stated that "We have an initiative called Acceptable Ads to support websites with unobtrusive ads. Every website can participate. The [Pallenberg] article on purpose just slanders our good name".[35]
In response to the "acceptable ads" whitelisting, forks of Adblock Plus were created such as Adblock Edge[36] and the now defunct Adblock Lite.[37]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adblock_Plus#Controversy_over_ad_filtering_and_ad_whitelisting

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