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27 Aug 2017, 9:46 pm

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I downloaded a mobile ad blocker to avoid these. It's only with WP, no other sites. It's a disgrace. Lots of sites have ads, how do they all manage to avoid the redirection when WP doesn't?

I'm not sure! It's so annoying because I will be typing something and it will come up and delete everything I had just typed!

My question was a rhetorical one... Unless there really is a legitimate answer.

Haha you can't use rhetorical questions around this aspie! They go right over my head and I try to reply :roll:

. Maybe there is some legitimate answer!

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27 Aug 2017, 9:52 pm

I'll clearly state my meaning then. I can't believe these ads have gone on so long. While I'm open to the possibility, I have a hard time believing that mobile redirections are so difficult to avoid for site owners. There. Direct.

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27 Aug 2017, 9:53 pm

Lol that's great! I need a sarcasm and rhetorical question detector or something!

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30 Aug 2017, 2:58 am

I think I was the first person to begin experiencing this and I've consulted with a number of IT security experts on this. After running every anti-virus, anti-malware and anti-root kit program I could, deleting and re-installing all of my web browsers, resetting my router, changing my IP, and talking to my ISP, another person with the same problem elsewhere has concluded that this redirect is due to a script embedded in an ad that comes up on the website, and I think s/he is correct. I've also heard this echoed by the administrator of another website who's users were having the same problem.

There is a thread on the issue here

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30 Aug 2017, 12:49 pm

Chronos you are likely correct. Another IT guy here.

Questions:

How many are you Iphone users?

How many are you using mobile safari?

Please state your platform and browser.

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30 Aug 2017, 1:16 pm

I'm on an iPad on Safari when this happens.

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30 Aug 2017, 5:47 pm

0_equals_true wrote:

Chronos you are likely correct. Another IT guy here.

Questions:

How many are you Iphone users?

How many are you using mobile safari?

Please state your platform and browser.

The redirects are independent of platform and browser. They happen on PC's, Macs, and phones and with Chrome, Firefox, and Safari.

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30 Aug 2017, 5:51 pm

It just happened again. My advice is to disable advertisements until the offending ad is determined. Unfortunately the redirects happen too fast or when the ad is not in view for me to determine which one is causing it on my end.

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30 Aug 2017, 6:07 pm

It's happening for me again as well. I've cleared my Internet history so many times, and I'm sick of signing back into everything. It only happens on this website, but I don't know why.

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30 Aug 2017, 6:09 pm

It's really a pain in the tuchus!

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