AArrrgh! It's like a menu bar, only.. It's a pop up!

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  1. DarkUnderlord

    DarkUnderlord Administrator Staff Member

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    Anyone here got that new ad that's like a menu bar that pops up down the bottom of your screen? I went and clicked on it... Thinking I'd resized my task bar... Then I realised it was all ads and shit. AARRRGH! This is one of the scariest ones I've seen. Damn thing needs an Alt-F4 to kill it. I hate those.

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  2. Ct0fDiscord

    Ct0fDiscord New Member

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    I get this little menu that pops up EVERY SINGLE TIME I open up internet explorer. It has little buttons for sex, gambling, and other things that I really shouldn't be worry about right now. Mine comes with a little exit box at least, but it is so annoying. It freezes up my computer for 5 seconds and it just gets really annoying.

    I don't see why companies would want to advertise with pop ups. If anything, I do the opposite and say "You made a pop-up window and annoyed me! I'm never buying anything from you!". I like the good old days when they were just banners up at the top of the window and DIDN"T move around and say things. I've even made a vow never to endorse that stuff if they use those damn annoying advertisements, just out of spite. :thumbup:
     
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    Dragoon New Member

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    Right now I have pop-up windows enabled and I didn't get the one you mentioned DU. Perhaps it appears only with IE and I use Opera. Can you post a screenshot of what it looks like?
     
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    I got that, it had a close button that looked like my start menu (it had the windows symbol next to it) I also thought it was accidental resizement of my taskbar.
     
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    Etalis Craftlord New Member

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    On an unrelated note, my computer keeps playing a phone ringing randomly.

    It only stops when I restart.

    What the hell is going on here?
     
  6. Ct0fDiscord

    Ct0fDiscord New Member

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    Its one of the banners at the top. Goddamnit that makes me want to rip out those pixels and stomp on them :minigun:

    But no :shootme:
     
  7. DarkUnderlord

    DarkUnderlord Administrator Staff Member

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    :nod:

    The Horrid Menu Bar of DOOM!
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    See how at first glance, an innocent victim could mistake this for their own, resized tool bar? Oh the horrors!
     
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  9. Dragoon

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    Thanks for that screenshot DU. Now that's one little bitch of a pop-up if I ever saw one.

    I think that some legal regulations should be made so that there couldn't be links hidden under "close window" buttons.
     
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