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Hello,

We have three members reporting getting half and full screen advertising pop-ups for "Delta Wars", in German, whilst visiting our forum.
One member deleted a cookie and it seems to have stopped for him.
Another member has reported also getting a second pop-up for "Monsters Mash", again in German.

They all claim that this only occurs on our forum and one other, also on Xobor.

I have checked these names and find they are browser based war games, both have German websites.

Is this an issue known to Xobor?


Regards
Voltman
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Hello Alice,

I understand the advertising element of the forum but this new full screen annoyance has never been seen before this last week.
In fact I was not aware of Xobor using "pop-ups" at all.
Should I tell the members that it is Xobors new advertising ploy?

Until now I have been suggesting they have Adware or Malware issues. A situation which upgrading the forum would not resolve.

Voltman

Thanks Alice.

That does seem to indicate that the members concerned probably do not have Adware infections.
"Full screen" pop-ups seem to be a bit much though, one member has trouble taking them down, perhaps the exit buttons are not visible enough.

regards
Voltman

Hello Alice,

Screenshots are not forthcoming from the affected members but I have managed to attract the pop ups on my Android tablet, while not logged in.

The source of the adverts is: http: //img.sponsorads.de/global/rotate.php?
The delta wars ad shows the postscript: goto=5&r=delta_wars&s=

This seems to be Xobor's doing.

The use of an X in the top right corner is very sneaky. Most people take it to be a close button but it actually opens the advertised site in a new tab or window.
Some of the pop ups have no obvious way of closing them.

Regards
Voltman