Really annoying pop-up ad

RCR · 01-25-2011, 05:59 PM

On other sites I visit (not Mobileread), they now have a very annoying pop-up ad. It's called "adbull" and it puts a floating box ad wherever your cursor goes. The ad sticks so close to your cursor that it interferes with attempts to click on links. I've tried a couple of ad-blocking programs to block it, and tried editing the "hosts" file, but I can't get rid of it. Apparently adbull pops up no matter what browser you use. One site that uses it says the ad will only pop up once each day - but it doesn't. The damn thing stays and stays and stays.

Curiously, Google enquiries don't offer much assistance.

Has anybody struck this? Can anyone help me before I go crazy and throw my coffee cup through the monitor?

Cpl Punishment · 01-25-2011, 06:09 PM

Adblock plus works great as does NoScript...both are add-ons for FireFox...No unwanted crap....

RCR · 01-25-2011, 06:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cpl Punishment

Adblock plus works great as does NoScript...both are add-ons for FireFox...No unwanted crap....

Ah, I think you're right. I had tried Adblock with Internet Explorer but it didn't work. I just tried it with Firefox now - it seems to work excellently!

Thank you. You've saved my sanity.

The Terminator · 01-25-2011, 06:56 PM

I had this annoying add popping down from a Subaru add at the top of the page so that it covered the search bar on site made the car dealers site useless

01-25-2011, 05:59 PM	#1
RCR Addict Posts: 334 Karma: 992487 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: 2 x Sony 505, iPad, Samsung 7 Tablet, ASUS Transformer, Nexus 7	Really annoying pop-up ad On other sites I visit (not Mobileread), they now have a very annoying pop-up ad. It's called "adbull" and it puts a floating box ad wherever your cursor goes. The ad sticks so close to your cursor that it interferes with attempts to click on links. I've tried a couple of ad-blocking programs to block it, and tried editing the "hosts" file, but I can't get rid of it. Apparently adbull pops up no matter what browser you use. One site that uses it says the ad will only pop up once each day - but it doesn't. The damn thing stays and stays and stays. Curiously, Google enquiries don't offer much assistance. Has anybody struck this? Can anyone help me before I go crazy and throw my coffee cup through the monitor?

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01-25-2011, 06:09 PM	#2
Cpl Punishment Guru Posts: 682 Karma: 4156546 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: On The Move Device: Ipad 103rd Gen	Adblock plus works great as does NoScript...both are add-ons for FireFox...No unwanted crap....

01-25-2011, 06:56 PM	#4
The Terminator Retired Posts: 2,552 Karma: 37638420 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Vancouver Island Canada Device: Kobo Touch, Optimus One (2.3), Nexus 7 (4.2)	I had this annoying add popping down from a Subaru add at the top of the page so that it covered the search bar on site made the car dealers site useless

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