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I've been getting tons of alerts for pop ups and redirects on my phone lately while browsing this site. I'm using samsung galaxy and chrome. Anyone else having this issue? What are the popups??
 
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I've been getting tons of alerts for pop ups and redirects on my phone lately while browsing this site. I'm using samsung galaxy and chrome. Anyone else having this issue? What are the popups??
Probably something in your browser cache. Clean that thing.

I get stupid fake Amazon / Walmart gift card giveway ones that essentially end that web session on the Exho website. Don’t think it’s anything to do with their site. It’s just scum I’ve picked up somewhere else and they happen to trigger it.
 
Probably something in your browser cache. Clean that thing.

I get stupid fake Amazon / Walmart gift card giveway ones that essentially end that web session on the Exho website. Don’t think it’s anything to do with their site. It’s just scum I’ve picked up somewhere else and they happen to trigger it.
I did this and it appears to be working.

Those damn porn sites. Why don't those "lonely spouses looking to hook up tonight" ever call me?
 
I did this and it appears to be working.

Those damn porn sites. Why don't those "lonely spouses looking to hook up tonight" ever call me?
I don’t even think that’s the source, as I don’t visit them on my phone. I mean ever. I don’t EVER visit them.
 
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Let me know if anything else is happening.
Highly doubt if we’d get hacked that someone would only code-in a pop up ad.
The Ad script on the site is visible to non-donor members only.
I visit numerous times per day on my phone only and have not encountered any pop-ups.
 
I've been getting tons of alerts for pop ups and redirects on my phone lately while browsing this site. I'm using samsung galaxy and chrome. Anyone else having this issue? What are the popups??

I'm having the same problem, the site's totally unusable on my phone (also Galaxy/Chrome).

Oh just saw the cache clearing thing, will try that.

Nope still happens. Only with this site, too. Weird.
 
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I'm having the same problem, the site's totally unusable on my phone (also Galaxy/Chrome).

Oh just saw the cache clearing thing, will try that.

Nope still happens. Only with this site, too. Weird.
What exactly are the pop ups/redirects?
 
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I did some searching and saw other instances of this happening on Android were from malicious apps being installed that triggered the ads.
I posted on the forums support site and should have a response by tomorrow. Can’t inagine it being anything here as I haven’t accessed the ftp in ages to alter any kind of code.
 
I did some searching and saw other instances of this happening on Android were from malicious apps being installed that triggered the ads.
I posted on the forums support site and should have a response by tomorrow. Can’t inagine it being anything here as I haven’t accessed the ftp in ages to alter any kind of code.

Would be weird if some other app was causing it but only on this site, right? I'm no tech guy but I know third-party ads can sometimes smuggle in code that does bad stuff, figured that's what was happening here.
 
I remembered that this happened to me before, where I would see those Amazon or Wal-Mart gift card junk constantly. It only happened on big soccer, which uses the same forum software as this site.
I did something in settings and instead of seeing those ads, I would only see the little notification that a redirect was blocked. I can't rember what that was.

Anyway I have not had the notifications in the last couple days
 
i found the solution.
get an iPhone
If I wanted to spend more to do less and have fewer choices and support Tim Cook, the biggest tool in business, I would. But IPhones are for dummies