Spacey Posted March 10, 2019 Report Share Posted March 10, 2019 when I try to look at line ups and rumours I get a pop up from EE telling me I’ve won something and it takes over the page and I can’t get back to e festivals site. I have to close it down to get rid of it. Don’t think it’s one of the proper ads as it stops me doing anything. This has happened quite a lot in the last few days. Is it affecting anyone else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karaseen Posted March 10, 2019 Report Share Posted March 10, 2019 I have a gold membership so I don't normally see ads, but that happened to me once recently on a friend's computer. There was an X in the corner to close it. Can you not see that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spacey Posted March 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2019 No x. Just says close in the corner of pop up. When I try to close it it goes to EE website Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karaseen Posted March 10, 2019 Report Share Posted March 10, 2019 Oof. Annoying. Must be somewhere to close it. Are you zoomed in on the browser window at all? Sorry I'm not much help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morph100 Posted March 10, 2019 Report Share Posted March 10, 2019 Try a different browser? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian the worm Posted March 10, 2019 Report Share Posted March 10, 2019 What have you won? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.M.V Posted March 10, 2019 Report Share Posted March 10, 2019 Neil has asked in the past that you @eFestivals him or message so he gets notified and can deal with it quicker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spacey Posted March 10, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2019 6 hours ago, H.M.V said: Neil has asked in the past that you @eFestivals him or message so he gets notified and can deal with it quicker. I tried sending him a message but it said I can’t message @eFestivals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comfy Bean Posted March 10, 2019 Report Share Posted March 10, 2019 3 hours ago, Spacey said: I tried sending him a message but it said I can’t message @eFestivals As HMV said above, Neil will pick this up probably first thing tomorrow and help you out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.M.V Posted March 10, 2019 Report Share Posted March 10, 2019 4 hours ago, Spacey said: I tried sending him a message but it said I can’t message @eFestivals Inbox full from all the tip offs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eFestivals Posted March 11, 2019 Report Share Posted March 11, 2019 I've reported this to the ad-house, and it'll hopefully get dealt with as soon as the office opens this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spacey Posted March 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2019 10 hours ago, eFestivals said: I've reported this to the ad-house, and it'll hopefully get dealt with as soon as the office opens this morning. It’s still happening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eFestivals Posted March 11, 2019 Report Share Posted March 11, 2019 6 minutes ago, Spacey said: It’s still happening thanks. I've just given them another kick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eFestivals Posted March 12, 2019 Report Share Posted March 12, 2019 the ad house is having problems tracking this down - so could anyone who is affected please provide the following details? Thanks. operating system (android / windows / etc)? web browser (Firefox, Edge, IE, Chrome, Safari, etc)? connection type (mobile data or wifi)? were you being affected by the bad ad on forum pages, the rest of the site, or on both parts of the website? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigger123 Posted March 12, 2019 Report Share Posted March 12, 2019 Just now, eFestivals said: the ad house is having problems tracking this down - so could anyone who is affected please provide the following details? Thanks. operating system (android / windows / etc)? web browser (Firefox, Edge, IE, Chrome, Safari, etc)? connection type (mobile data or wifi)? were you being affected by the bad ad on forum pages, the rest of the site, or on both parts of the website? I’ve been getting it too, on iOS, chrome and mobile data Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarrenVonBoathook Posted March 12, 2019 Report Share Posted March 12, 2019 (edited) On 3/10/2019 at 9:01 AM, Spacey said: when I try to look at line ups and rumours I get a pop up from EE telling me I’ve won something and it takes over the page and I can’t get back to e festivals site. I have to close it down to get rid of it. Don’t think it’s one of the proper ads as it stops me doing anything. This has happened quite a lot in the last few days. Is it affecting anyone else? A very long shot but just in case... I had the same thing last week, not on the eFestivals site, but on Autotrader (cars gone bang ). I would get a regular full page popup for BT saying I had won, had no 'X' to close and redirected me to another site and closing it down was the only option to get rid of it. After a bit of looking around I found a lot of extra gubbins in the URL which shouldn't have been there. I cleared the browser cache entries for Autotrader and made sure I manually typed in the correct site URL for the first visit and the problem was gone. Like I say, its a long shot but might be worth checking in case. Edit: This was on an ipad running ios 11 and chrome. Edited March 12, 2019 by DarrenVonBoathook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spacey Posted March 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2019 On 3/12/2019 at 10:36 AM, eFestivals said: the ad house is having problems tracking this down - so could anyone who is affected please provide the following details? Thanks. operating system (android / windows / etc)? web browser (Firefox, Edge, IE, Chrome, Safari, etc)? connection type (mobile data or wifi)? were you being affected by the bad ad on forum pages, the rest of the site, or on both parts of the website? Sorry for delay in answering, not been on site much. I am on an apple iPad on Safari on Wi-fi. Affected on forum and line ups and rumours. Haven’t really looked at other areas. Thought it had stopped but just happened again but with a Google advert instead of EE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eFestivals Posted March 15, 2019 Report Share Posted March 15, 2019 thanks, i've just reported is back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spacey Posted March 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 This is happening again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eFestivals Posted March 21, 2019 Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 Thanks, i'll give them another kick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadpheasant Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 Forum's near enough inaccessible for me today. Just about beating the pop ups to make this comment -.- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eFestivals Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 thanks. I've just told them to remove all ads by the end of the day if it's not located and stopped. I'm getting really pissed off with it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lubic Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 19 minutes ago, deadpheasant said: Forum's near enough inaccessible for me today. Just about beating the pop ups to make this comment -.- Me too. Impossible to spend longer than 1 second on any page before I'm redirected to a spam website. Had to log in on my work PC to post this. Android - chrome - wifi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eFestivals Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 hopefully the issue should be stopped (for the moment). Please let me know if you're still suffering problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lubic Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 20 minutes ago, eFestivals said: hopefully the issue should be stopped (for the moment). Please let me know if you're still suffering problems. Yep, seems to be fixed for me. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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