I couldn’t get on because of it the last couple of days. I downloaded the Adblock (free) app and enable the VPN thing when I want to come on here and it’s working!
I was getting it too. I ended up installing adblocker on my ipad. After I did that it stopped.
Needless to say, do not tap any button on the site. It is not related to Amazon.
Me too. I just close the page and start over. What is it?
Ok, I tried a content blocker. Hopefully that takes that pop up off.
I literally almost posted something like this last night!! The ad started off slow and only popped up every now and then (but only on CC). Eventually it became an every time occurrence (agin only for this site). I installed an add blocker on my phone last night and haven’t seen the pop up since!!
There’s a place on CC for forum issues - there are a couple of threads there about pop-ups:
http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/community-forum-issues/
Ok, I will try these things…thanks!
Look at History and delete that line or two, or it’s loaded to return. This doesn’t stop it from reappearing at another time, but for me, stops the headache of it coming in rapid sequence. Imo, it’s adware. An adblocker may or may not work. I can see History via the Settings list (for me, the 3 dots on the top right of the page, on Android.)
Clearing it from my history was not helping me at all. I was actually setting my phone to airplane mode, clearing my entire history, rebooting my phone and then turning it off airplane mode (a plan I read somewhere online) and those ads were still hitting me within seconds of CC loading (even before I could log on). I installed Adblock yesterday afternoon and so far haven’t been hit once by it.
I installed a safari adblocker and got rid of it but that blocker blocked linking from email to a web site that I use. When I turned the blocker off the Amazon poopup came right back. For a company that depends on ad revenue, CC needs to solve this one.
I just got a new iphone the other day, and I’ve had the same problem with CC. I can’t ever get to a CC page because the pop up takes over. Are there add blockers for i-phone?
I installed an adblocker and still got the pop up today.
I installed an adblocker on my iPad and the amazon ad still came through. Not cool guys.
Wow, I loaded Adblock Plus to my i-phone and voila! I can actually access CC now without being hijacked.
Wow, sounds like don’t use CC from your phone! Whatever happened to the CC app?
I was also about to post asking if others had the problem. Thanks for all the hints.
Keep in mind everyone that this is NOT an Amazon ad. It is structured to mimic Amazon to get you to click (don’t!). At the least it’s spam worst case it could download a bot or tracker.
Right O. This is NOT an Amazon ad. There is an Apple Pop up too…just as annoying.
Adblock did nothing to help this for me on my iPad.
And it seems cyclical. I get the pop up multiple times n a few minutes…and then don’t get it for weeks or longer.
I installed an adblocker on my iPad and the amazon ad still came through. Not cool guys.