CC is unusable with my iPad. 27 pop ups in a 30 min session.
This is what tech people on another forum I use said:
“It’s on our end, not yours. There is an exploit with Apple devices and some site that’s allowing the popups in. They sneak in through the regular communication that places regular ads here.
This happens because malicious coders buying ad space from Google, Rubicon, and all manner of other providers, and writing ads that trigger those obnoxious redirects when you’re on a desktop skin on a mobile device. It’s why we have mobile skins. It’s also not localized to us, it’s a global ad issue, CNN, buzzfeed, msnbc, any site that uses these adsense type ads. We’re trying to catch them as we get them.”
They linked to this article which explains it.
https://adexchanger.com/publishers/forced-redirect-ads-cost-publishers-money-blocking/
Emily, I ran into some similar info today. I’m being patient. But if it were my site…
Then why isn’t CC getting a new mobile app out there. How hard could it be? They already had one that was working just fine. Why did they ditch it? I still have it on my iPhone and have no issues.
Mine on my phone is fine too. I didn’t realize it was gone and uninstalled it on my ipad to reinstall it… and discovered it was no longer available. My guess is that maybe when Hobson’s bought CC there was some issue with ownership of the app? Just a guess. But really-- the app works perfectly on my phone too.
I use Tapatalk to avoid this problem on my other site but CC is not on it and CC’s mobile site is too annoying to use for me as it makes me log in every time.
Honestly @CCadmin_Sorin
This is the worst it has been.
Try installing 1Blocker from the App Store on the iPad. I didn’t get any of the popups yesterday after installing that. After installing, you have to go into Safari settings and enable content blockers or something like that.
What else does it block?
I’ve seen all sorts of advice, including to disable JavaScript. But then I couldn’t edit.
I went a long time without them. You don’t know if X oy Y does it until you wait and see. And wait.
Don’t know if this is any help…but it seems all of the pop ups I am receiving are from a dot top url.
Is it my imagination…or is this getting worse…and more frequent?
@thumper1 yup. Seems like a temp fix would be to block addresses?
And how would I block dot top addresses…all of them?
I have also had success using 1Blocker on iOS, but it requires some set-up.
@thumper1 idk if you are site admin, but I’d ask CC admin to block *.top (of all TLDs, *.tops are the worst. The actual content to malware sites is crazy lopsided). Malwarebytes nuked *.top and the people rejoiced (except the one legit *.top website). See: https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/209943-top-domain-blocked/
@vonlost 1Blocker worked? Any tips for configuration?
But @psywar I have had Malwarebytes up for months on my android cell and still occasionally get the adware popup. Both MBytes and Kaspersky find nothing amiss when they scan. I do get alerts from McAfee, about dangerous sites, but guess what: it occasionally flags CC. (I choose the return to saftey button and it does take me right back to CC. So maybe it’s blocking some popup, who knows.)
@psywar I have “Block Ads” on and “Block URLs” set to “…top” and “…adnxs.com”.
I have had an alert, but hitting “back” returned me to CC.
So…can CC block all the dot top sites?
I’ve been getting the pop ups on my iPad and iPhone saying it’s Amazon and i’ve been awarded something and to click OK.