jackieboy

I have a Mac and it does not happen to me. Not computer savvy but maybe the mac is the reason it does not happen.

thirdchildhood

iTrader: (6)

Give it time and keep us up to date .

97FASTech

iTrader: (6)

How do you have your "options" set on firefox? Block pop-ups? and do not allow sites to track you? Lots of settings to use, also clear history upon leaving? I don't have this problem as of now, I'm using firefox. Wish I knew how to screen save and post my settings as an attachment. Gotta love google "How to":

85scorpion

I only get it with Firefox, but not with Internet Exlporer....Weird, maybe its in the cookies settings?

Captain YARRR

I love how people think Macs are invulnerable to any problems. The problem is whoever handles the ad banners for OSO and added the code to the site.

It's of course their decision but it certainly a decision.

Sea-Dated

Not invulnerable, just less vulnerable. It is a numbers game. If code writers only have time to write code for 3 browsers then they are going to write that code for the 3 most used browser and Safari isn't one of them.

Same goes for viruses, spam and everything else. The people who write these are going to go for getting as many people as the can and right now that means going for windows based OS and software.

It IS my decision to use a Mac and it is a decision driven by common sense. For the record I am an IT professional who has been doing windows based IT for more than 12 years and thank God for all of Microsofts faults because they have kept me in a well paying job for a long time.

It took me a long time to come around to buying a Mac but today it is one of the best things I have done. I finally got tired of having intrusive AV software constantly using resources as well as an OS that that any given time will use up to 1 GIG of memory for almost no reason whatsoever. If you want, we can start talking about the resource hog that is Office, specifically Outlook. I will admit that I am running Office 2011 for Mac but it is not 1/2 the resource hog that Office for Windows is.

In all my years I have never owned an easier to use, more stable, more enjoyable computer than I have since I made the "switch".

PhantomChaos

It's not a POP up windooooo.....it's a JAVA script I think.

CigDaze

Your settings look good.

FF is only half way there, Install ABP as well.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir.../adblock-plus/

It'll block 99% of all internet AD traffic. But on less known sites, you have do it manually, but only once. After you do, you'll never see those ads again.

ICDEDPPL

iTrader: (1)

REALLY annoying and sometimes it keeps popping back up when I try to close it. Google chrome here

Panther

Same here, the popup sucks...

I noticed about a month ago that one of the ambulance chaser ads said "Baltimore Accident" when I logged in. What are the chances they're not targeting my location based on my IP address?

Sorry OSO/IB, that's bad mojo.