Inappropriate advertising

[steve_v]

As much as I would like to unblock ads in support of the forum, I will do so when they conform to these guidelines and not before. Same goes for any other site, as such ABP is on most of the time.

I disabled adblock (here) yesterday and was immediately presented with a bright, flashing

'download pc-fixer now' type scam - ads re-blocked.

[Daishi]

As much as I would like to unblock ads in support of the forum, I will do so when they conform to these guidelines and not before. Same goes for any other site, as such ABP is on most of the time.

I disabled adblock (here) yesterday and was immediately presented with a bright, flashing

'download pc-fixer now' type scam - ads re-blocked.

Well, to get the forum ads to conform to those guidelines, we need to report them. Hence the purpose of this thread.

Here's an interesting one I thought was worth sharing. Not sure if it counts as malicious or inappropriate, I don't dabble in the trade of radioactive metal

[Javster]

Without being too invasive, does the money the ads bring pay entirely for the hosting, or do Squad pay? If they pay for it, there might as well not be ads.

[Red Iron Crown]

Uh, this one seems a bit inappropriate. For clarity: There shouldn't be anything in my history to encourage an ad of this nature.

[TonyC]

Well, I have ads about Google Ads. Ad-ception ! (It's in French by the way, because I live in France)

[Fiddlestyx]

There are ads on this forum?

[KasperVld]

There is one ad on the forum, near the top

[FirstSecondThird]

Utálom ezeket a hirdetéseket, akkor bug nekem sok, figyelembe véve Ausztriában, van egy csomó vírus programozóknak, és a főiskolai, csak hadd használja az internetet, míg 12:00 és én komolyan utálom mindezt azok szigorúságát körülbelül a politika NO ADS! Szóval itt van a véleményem.

And this means in English, I really hate these ads, they bug me a lot, considering in Austria, there are a lot of virus coders, and in my college, they only let us use the Internet for until 12 o clock, and I seriously hate all this strictness they have about the policy of NO ADS! So there you have my opinion.

[vexx32]

If your college has a policy of no ads, you can get AdBlock. Thus, no ads.

While viruses do exist, they are by no means everywhere, and disabling ads entirely would be rather a waste of time. Malware can get literally anywhere. Advertisements are not special in that regard.

[Dooz]

The advertisements keep bugging me with arrest records.