We’ve been served a “programmatic” ad with malicious software. We’ve shut down all such ads until we can identify and eliminate the culprit. It does NOT put software onto your hard drive, but it will lock your browser. If so, DO NOT CALL THAT NUMBER! Close and reopen your browser. [Note: Although this is not strictly related to the issue we identified with your help, I recommend downloading and then running the free app formerly known as AdWare Medic on a regular basis.] You can now use TTAG in completely safety. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Isn’t it about time to dump these crap add servers and get some sponsored adds from nra, goa, Brownells, Midway USA, Cabelas, SKD tactical, or other brand neutral vendors?
+10,000
We have ad reps working on getting industry ads.
The firearms industry is a bit behind the curve in terms of ad spend. We get more readers in two days than Guns & Ammo gets in a month. But the major players really like their $5k full page ads. A lot.
Meanwhile, we “top up” with programmatic ads: ads that are served to your browser from a pool of advertisers according to your click history. They pay well enough. What more can I say? We have bills . . .
wait a second… do the ads know what porn I watch?
Yes. They have read your porn cookies.
Cookie porn?
Huh, new to me. Sounds delicious.
Cookie porn does sound kind of interesting… I’ll look into that.
“Cookie porn?”
It’s out there. It’s called Rule 34. Look it up.
tina louise as “ginger snaps” with a troupe of keebler elves. “it’s the big, fig newton!”
Clear, inmivfatore, simple. Could I send you some e-hugs?
I use Adblock browser for that reason no ads no problem
Ok, Ill be that guy.
Whats this have to do with guns?
“Whats this have to do with guns?”
An excellent question, Grasshopper…
While your browser locks up from that malicious code you are unable to absorb TTAG firearm wisdom.
Is there anything more heinous than interfering with someone who wishes to absorb the wisdom of ‘The Truth About Guns’ ?
(Cue sound of large Oriental Gong)
Particularly when said wisdom comes accompanied with eye candy, and frequent links to extra special eye candy.
Thank you for being honest about it and attacking the malware.
Nope. Not fixed. Just had another one pop up off while reading TTAG. With an annoying audio message about spyware.
Damn. Just shut off the last one. Should be fixed NOW.
Not at :25 minutes past the hour. Just shot you an email.
Ok guys… just because your computer is riddled with adware that immediately takes your browser hostage as soon as you initiate the executable – doesn’t mean that adware comes from TTAG.
Yeppers
What’s an “ad?”
It’s like addition for bad spellers.
$20 says you can trace it to Bloomy. . . . .
$200 says you can trace it to an offshore scammer trying to make a fast buck. It’s not targeted at TTAG, it’s targeted at anybody who uses the same crappy ad service that TTAG inexplicably refuses to drop, even though the ads are annoying and security breaches like this happen every couple of months like clockwork.
I’ve noticed the browser-crashing ads are still here, but much much fewer, so good job on that.
So far first day I’ve browsed and not had a browser issue on here.
I love ttag
I read it every day
It is by far the worst web site for bugs, crashes, stopping and starting.
I can’t use it all on my IPad and my laptop.
Only my work computer and iPhone work with Ttag
I would stop coming here, but it is the best site on the entire internet
PLEASE FIX ALL THESE BUGS!!!!!
adblock plus is your friend
The anti gun hackers have struck.
That would be a surprise to who?
Thanks, noscript, from keeping me safe from such third party attacks…
Firefox. Adblock. NoScript.
Stay browsing, my friend.
TTAG seems to run better with adobe flash disabled. Even if you can’t run an ad blocker, you can probably disable flash (you can still enable it on a page-by-page basis, assuming that something you actually wanted to see needs it).
Everything runs better with Flash disabled. Turn it off now. TTAG: thanks for acknowledging your problems with malvertising, but you need to do a better job of preventing it in the first place.
Allrighty then-so that’s what was popping up. I told the wife weird BS was afoot but I wasn’t on a “bad” site. Good to know-we are loaded up security stuff but the new Kaspersky seems way too sensitive(or is it?)…
just don’t use (lavasoft’s) “adaware.” pervasive, there is no provision for “uninstall” in the programs list. don’t ask how i know.