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°spot:iconspot: Sep 18, 2006, 5:46:03 PM
There are times when the help desk staff or myself directly get inquiries about deviantART running pop-up advertisements. This is a posting to answer such an inquiry.


By policy, deviantART does not run pop-up ads, or any other advertisement like that. If you are browsing deviantART and receive a pop-up ad, there could be one of two things happening:

:pointr: #1) One of our advertising network partners is serving a pop-up ad. This rarely happens because we have been extremely specific that we do not impose anything like that on this community.

:pointr: #2) You computer has been infected with some kind of spyware, which is causing ads to pop-up randomly and actually has nothing to do with deviantART.


Because #2 is so common, we ask that you always scan your computer for spyware before contacting us about it. If you do a scan and do not find anything, then please contact us, and we will work to find out which network is causing the problem. Otherwise, you will find a much quicker resolution to your problem by removing whichever spyware is camping out on your computer. :)


Thanks,
Spot

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~The-Almighty-Tallest:iconThe-Almighty-Tallest: Sep 22, 2006, 12:42:49 PM Mood: It's Hot
''#1) One of our advertising network partners is serving a pop-up ad. This rarely happens because we have been extremely specific that we do not impose anything like that on this community.''

Ahh... now I see..... Ive had very few in my time at deviantArt, and this is probably the reason why.

I have another question, though.

Sometimes, when I use the search bar or click to see my messages, I get redirected to the DeviantArt homepage. Why is this?

P.s Ive just got redirected to the homepage the moment I tried to the post.

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~The-Almighty-Tallest:iconThe-Almighty-Tallest: Sep 22, 2006, 12:43:49 PM Mood: It's Hot
''#1) One of our advertising network partners is serving a pop-up ad. This rarely happens because we have been extremely specific that we do not impose anything like that on this community.''

Ahh... now I see..... Ive had very few in my time at deviantArt, and this is probably the reason why.

I have another question, though.

Sometimes, when I use the search bar or click to see my messages, I get redirected to the DeviantArt homepage. Why is this?

P.s Ive just got redirected to the homepage the moment I tried to the post.

P.s.s this is my second attempt.

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~The-Almighty-Tallest:iconThe-Almighty-Tallest: Sep 22, 2006, 12:45:20 PM Mood: Regretful
Ahh crap, so it did work the first time, It just redirected me to the homepage in the process.

Sorry for the now tripple-post.

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~OnePiecechick:iconOnePiecechick: Sep 22, 2006, 10:05:03 PM
I always get ads from something called: Outer-info :P

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~Dohki-Dohki:iconDohki-Dohki: Sep 23, 2006, 10:11:51 AM Mood: Gloomy
It redirected me to the homepage while I was in school yesterday

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~Illogical-Lynx:iconIllogical-Lynx: Sep 23, 2006, 5:35:53 PM Mood: Confused
I was looking at someones deviation when suddenly I was redirected to "japanforum".
There was a message at the top of the screen "dA is brought to you today by japan forum.com, click here to return to dA."

I know you can get things like that when you're logged out, but I was logged in at the time, what's the deal?

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~mkatich:iconmkatich: Sep 23, 2006, 9:18:11 PM
Somehow deviantArt took me to a completly different page with a little dA bar on top. It was Japan forum something or other. I have no idea what happened, I don't think I clicked on anything. It's like it was just overlayed on the dA website because my back button didn't work and when I clicked to go back to dA, it didn't have to load, it was fast.

Another gripe is that I noticed when I'm not logged in that I have to go past an ad page before I can log in.

In my opinion, taking me to a completely different site is as bad as a pop-up ad. I don't like where dA is going with the ad system. I hope you all are making a ton of money.
°spot:iconspot: Sep 23, 2006, 10:31:01 PM
Hmmmm, this is a bug we are attempting to track down. What browser/os (including version) are you using?

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~Illogical-Lynx:iconIllogical-Lynx: Sep 24, 2006, 2:37:11 AM
I was using firefox, it's a new computer and the latest version so it's unlikely to be a problem at my end.

We've got Windows XP Home, but I'm not sure which version...

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~drworm:icondrworm: Sep 24, 2006, 5:17:29 AM
I got the same problem.
using firefox 1.5.0.7 on winXP pro sp2
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