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Old Nov 2, 2016 | 03:39 AM
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9 times out of 10 when I try to access this forum I get redirected to some spam site. Anyone else have the same issue or know why it happens? Will be visiting a lot less if it persists!
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Old Nov 2, 2016 | 04:10 AM
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Not noticed that but did notice that the mobile version is full of adverts between the posts, so much so that it's become impossible to scroll through it properly
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Old Nov 2, 2016 | 04:16 AM
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Add your comments to this thread, the mobile site was a nightmare for popups/page takeovers on the old software as well for me.
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Old Nov 2, 2016 | 04:48 AM
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Sorry should add this is on a mobile device that I experience the redirects
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Old Nov 2, 2016 | 05:50 AM
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Are you visiting the site in the browser or via the GT app? Have you tried an ad blocker on your browsers? I find the GT app just has blank placeholders for adds but they're not shown. Shame as the rest of the UI is quite nice.
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Old Nov 2, 2016 | 06:19 AM
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I've been getting them too, i.e. redirect/pop-up ads while using the mobile site. Please know that IB is working to squash them as quickly as possible.
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Old Nov 2, 2016 | 06:25 AM
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Arghhh! Just got redirected opening this thread! IB are definitely subscribing to some suspect advert feeds, I don't have these issues on any other forum.
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Old Nov 2, 2016 | 07:14 AM
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What platform, device and browser is this on?
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Old Nov 2, 2016 | 07:26 AM
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I'm on Android 7, Chrome browser. I tried enabling the 'Data saver' option which sends everything via Googles servers for compression and mild 'filtering' and pop-up supression, that doesn't stop these redirects either.
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Old Nov 2, 2016 | 11:06 AM
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I'm on an iPhone in iOS 9 using safari....
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