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After I loaded the Canon SLR Web page, a "pop up" ad in the form of a falling leaf wafted across my screen, touting the wonders of an autumn trip to Pennsylvania. It's one of those new scripts that stays centered on the screen even if you try to scroll past it.

I ran the latest version of Ad Aware and found nothing. Has anyone else seen this here, or should I have skipped the extra glass of wine with dinner?

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Joe Hawblitzel
 
I see the leaves, and I havn't had any wine, yet.

Donna K.
Joe Hawblitzel said:
After I loaded the Canon SLR Web page, a "pop up" ad in the form of
a falling leaf wafted across my screen, touting the wonders of an
autumn trip to Pennsylvania. It's one of those new scripts that
stays centered on the screen even if you try to scroll past it.

I ran the latest version of Ad Aware and found nothing. Has anyone
else seen this here, or should I have skipped the extra glass of
wine with dinner?

--
Joe Hawblitzel
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Joe Hawblitzel said:
After I loaded the Canon SLR Web page, a "pop up" ad in the form of
a falling leaf wafted across my screen, touting the wonders of an
autumn trip to Pennsylvania. It's one of those new scripts that
stays centered on the screen even if you try to scroll past it.

I ran the latest version of Ad Aware and found nothing. Has anyone
else seen this here, or should I have skipped the extra glass of
wine with dinner?

--
Joe Hawblitzel
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yep me too. quite annoying it is.
 
Joe Hawblitzel said:
After I loaded the Canon SLR Web page, a "pop up" ad in the form of
a falling leaf wafted across my screen, touting the wonders of an
autumn trip to Pennsylvania. It's one of those new scripts that
stays centered on the screen even if you try to scroll past it.

I ran the latest version of Ad Aware and found nothing. Has anyone
else seen this here, or should I have skipped the extra glass of
wine with dinner?

--
Joe Hawblitzel
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Nothing here but not sure if I loaded the right page..

What is the link? I loaded all the camera orientated screens on the Canon USA website and I see no "Popups"

Murphy
 
Sorry I was so unclear -- no, the popup is right here on the Canon Forum page of DPReview. I hope financial circumstances have not pushed Phil to this most annoying form of advertising. It's worse than the old popup in that it stays centered over your text until it decides you've had time to read it.
Say it ain't so, Phil
murphy said:
Nothing here but not sure if I loaded the right page..
What is the link? I loaded all the camera orientated screens on
the Canon USA website and I see no "Popups"

Murphy
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Joe Hawblitzel
 
I use Mozilla so I disable the pop-up ads in the preferences. I have to say that my web surfing experience has improved greatly since I made the switch.

Joo
Joe Hawblitzel said:
After I loaded the Canon SLR Web page, a "pop up" ad in the form of
a falling leaf wafted across my screen, touting the wonders of an
autumn trip to Pennsylvania. It's one of those new scripts that
stays centered on the screen even if you try to scroll past it.

I ran the latest version of Ad Aware and found nothing. Has anyone
else seen this here, or should I have skipped the extra glass of
wine with dinner?

--
Joe Hawblitzel
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--
  • Canon EOS D-30 & PowerShot S100
  • Maybe one day I'll take a decent picture. In the meantime, I'll blame the equipment. :)
 
Every time this happens, people say "now Phil has really sold out" blah blah blah. And every time, Phil finds out where it came from (if it was even this site) and gets it fixed. Why wouldn't this time be the same? Do you know something about this that we do not?
Joe Hawblitzel said:
Joe Hawblitzel said:
Nothing here but not sure if I loaded the right page..
What is the link? I loaded all the camera orientated screens on
the Canon USA website and I see no "Popups"

Murphy
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Joe Hawblitzel
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Joe Hawblitzel said:
After I loaded the Canon SLR Web page, a "pop up" ad in the form of
a falling leaf wafted across my screen, touting the wonders of an
autumn trip to Pennsylvania. It's one of those new scripts that
stays centered on the screen even if you try to scroll past it.

I ran the latest version of Ad Aware and found nothing. Has anyone
else seen this here, or should I have skipped the extra glass of
wine with dinner?

--
Joe Hawblitzel
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No, I don't know anything you don't. And I wasn't really making an accusation as much as I was hoping it wasn't so. I've been part of these forums for two years, and this is the first time I've seen it, so it's quite a shock.
Jason Hutchinson said:
Joe Hawblitzel said:
Jason Hutchinson said:
Nothing here but not sure if I loaded the right page..
What is the link? I loaded all the camera orientated screens on
the Canon USA website and I see no "Popups"

Murphy
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Joe Hawblitzel
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Joe Hawblitzel
 
People here have complained regularly about popup ads and the like. Here on my home computer with IE5.5, I have never received a popup surfing here on dpreview.

On the other hand, on my brother's computer also using IE4.01, this weekend, popups were aplenty (although I didn't see any leaves).

So, what is the explanation? I have no firewall, both were dialup. One has popups, the other does not. My modem is a lanmodem, so it does look like a firewall from the outside. His a simple 56K modem.
Joe Hawblitzel said:
After I loaded the Canon SLR Web page, a "pop up" ad in the form of
a falling leaf wafted across my screen, touting the wonders of an
autumn trip to Pennsylvania. It's one of those new scripts that
stays centered on the screen even if you try to scroll past it.

I ran the latest version of Ad Aware and found nothing. Has anyone
else seen this here, or should I have skipped the extra glass of
wine with dinner?

--
Joe Hawblitzel
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A real pain in the A$$. Maybe if I have a glass of wine it won't bother me. :[)

Rich
Joe Hawblitzel said:
After I loaded the Canon SLR Web page, a "pop up" ad in the form of
a falling leaf wafted across my screen, touting the wonders of an
autumn trip to Pennsylvania. It's one of those new scripts that
stays centered on the screen even if you try to scroll past it.

I ran the latest version of Ad Aware and found nothing. Has anyone
else seen this here, or should I have skipped the extra glass of
wine with dinner?

--
Joe Hawblitzel
Click to expand...
 
Joe Hawblitzel said:
After I loaded the Canon SLR Web page, a "pop up" ad in the form of
a falling leaf wafted across my screen, touting the wonders of an
autumn trip to Pennsylvania. It's one of those new scripts that
stays centered on the screen even if you try to scroll past it.

I ran the latest version of Ad Aware and found nothing. Has anyone
else seen this here, or should I have skipped the extra glass of
wine with dinner?

--
Joe Hawblitzel
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I even went out of the forum and came back in expecting a falling leaf LOL--but haven't seen anything. I have AdAware but haven't run it in awhile.
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B/W lover, but color is seducing me
 
... with the possible exception of ads that make noise. Just what you need when you are surfing on a short break at work: "Boing! AT&T!"
Joe Hawblitzel said:
After I loaded the Canon SLR Web page, a "pop up" ad in the form of
a falling leaf wafted across my screen, touting the wonders of an
autumn trip to Pennsylvania. It's one of those new scripts that
stays centered on the screen even if you try to scroll past it.

I ran the latest version of Ad Aware and found nothing. Has anyone
else seen this here, or should I have skipped the extra glass of
wine with dinner?

--
Joe Hawblitzel
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Eqiupment: Lots.

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I use OmniWeb on my Mac, same feature to disable pop ups unless they are activated by a mouse click, no "onLoad" javascript pop ups. Love it.

-robert
Joo said:
Joo
Joe Hawblitzel said:
After I loaded the Canon SLR Web page, a "pop up" ad in the form of
a falling leaf wafted across my screen, touting the wonders of an
autumn trip to Pennsylvania. It's one of those new scripts that
stays centered on the screen even if you try to scroll past it.

I ran the latest version of Ad Aware and found nothing. Has anyone
else seen this here, or should I have skipped the extra glass of
wine with dinner?

--
Joe Hawblitzel
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--
  • Canon EOS D-30 & PowerShot S100
  • Maybe one day I'll take a decent picture. In the meantime, I'll
blame the equipment. :)
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I strongly suggest you get something to find and remove "SpyWare" programs.

I know my computer is free of all spyware or anything else that tracks my movements threw cookies or other means.

You folks who are seeing this pop up are triggering it yourselves. I have never seen a pop up on this website.

You have spyware installed on your computer and some marketing geek with a little programing knowledge has put something onto your computer that triggers these pop ups and pop unders.

These are usually the same people who install things like Morpheous and Kazza type software.

Murphy
Joe Hawblitzel said:
After I loaded the Canon SLR Web page, a "pop up" ad in the form of
a falling leaf wafted across my screen, touting the wonders of an
autumn trip to Pennsylvania. It's one of those new scripts that
stays centered on the screen even if you try to scroll past it.

I ran the latest version of Ad Aware and found nothing. Has anyone
else seen this here, or should I have skipped the extra glass of
wine with dinner?

--
Joe Hawblitzel
Click to expand...
 
Joe Hawblitzel said:
After I loaded the Canon SLR Web page, a "pop up" ad in the form of
a falling leaf wafted across my screen, touting the wonders of an
autumn trip to Pennsylvania. It's one of those new scripts that
stays centered on the screen even if you try to scroll past it.

I ran the latest version of Ad Aware and found nothing. Has anyone
else seen this here, or should I have skipped the extra glass of
wine with dinner?

--
Joe Hawblitzel
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I've seen and I am quite sure is from a banner above called Pennsylvania Fall
is a random banner and if you are lucky u get it.
 
I've seen and I am quite sure is from a banner above called Pennsylvania Fall
is a random banner and if you are lucky u get it.
 
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