Is this advertiser really necessary?

Those popups from lowermybills.com are extremely annoying.

Let me state that I understand the need for advertising to pay for the site and have no issue of any kind with that. Since I would prefer not to be inundated with advertising, I paid for a year's subscription and enabled the "No Advertising Displayed" option. I have my browser set to block unwanted popups. Now, the lowermybills.com ads pop through before I can login, which I understand the workings of, and those I ignore. But today after I logged in, an additional 5 or 6 windows for their damn website still popped up

Again, I understand the need for advertising to pay for the site but can it be taken under consideration to get rid of this particular advertiser?

Respectfully,

I am sorry, but there really isn't much that can be done about the popups if you aren't logged in when you first access the site. I will have someone look into the multiple popups, though. It is only supposed to be one.

Originally Posted by Deb25

I will have someone look into the multiple popups, though. It is only supposed to be one.

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Just fyi, that hasn't happened before or (so far) since. May have been gremlins

The multiple window problem happened again this morning, just a few minutes ago (1635 GMT).

One large window popped up when I accessed the site, then another, smaller window popped up as I was logging in. Another 15+ windows continued to pop up after I was logged in to the site. At first I thought it was 6 or so that were just cycling to the top of the pile but then I began to move them off my workspace and found that it was new windows popping up, not the old ones. I finally killed my browser application (Mozilla) to get it to stop.

I did save some of the urls from the windows - the servlet codes are all different. Let me know if you want them.

Just wondering... is it possible for you to stay logged on to TCS? I make sure that it remembers my screen name and password and that way, whenever I sign on to the site, I'm already logged in and therefore have never had your problem. Is that an option for you - maybe it could help?

I always get a pop up of "tribalfusion". Everytime I come on, and I never log out.

Originally Posted by gargoyle

The multiple window problem happened again this morning, just a few minutes ago (1635 GMT).

One large window popped up when I accessed the site, then another, smaller window popped up as I was logging in. Another 15+ windows continued to pop up after I was logged in to the site. At first I thought it was 6 or so that were just cycling to the top of the pile but then I began to move them off my workspace and found that it was new windows popping up, not the old ones. I finally killed my browser application (Mozilla) to get it to stop.

I did save some of the urls from the windows - the servlet codes are all different. Let me know if you want them.

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Have you recently scanned your computer for spyware? Sounds to me like that could be the culprit. I know Anne set it up that there was only supposed to be one pop-up per day on this site. I would imagine there would be a LOT of complaints if this were happening to many people here. I know I would complain!! If you don't already have a spyware program, you can download AdAware free here: http://www.lavasoftusa.com/

Using windows XP with service pack 2 installed I have never seen a popup of any sort here and I do not subscribe to TCS either. If ad-aware does not help, I suggest perhaps Search & Destroy Spybot (also free, get it from www.download.com ) to scan your system as well as finding a popup blocker that works for you and your operating system.

Originally Posted by pinkdaisy226

Is it possible for you to stay logged on to TCS?

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It is possible, I just prefer to log out when I leave.

Originally Posted by valanhb

Have you recently scanned your computer for spyware?

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No, but this is only happening when I check the site from work. Scanning and whatnot gets done automagically by an in-house IT group.

Since this doesn't appear to be happening to anyone, I'm guessing that there's something funky about the browser I like to use. I'm going to upgrade my desktop and switch to another browser.

Thanks for the suggestions everyone