saturn Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 (edited) I haven't been here as much lately. I noticed that the Forum site has been redone recently and there are some real differences. But today I experienced something I never did on the old format. On three separate occasions so far I got pop-ups from Gibson. The first seemed to be some new streaming service or something. And then two times I was told I was the such-and-such visitor to the site and if I take a survey I get some prize. Is this the new normal around here? Oh, and I also see that after I make a post, some of my words are double-underlined, and if I hover the cursor over that word, another small pop-up ad window appears . Edited August 21, 2019 by saturn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 (edited) No, not normal - you definitely have a computer virus. The pop-ups are probably not from Gibson; what streaming service? I must warn forum members not to click on the links in the OP's post. Edited August 21, 2019 by jdgm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 31 minutes ago, jdgm said: No, not normal - you definitely have a computer virus. The pop-ups are probably not from Gibson; what streaming service? I must warn forum members not to click on the links in the OP's post. You clicked on them didn't you? LOL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 You could do a lot worse than to try installing Ad Blocker Plus on your computer. I've been using it for years and I never get any pop-ups nor advertisements. Makes SUCH a difference to the on-line experience not to be getting all that crap all the time... Pip. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 2 hours ago, Big Bill said: You clicked on them didn't you? LOL In fact - no! I had something similar in the past, big nuisance and hard to get rid of - didn't know an ad-blocker would take care of it.....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Yup... This is not normal and not from Gibson.. I never get popups either... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karloff Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 the Mrs. loves it when I have pop ups. and at my age so do I ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rct Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 3 minutes ago, Karloff said: the Mrs. loves it when I have pop ups. and at my age so do I ... "This won't take long did it?" Never gets old! rct 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Sometimes I wish mine would go away... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted August 22, 2019 Author Share Posted August 22, 2019 Weird. These things only occur when I get on this site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 19 hours ago, Big Bill said: Sometimes I wish mine would go away... Do you get people climbing up it and taking selfies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 9 minutes ago, jdgm said: Do you get people climbing up it and taking selfies? Sometimes. But the most annoying thing is that they try and decorate it a Christmas time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mihcmac Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 (edited) Are the weird pop-ups and Chinese hacks over? They may have been what scared people away from using the Gibson site, I did notice while these were going on that the Epiphone site was clean.. Edited October 21, 2019 by mihcmac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Natural Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 On 8/21/2019 at 1:00 PM, Big Bill said: Sometimes I wish mine would go away... Bragger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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