Anyone else getting bombed by ads?

Question

Is anyone else getting repeatedly kicked off Spanishdict by ads for UPS and Systane? I reported the UPS ad through feedback the other day, and it quit until a few minutes ago when I got kicked off every few seconds for two or three minutes. I have to use the back arrow to get back to Spanishdict, and then in three or four seconds it happens again. This isn't happening on any of the other sites I frequent, and it's making this site almost impossible to use.

I use adblock and have no problems, but I would report it through feedback just the same. - rac1, Dec 19, 2014

I have to use adblock also mate. - ray76, Dec 19, 2014

No particular problem here- but I am in Mexico - pacofinkler, Dec 19, 2014

Thanks for writing this. Now I am not feeling too bad. My browser stops working sometimes. I simply get out and come back later. - Raja-jani, Dec 19, 2014

Ads for different people are different depending on the country ,, but I have faced such a problem before and did report the specific add that went crazy and drove me crazy .. - Joydeep_Singh, Dec 20, 2014

Answer 1

Owing to an absolutely terrible headache (from which I am still [unfortunately] suffering from), I have not been on SpanishDict much for the past couple of days, so I don't know about any ads forcing me off the screen. However, things like this happened to me a couple of weeks ago. I don't think you are the only one!

Update: I just got forced off my screen by an add having to do with eyes/eyeliner/surgery. I think this could be a problem...

Send something through feedback. If it's the site, the more members that send something to them, the better. - rac1, Dec 19, 2014

I am more concerned about you.. get well soon .. :) - Joydeep_Singh, Dec 20, 2014

Answer 2

Do you use an ad blocker?

I use adblock plus and have no problem:

https://adblockplus.org/

You can turn it on and off if you prefer not to have it on all the time.

I do and have had no ads at all. - rac1, Dec 19, 2014

Answer 3

The techs at SD have informed me they are checking into this. I will keep you informed about their progress. Thanks everyone.

Thanks! - AnnRon, Dec 19, 2014

:) - Raja-jani, Dec 19, 2014

Answer 4

The URL for the ads in question is http://lax1.ib.adnxs.com, which, it turns out, is a malware site. We used Bitdefender to scan our computers and it found nothing on any of our machines. I'm worrying that the site might be infected. However, it seems to be working fine right now.

SD has informed me they are checking into this and will get back to us. - rac1, Dec 19, 2014

Answer 5

I have had firefox dropping out on me all day , i had to shut down and reboot , which so far has worked

Answer 6

I have adblock as well. Even though I have no ads, I am experiencing some problems with pages loading and the like. I have sent a message through feedback regarding these issues. I would encourage each of you that are having problems to please send a message through feedback as well.

Answer 7

It's happening to me on my iPhone 6, but not on my desktop or laptop.

Answer 8

I just left the Spanishdict tab open for a few minutes while I wrote some emails, and when I came back, Spanishdict had been replaced by one of those ads. This time at least I've been able to re-access Spanishdict without being immediately forced off again.

I know they are working on it. I'll send them this information too. - rac1, Dec 20, 2014

Thanks. I just got forced off three times in very short order. - AnnRon, Dec 20, 2014