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09-07-2018, 14:09
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cruiser
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Pangaea
Posts: 10,856
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Popup Add Worm IPhone
Anyone else having this problem with this site? A “You’ve Won a free IPhone” add pops up on this site and takes control until I erase my browsing history or restart my iphone. Very annoying. It only happens on cruisersforum or sailnet. It was so irritating on sailnet, I never go to the site.
The screen goes to this, then locks up my iphone. It happens all the time on cruisersforum.
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09-07-2018, 14:11
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2018
Posts: 19
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Re: Popup Add Worm IPhone
All the time. Sometimes multiple times a day. Thought it was just me.
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09-07-2018, 14:34
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Bumping around the Caribbean
Boat: Valiant 40
Posts: 4,625
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Re: Popup Add Worm IPhone
Never seen that.
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09-07-2018, 15:09
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2008
Location: puɐןsuǝǝnb 'ʎɐʞɔɐɯ
Boat: Nantucket Island 33
Posts: 4,892
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Re: Popup Add Worm IPhone
Shoulda brought a Samsung!
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09-07-2018, 16:43
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Moderator
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Pacific NW, USA
Boat: Cape Dory 27
Posts: 8,794
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Re: Popup Add Worm IPhone
Are you seeing this on the mobile view or using the cf mobile app?
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09-07-2018, 19:14
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#6
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cruiser
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Pangaea
Posts: 10,856
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Re: Popup Add Worm IPhone
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Originally Posted by Janet H
Are you seeing this on the mobile view or using the cf mobile app?
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I use the full site view which I guess would be the mobile view, and it only shows up when I’m on cruisers forum or when I try sailnet.
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10-07-2018, 09:59
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Bahamas
Boat: 1983 Pearson 424 Ketch
Posts: 1,095
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Re: Popup Add Worm IPhone
I’m having the same exact issue on an iPhone 6. Happens constantly. However, I downloaded the Firefox browser for the iPhone and it doesn’t happen in Firefox, only in safari.
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10-07-2018, 10:04
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Jacksonville/ out cruising
Boat: Island Packet 38
Posts: 31,348
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Popup Add Worm IPhone
Not seen it, although I’m on the App with an IPad.
Try the App as a fix for now
You can run Firefox on an Apple product? Just downloaded, learned something
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10-07-2018, 12:24
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Oriental, NC
Boat: Baba 40
Posts: 537
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Re: Popup Add Worm IPhone
No, you’ve actually won the free phone! Just send me $995 for handling (I’ll pay the shipping) and it’ll be on the way!
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10-07-2018, 12:28
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Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2012
Boat: Jeanneau SO45.2
Posts: 387
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Re: Popup Add Worm IPhone
On sites that do that, go into airplane mode, then return to the browser and back up or kill the tab, then restore wifi/cell.
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24-07-2018, 18:57
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cruiser
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Pangaea
Posts: 10,856
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Re: Popup Add Worm IPhone
The forum Webmaster really needs to do something about this issue. I can’t be the only one constantly pestered by these annoying popups that originate only on this site.
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24-07-2018, 19:01
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#12
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cruiser
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Pangaea
Posts: 10,856
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Re: Popup Add Worm IPhone
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Originally Posted by Kenomac
The forum Webmaster really needs to do something about this issue. I can’t be the only one constantly pestered by these annoying popups that originate only on this site.
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I’m now trying the firefox browser. Thanks
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24-07-2018, 19:06
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#13
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cruiser
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Pangaea
Posts: 10,856
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Re: Popup Add Worm IPhone
Quote:
Originally Posted by a64pilot
Not seen it, although I’m on the App with an IPad.
Try the App as a fix for now
You can run Firefox on an Apple product? Just downloaded, learned something |
Firefox seems to be running everything much faster. Thanks.
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24-07-2018, 20:44
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#14
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Bahamas
Boat: 1983 Pearson 424 Ketch
Posts: 1,095
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Re: Popup Add Worm IPhone
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Originally Posted by Kenomac
Firefox seems to be running everything much faster. Thanks.
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Yeah, my iPhone Firefox doesn’t have it, but Safari still does. Please CF webmaster... there has to be a way to fix this. Been happening for over a year.
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25-07-2018, 17:52
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#15
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Moderator
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Pacific NW, USA
Boat: Cape Dory 27
Posts: 8,794
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Re: Popup Add Worm IPhone
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Originally Posted by Peregrine1983
Yeah, my iPhone Firefox doesn’t have it, but Safari still does. Please CF webmaster... there has to be a way to fix this. Been happening for over a year.
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This is delivered via ads targeted at iphone users (safari) and is essentially a cookie set as you surf by the advertiser so they can show you more garbage. These ads are served up by google, and others and we have no real control or ability to block them.
Doing a reboot (which purges cookies) offers some short term relief but is not a real solution.
You can also configure safari to block some of these. Here's some help wit that: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203987
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