Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More

Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More

Talk of The Villages Florida  / Talk of the Villages Forums  / Computer questions  /  Annoying Wal-Mart pop-ups

Annoying Wal-Mart pop-ups

Closed Thread
Thread Tools
  #1  
Old 08-20-2018, 11:07 AM
Henryk's Avatar
Henryk Henryk is offline
Gold member
Join Date: Feb 2016
Posts: 1,356
Thanks: 147
Thanked 79 Times in 58 Posts
Default Annoying Wal-Mart pop-ups
When I try to read villages,-,ne ws dot com, I keep getting interrupted by pop-ups regarding a $1000 gift card. Can’t make it go away even with pop up blocker on. Any body else having this problem? Any advice? Thanks.
__________________
A hammer is not a screwdriver. (My grandfather Bill.)
  #2  
Old 08-20-2018, 11:24 AM
SFSkol SFSkol is offline
Veteran member
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Da Villages
Posts: 591
Thanks: 2
Thanked 61 Times in 33 Posts
Default
If you have windows:

Control panel, apps/programs. See if you have installed anything with Wal-Mart in it. Remove/uninstall.

Some sort of helper app.
  #3  
Old 08-20-2018, 03:52 PM
villages07's Avatar
villages07 villages07 is offline
Sage
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 11,069
Thanks: 2
Thanked 23 Times in 16 Posts
Default
I had the same Walmart popup on my iPad this morning on that site. Was using chrome browser and the popup locked the screen..I wasn’t going to hit the OK button. Closed out chrome and opened it again...it went right back to that page and popup. I deleted chrome and reinstalled it and seems ok now. Very annoying.


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
__________________
Maryland (DC Suburbs) - first 51 years
The Villages - next 51 years
  #4  
Old 08-20-2018, 05:11 PM
John_W John_W is offline
Sage
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 6,390
Thanks: 2,172
Thanked 2,954 Times in 1,160 Posts
Default
I added the extension Popup Blocker Pro for Chrome about four years ago and have never seen a popup since. Also for ads, you can eliminate them with Ad Block Plus.

Chrome Web Store

The Villages Florida

Chrome Web Store

The Villages Florida
  #5  
Old 08-21-2018, 08:24 AM
Henryk's Avatar
Henryk Henryk is offline
Gold member
Join Date: Feb 2016
Posts: 1,356
Thanks: 147
Thanked 79 Times in 58 Posts
Default
I have an iPad with Safari.

Same irritating pop ups today promising a free iPad.

It only seems to happen on villages.news..comm
__________________
A hammer is not a screwdriver. (My grandfather Bill.)
  #6  
Old 08-21-2018, 09:02 AM
graciegirl's Avatar
graciegirl graciegirl is offline
Sage
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 40,007
Thanks: 4,853
Thanked 5,506 Times in 1,906 Posts
Send a message via AIM to graciegirl
Default
Quote:
Originally Posted by Henryk View Post
I have an iPad with Safari.

Same irritating pop ups today promising a free iPad.

It only seems to happen on villages.news..comm
When something like this happens I suspect some form of malware.

I am getting paranoid about who wants to pest us?
__________________
It is better to laugh than to cry.
Last edited by graciegirl; 08-21-2018 at 09:08 AM.
  #7  
Old 08-21-2018, 09:23 AM
John_W John_W is offline
Sage
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 6,390
Thanks: 2,172
Thanked 2,954 Times in 1,160 Posts
Default
Quote:
Originally Posted by Henryk View Post
I have an iPad with Safari.

Same irritating pop ups today promising a free iPad.

It only seems to happen on villages.news..comm
Apparently Safari (IOS) has a built in pop-in blocker. You may have it disabled. Here's a website that may help.

Safari (iOS) - Enabling and disabling pop-up blocker
  #8  
Old 08-21-2018, 09:40 AM
Henryk's Avatar
Henryk Henryk is offline
Gold member
Join Date: Feb 2016
Posts: 1,356
Thanks: 147
Thanked 79 Times in 58 Posts
Default
Quote:
Originally Posted by John_W View Post
Apparently Safari (IOS) has a built in pop-in blocker. You may have it disabled. Here's a website that may help.

Safari (iOS) - Enabling and disabling pop-up blocker
Thanks for the link, John. I already have it set properly. What gets me is that it only happens on that one site. Extremely annoying!
__________________
A hammer is not a screwdriver. (My grandfather Bill.)
  #9  
Old 08-21-2018, 10:59 AM
Henryk's Avatar
Henryk Henryk is offline
Gold member
Join Date: Feb 2016
Posts: 1,356
Thanks: 147
Thanked 79 Times in 58 Posts
Default
OMG. It stopped. So far, at least.
__________________
A hammer is not a screwdriver. (My grandfather Bill.)
  #10  
Old 08-21-2018, 03:32 PM
Barefoot's Avatar
Barefoot Barefoot is offline
Sage
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Winters in TV, Summers in Canada.
Posts: 17,669
Thanks: 1,694
Thanked 243 Times in 184 Posts
Default
Quote:
Originally Posted by John_W View Post
Apparently Safari (IOS) has a built in pop-in blocker. You may have it disabled. Here's a website that may help.

Safari (iOS) - Enabling and disabling pop-up blocker
Thanks John.
__________________
Barefoot At Last
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
Saving one dog will not change the world, but surely for that one dog, the world will change forever.
Closed Thread

Tags
pop-ups, pop, blocker, body, problem

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »
Thread Tools

You are viewing a new design of the TOTV site. Click here to revert to the old version.

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 02:17 AM.



Search Engine Optimisation provided by DragonByte SEO v2.0.32 (Pro) - vBulletin Mods & Addons Copyright © 2024 DragonByte Technologies Ltd.