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Jonnyboy117:
Okay, there's something weird going on here. I realize that not everyone sees the same ads on every visit, but I just perused through the site on my 56K connection (which is actually more like 33K) and without logging in (so I see the same thing as everyone else).

I got a Windows XP Flash ad on the main page. It took up about 80% of the browser viewing area on my 800x600 resolution. Pretty bad, BUT it closed automatically after five seconds. From then on, the only ads I got were the banners embedded into each page. I checked out several pages of various types and got nothing. No more Flash, no pop-ups, no pop-unders, no ads with sound. And the interstitial ad ("Continue to Planet GameCube") uses a cookie so that it should never occur more than once in a 24 hour period.

For those of you who see a Flash ad or pop-up/under on seemingly every page of PGC, consider the possibility that it isn't our site at all. There is such a thing as "adware", which is installed on your computer by a variety of applications, most of them free and seemingly benign. (Gator is the most famous example.)

Whether you have ad problems on PGC or not, I VERY HIGHLY recommend that everyone get a program that removes adware. The best one I've used is LavaSoft's Ad-Aware, and it's totally free. You can download it from http://www.lavasoftusa.com or http://www.download.com. The program is easy to use and will rid your PC of adware, spyware, and all other sorts of nasty stuff that you don't want on there. Just realize that if you continue to use programs like Gator, the adware may be re-installed on your computer even after the cleaning. The best way to check is to run Ad-Aware, then run it again a couple of days later. If the scan shows some of the same stuff both times, you're using at least one program that is installing that crap on your computer without your knowledge. From there, you should be able to keep scanning and narrow it down to figure out which programs are doing it.

Sounds like a lot of trouble, but having a clean PC is so worth it. And if adware is the cause of your browsing frustration, the difference will be amazing.

(Edit: Fixed URL. Thanks Dan!)

nitsu niflheim:
I couldn't find anything about ad-ware at the lavasoft.com website and the second one doesn't give me anything at all, I get a webpage can't be opened screen. I did a search for ad-ware, I think the site I used was at download.com, but the link you provided wouldn't work for me.

Bloodworth:
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/

Matt:
Another good program is Search and Destroy Spybot

It worked okay for me on another PC that got some crap adware thing on it.

Why you should remove adware:
1) Free up disk space - now, on a big hard disk, or even a 20 GB one, this isn't going to be much, but it's still good.
2) Free up RAM - If you have Windows XP, or if you have under 256 MB of RAM, this is very important.
3) GET RID OF THE ADS - This is the best part :-)

Lukens:
Well, I just signed up to this forum for the sole purpose of comlaining about all the bloody ads.

There are pop-ups, pop-overs, and animated ads all over the place. They are annoying and they make the site look an untidy mess.

For me they pop-up/over every time I navigate to a different page. They used to always pop-up in a new window too, but that seems to be a little better now.

I come to the site less and less now as the adverts become more and more intrusive. It's like visiting a bloody pron site.

Yesterday there was one of those pop-over type ads that covers the current screen (for 28 Days Later) that was bigger than my viewing window, whenever I scrolled down the ad scrolled down, in the end I had to resize my window in order to click on the close button for the ad.

They really are just so annoying. I used to really love the site until things got so out of hand.

I have a suggestion however:

Pay a subscription = See no more ads.

You don't have to pay, the content is the same for members and non-members, the only difference is the ads.

I'd happily pay $30-$50 a year to see no more ads on your site, and I'm sure that $30 must be more than you'd get from the ad companies for me having them pop-up on my screen. I've never even bloody clicked on one anyway.

So - any chance of that happening.

Unfortunately I can't install any ad-blocking software at work, so don't bother suggesting that.

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