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    Default Ads highjacking browser

    I've been having issues with both my Mac desktop and iphone. In both cases I'm using Safari as the browser.

    -For the desktop, a website called go.goadvsdotcom is the culprit.

    -For the iphone the offender is best-iphone6sdotcom. This one is a nasty piece of work as the only way to get rid of it is to go ahead and click the link and then shutdown. Nothing else kills this one. Seems to happen most right around 1 or 2am EST and then again around 4 or 5pm EST.

    These are on the network since they only come up when I'm here on the forums. So far, very limited testing with Chrome, it doesn't seem to hit that browser. Seems like it may be targeted at Safari.

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    I haven't had problems as bad as NoWayOut but ever since Dobbs switched the site to the new format I have a terrible time viewing the main page and the ramblings and other articles on my home computer. Not only am I unable to log in but viewing those pages is frustrating because of delays in loading, which I assume is due to ads that formerly were not there. The problem is ameliorated on my tablet.
    In the forum I can log in and usually it works okay but lately it takes a long time to load pages and allow me to scroll. On my tablet, It is terrible and I don't even bother trying to view any forum posts on that.

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    Yeah the I phone thing is almost every single time

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    Dobbs, it's happening all the time. Safari browser. Even happens when I click on Twitter links to articles on the site. Gotta get fixed!
    Yahoo! H2H, 1 year, 12 teams, Daily starts
    G, A, +/-, PPP, SOG, HITS, W, GAA, SV%, SO
    2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 2G, 5BN, IR, 3IR+
    Used 32/45 moves
    ---------------------
    C} Matthews, Barkov, Miller(RW), Vatrano(LW)
    LW} B.Tkachuk(C), Connor, E.Kane
    RW} Nichushkin(LW), Zuccarello, Rust
    D} Josi, Fox, Dobson, Carlson
    G} DeSmith, Daccord, Grubauer
    IR} Guentzel
    IR+} Demko




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    Btw, I DONT click on the link... But then remove all cookies from Safari, which un-hijacks the browser. Unfortunately, I I'll have to re-enter log back into my profile and password.
    Yahoo! H2H, 1 year, 12 teams, Daily starts
    G, A, +/-, PPP, SOG, HITS, W, GAA, SV%, SO
    2C, 2LW, 2RW, 4D, 2G, 5BN, IR, 3IR+
    Used 32/45 moves
    ---------------------
    C} Matthews, Barkov, Miller(RW), Vatrano(LW)
    LW} B.Tkachuk(C), Connor, E.Kane
    RW} Nichushkin(LW), Zuccarello, Rust
    D} Josi, Fox, Dobson, Carlson
    G} DeSmith, Daccord, Grubauer
    IR} Guentzel
    IR+} Demko




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