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Thread ID: 139633 2015-06-03 11:19:00 Speed Test and other Sites AppleFan (17097) PC World Chat
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1401924 2015-06-03 11:19:00 Hey everyone recently i have been seeing lots of ads via speed test and other random sites . They look similar say when i go to other sites so to make it easier to understand say if i see a message saying " Click here you have got a new message " i get that on other sites too . Is this some malware causing it or just random advertisements popping up ?


Also are you also affected by this ?
AppleFan (17097)
1401925 2015-06-03 11:37:00 Its all advertising, scams and fakes.

I run Ghostery -- Heres what it detects in the way of ads on Speedtest :groan:

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wainuitech (129)
1401926 2015-06-03 11:59:00 Ok thanks wainuitech , i have spottted on here too , PC World Forums but less AppleFan (17097)
1401927 2015-06-03 13:21:00 So WT what does Ghostery do other than telling you which ads are running?

sarel
sarel (2490)
1401928 2015-06-03 19:57:00 It blocks them, although I'm still using Erayds stylish script which works great too. gary67 (56)
1401929 2015-06-03 21:23:00 So WT what does Ghostery do other than telling you which ads are running?

sarel As Gary said it blocks them, the pic shows some are blocked ( with a line through it) but the others I had not done.

Example, heres the blocking from this site:
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wainuitech (129)
1401930 2015-06-04 02:10:00 So WT what does Ghostery do other than telling you which ads are running?

sarel

Its actually an anti tracking add-on
www.ghostery.com

Worth having, but also load up Adblock Plus or similar ad-blocking add-on
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