AudioZ now opening SCAM sites???

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  1. Rhodes

    Rhodes Audiosexual

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    when I select or click at the links; that one is not directly related to Z
     
  2. Kwissbeats

    Kwissbeats Audiosexual

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  3. ArticStorm

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    @Kwissbeats i see. but we are right.

    @Kookaboo you are better doing so, because google tracks you on every page you visit, so you get displayed ads specified for your needs.
    even from your old settings the algorithms can derive a lot of information about your personality and send you ads.

    i for my part have 5 browsers installed:
    IRON
    torbrowser
    operausb
    FF
    waterfox

    and all have different tasks. its also harder to follow me trough the web that way. all of them have addons installed to make me equal to lots of other users outthere, so longer personalized ads and other stuff, so no way to make money on me.
     
  4. floond

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    You should try the Ghostery browser add-on available for most of your many browsers. It lets you see and disable whatever trackers, beacons, widgets, google analytics and other crap sites are running in the shadows.
     
  5. ArticStorm

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    @floond all have ghostery installed, also host file blocking additional, abp, anti porn blocker.
    its more safe as fort knox ever will be :D

    i use different browser because i have different accounts for mail, etc.
     
  6. SillySausage

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    personally I have nothing against porn ads, however having porn ads pop up on your site when this site is viewable by under 18s is a tad dodgy? and a lot of porn ads will also have scripts intent on causing problems on your pc?
     
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    does AudioZ actually shows port ads? :no:
     
  8. Guitarmaniac64

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    So
    I get ads often 4 of them (blocked of course) when i open peeplinks
     
  9. Rhodes

    Rhodes Audiosexual

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    Yes, I saw a few of them, but now I am unsure if It was on AZ or Peeplink :dunno:

    But the ads are "interest" related... (the more You, usually watch porn, the more ads of that kind You get)

    Everyone gets what he deserves :hahaha: (kidding of course)
     
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    I can confirm that I only get ad pops when clicking peeplink pages.On the other hand, if there are more than are disabled before showing I don't know.

    Wait... I'm the only one who doesn't receive porn ads but plenty about penis enlargement pills???!! DAMN!!!
     
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  11. Rhodes

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  12. Yuri

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    I'm getting this as well now, when I click on a Peeplink link in AudioZ, Firefox opens up a new window with some crap in, though sometimes they get blocked by Malwarebytes.
     
  13. MozartEstLa

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    Same problem from any... peeplink pages! as explained by Yuri, unfortunately MalwareBytes doesn't detect anything for me.
     
  14. Frubbs

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    That's a good way to get a virus LOL
     
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    Respectfully, Magesy is a cesspool of ads, and most of their links are offline - not a worthy comparison. AudioZ/Audiosex is a very active community where not only the posters but many of the teams are present, and the level of accountability from Saint and the moderators makes it unlike the countless warez link sites that come and go like whack-a-mole on the web. If I occasionally encounter a pop-up generated by some Peeplink link I find it annoying, but it sure doesn't dull my gratitude for this site and this community. Frankly I agree with the earlier poster that it takes money to keep a site like this going and if Saint generates a bit from ads I certainly don't begrudge him that. And the fact that they appear only to guests makes it pretty painless, and it reinforces the community. Let's not be too unrealistic in the world of the corporate internet. Re the current problem, I have noticed few problems with extra ads of late, just a few overload errors. But I've been way busy.
     
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  17. Kookaboo

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    :cool: Phew! I finally managed to block all those annoying Pop-ups on these sites!
    It takes some extra-work but AdBlock-Plus is working now. :blues::chilling: :drummer::shalom:
     
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    Did you know ? :
    In firefox, click the Ad-Block Plus icon and select the 1st option
    (something like "Report a problem on this page" ((not sure my computer speaks french !!)) )
    Procedure is simple.
    Once, i had a fix in less than a day or 2 !!
    So stop complaining and be part of the solution !
     
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  19. SineWave

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    uBlock origin is pure genius. d= :) It's so easy to disable for the websites you want to disable it for, and it blocks more popups and more ads than adblock plus. It seems to work faster, and uses less memory, too. I love it! The GUI is so easy to use! Loooove it! Wholeheartedly recommended guys! :wink:

    I disabled it for AudioSex and AudioZ, because I think we should support these guys, and I always disable it for good websites that don't have a 100 popups and are just too aggressive for my taste. I prefer it when sites use either invisible popup ads or ones that close themselves automatically. For as long as it doesn't require any action on my part, I'm alright with it if it makes them happy. :winker:

    But if they start to be annoying, I'll re-enable it. Simple as that. :mad:

    Speaking of how websites can recognise the browser, the OS, and discover some other things about you besides your IP here's something funny I encountered about fortnight ago while playing with Ubuntu-MATE installation in VirtualBox:

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    ...repair Windows errors on Ubuntu! Good one.:hahaha: Btw. this is a scam site [no shit! :hahaha:] so if you somehow manage to get to this website don't install this crap. :wink: You can try if you use Linux or OS-X, though. :winker: Nothing will happen.
     
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