topic Re: Popup to click ok to win in Technical Issues

Popup to click ok to win

mrf100truck — Sun, 20 May 2018 08:22:28 GMT

4 times today while looking at products the screen goes blank then a pop up appears asking me to click ok as i have been chosen to recieve a Iphone, tablet or samsung S9.

The only way to get out of it is to close that window.

Re: Popup to click ok to win

Anonymous — Sun, 20 May 2018 08:29:33 GMT

Very good idea to ignore the things

Have you already got your pop up blocker on and an ad blocker in place?

Many people have reported getting swamped with spam after 'entering' and nobody has ever once heard of anyone winning

Ebay don't seem to care, in fact some of these types of things are even 'supported' by ebay (there is one to win $5000

Again, no sign or mention of there ever being a winning

Re: Popup to click ok to win

brerrabbit585 — Sun, 20 May 2018 08:40:19 GMT

This isn't a normal pop-up. The whole webpage changes to a new page and the message is in a small box in the middle of the page, with a black filter showing over the rest of the page. I've had it happen twice now and also ignored it. First time I closed the tab, second time I went back to a previous page.

You don't have to click on anything to get this particular page/ad. It just appears out of nowhere. I can't remember the details but the first time I saw it something made me think it was from Microsoft.

Re: Popup to click ok to win

Anonymous — Sun, 20 May 2018 08:44:47 GMT

Holy carp

Not had one of those..................................not looking forward to it being my turn to get it

Ugh

Re: Popup to click ok to win

brerrabbit585 — Sun, 20 May 2018 08:49:16 GMT

It looks like this. It was probably the windows logo at the top that made me think it was microsoft, but no way was I clicking on it!

Re: Popup to click ok to win

Anonymous — Sun, 20 May 2018 08:52:00 GMT

I don't blame you one little bit

Dodgey dodgey dodgey !

Thank you for the screenshot so I know it when it hits

Re: Popup to click ok to win

countessalmirena — Sun, 20 May 2018 09:18:17 GMT

brerrabbit, had you been searching for something in particular when this appeared?

(And you're right; if you'd clicked onto the popup, it would have been like engaging in intimacy with a Hep B syphilis-infected plague-carrier, in a manner of speaking.)

Re: Popup to click ok to win

justajunk — Sun, 20 May 2018 12:19:11 GMT

It has been happening to me too. In my case, I haven't been scrolling through or clicking anything. All I have done is left an eBay window open (either my Watchlist or My Selling page), gone to another window to do something else, and upon returning have found the bombardment ad. Very odd.

Re: Popup to click ok to win

brerrabbit585 — Mon, 21 May 2018 00:27:23 GMT

The first time it happened to me I was just scrolling down my summary page using the slider on the right. I was about halfway down the page when suddenly the page changed on me. I can't remember what happened the second time but I don't think I was looking at products and was more likely to have been looking at my sold section or something similar.

A friend of mine emailed this morning to say it's happened to her a couple of times in the last two days, and it only happens on ebay, no other site. Her son is a computer geek so it'll be interesting to see if I hear any more, but so far they think it's ebay doing it, or allowing it, which doesn't make much sense, but I think they mean that it's not something bad on my computer.

Re: Popup to click ok to win

performance_parts_clearance_centre — Mon, 21 May 2018 02:32:30 GMT

Far more likely to be related to the actual browser than the specific web-page, I'd think. Possibly a rogue extension or script of some sort.

Re: Popup to click ok to win

go-tazz — Mon, 21 May 2018 05:44:26 GMT

@performance_parts_clearance_centre wrote:
Far more likely to be related to the actual browser than the specific web-page, I'd think. Possibly a rogue extension or script of some sort.

Adware,(possibly when the browser updated).

Re: Popup to click ok to win

countessalmirena — Mon, 21 May 2018 05:50:35 GMT

Check here for explanation of what may be occurring.

Re: Popup to click ok to win

brerrabbit585 — Mon, 21 May 2018 08:55:50 GMT

They're not actually pop-ups. They take you to a completely different webpage. I just got another one, different to before. No black filter on this one, different web address, no windows logo - this one is addressed to google users. Nope, not going to fall for this one either!

Re: Popup to click ok to win

brerrabbit585 — Mon, 21 May 2018 08:57:49 GMT

I can imagine a lot of people will be put off using ebay by this sort of thing. I was using another tab and when I went back to my All Selling page I got the other page instead.

Re: Popup to click ok to win

davewil1964 — Mon, 21 May 2018 11:52:54 GMT

Looks like malware to me.

If it was an eBay thing, I would expect everybody to get it. I certainly haven't been hit, but I have reasonable security, no malware and POPUPS BLOCKED.

Re: Popup to click ok to win

countessalmirena — Mon, 21 May 2018 12:05:31 GMT

Yes, I agree. Using Malwarebytes could help.

Re: Popup to click ok to win

mrf100truck — Tue, 22 May 2018 01:16:13 GMT

Hey Guys and Gals.

Happened again so i did a screen shot. Will go into popup blocker and advertizing .

Re: Popup to click ok to win

brerrabbit585 — Tue, 22 May 2018 03:09:46 GMT

Tried that, found nothing. I haven't seen any pop-up ads for YEARS on my computer so they're well and truly blocked.