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Ads with moving borders

(32 Posts)
Treebee Tue 13-Mar-18 19:37:03

Anyone else getting ads with flashing and moving borders? They tell me it’s not a joke and I can win an Apple product if I click here.
I find them visually so disturbing I might give Gransnet a miss for a while. sad

rockgran Thu 15-Mar-18 10:09:23

"Ad blocker" - I think you just go to the app store and download one. I did this on my desktop mac and it worked a treat.

J52 Thu 15-Mar-18 10:12:41

It’s still on my IPad, I assume it’s a ‘legal’ scam. It says it’s put there by Prizeworld, so if you click on it you get nothing but more harassment to join a gambling site.
Has anyone clicked?

NanaMacGeek Thu 15-Mar-18 12:50:37

I'm learning all the time.... I've put an ad blocker on my iPad, I paid 78p for it. I installed it from the App Store and enabled it in Settings, selecting it from the Safari menu.

The Ad blocker seems to work OK except that some sites refused to load because they detected I was using an Ad blocker! For those using an iPad or iPhone, it may help to know that if you hold down the refresh/reload symbol at the end of the URL (Address) bar, you get the option to turn off the Ad blocker temporarily. Just hope someone might be interested (I didn't choose my username without reason).

TomGransnet (GNHQ) Mon 19-Mar-18 16:47:29

Hi all,

We're taking a look into it, but for now we'd initially suggest that you clear your cache - this should help to get rid of the pesky ad. You can see how to do that here:

www.wikihow.com/Clear-Your-Browser%27s-Cache

cornergran Mon 19-Mar-18 19:11:08

Moving borders had stopped (ad was still there) but came back. Just cleared the cache. The ads are still there Tom. One at the top of the screen, the other to the right of the threads. Only there on the iPad, not seen them on the iMac - and don’t want to!

NfkDumpling Tue 20-Mar-18 06:54:14

I've just got them on the iPad too, the laptop and phone are ok. I scroll past as soon as possible as they make me feel quite giddy!!