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Whiff Fri 23-Jun-23 06:59:32

Had this dam advert pop up 4 times over the last 2 days and lost 4 posts because of it. 😡😡😡😡

Does anyone know how to block it? I have emailed GNHQ and Aldi about it.

downtoearth Sun 25-Jun-23 08:43:23

Farnworth thinking about it my card is in my Anazon wallet,and my card is registered to my Tesco account.
The spinning wheel seems to move about where you are clicking to get rid of it so you accidently click on paying for a spin of the wheel.

Shinamae Sun 25-Jun-23 08:42:46

Never seen it and touchwood don’t get annoying adverts, particularly moving one’s
I am on iPad I wonder if that makes a difference?..

Marydoll Sun 25-Jun-23 08:40:59

That explains it.
I don't save cards, nor passwords for sites, because no matter how secure a company say their systems are, there will always be very skilled hackers, as we know from recent cyber security breaches.

FarNorth Sun 25-Jun-23 08:34:26

Marydoll

Thanks, downtoearth, but I wondered how on earth they got into your account to take money. I am shocked.
It might be worth changing your passwords and informing your bank.
..or have I got the wrong end of the stick?

Often, when I buy something online, Google offers to save my password and I always say no.
If I said yes, would that mean my card details could be accessed as down-to-earth's seems to have been?

FarNorth Sun 25-Jun-23 08:18:46

I was using Firefox for GN and getting the annoying ads plus having difficulty posting because the phone keyboard would freeze and simply not respond.
The same happened on MN but on no other forum or site.
Using Chrome I got the ads but not the frozen keyboard.
Then I changed to Ecosia and GN no longer has those problems for me.

Gymstagran Sun 25-Jun-23 08:00:34

I'm hoping i got rid of it. I haven't seen it for a while. Somehow I managed to delete all the cookies. Try clicking on any three dots that appear on the screen above the gransnet page . I had an option appear to delete cookies and that has seemed to work.

Callistemon21 Sat 24-Jun-23 23:00:11

I haven't seen it - yet!

Grammaretto Sat 24-Jun-23 22:57:33

I just had another one.
Has anyone managed to get rid of the Aldi wheel?
It happened when I was reading posts this time, not halfway through writing one.

Callistemon21 Sat 24-Jun-23 22:11:47

Marydoll

BlueBelle

I don’t get an Aldi ad just those stupid three women and the cake stirring one which are incredible annoying but they are GN ones and there to stay I believe

I think one of those women may be a Gransnetter, who still posts. wink
Of course I may be totally wrong.😁

As it's a Gransnet video, it's probably here to stay.

They're not stupid women, they are Gransnetters who volunteered for a GN makeover and I know at least one of them is still posting (I saw a post by her today).
She looked lovely both before and after the makeover.

If GN decided to re-use the videos all this time later it's not the fault of the volunteers.

Marydoll Sat 24-Jun-23 21:45:57

Thanks, downtoearth, but I wondered how on earth they got into your account to take money. I am shocked.
It might be worth changing your passwords and informing your bank.
..or have I got the wrong end of the stick?

downtoearth Sat 24-Jun-23 21:33:28

* Marydoll* it is worrying.
The only on line shopping I do is with Tesco and occasionally Amazon,Granset is becoming a worrying place with all these flipping pop ups and adverts,hard to get rid of them as they dont respond to the cross be clicked on.
I also have an ad blocker

Marydoll Sat 24-Jun-23 20:26:32

downtoearth

I have just had £ 3.90 taken out of my bank by the spinning wheel ad as I tried to get rid of it,the beast fought back

How could that happen? How would anyone have access to your bank details? I'm intrigued, that is worrying.

downtoearth Sat 24-Jun-23 16:57:19

I have just had £ 3.90 taken out of my bank by the spinning wheel ad as I tried to get rid of it,the beast fought back

Sweetpeasue Fri 23-Jun-23 19:41:47

Can't stop these Aldi spinning wheel scam ads coming up every few mins. Just lost post and looked in notifications. Can't find anything there either. 😡

Marydoll Fri 23-Jun-23 19:16:21

BlueBelle

I don’t get an Aldi ad just those stupid three women and the cake stirring one which are incredible annoying but they are GN ones and there to stay I believe

I think one of those women may be a Gransnetter, who still posts. wink
Of course I may be totally wrong.😁

As it's a Gransnet video, it's probably here to stay.

BlueBelle Fri 23-Jun-23 19:00:16

I don’t get an Aldi ad just those stupid three women and the cake stirring one which are incredible annoying but they are GN ones and there to stay I believe

Gymstagran Fri 23-Jun-23 18:57:41

ImaniGransnet

Hi again Gymstagran, thanks again for the screenshot, it's very helpful. Do you or anyone else on the thread happen to have the Gransnet URL for where you have been seeing the ad?

Just came up again , accessing forums, active, relationships, boyfriend enmeshed with adult daughters on mobile site

Marydoll Fri 23-Jun-23 18:53:50

I want to know why I am not getting them! What am I doing right? wink

FannyCornforth Fri 23-Jun-23 18:51:02

This reminds me of an MP who criticised a website in Parliament for showing ads for pornography 😉

Shelflife Fri 23-Jun-23 18:45:43

I keep getting the spinning Aidi too!! Very annoying 😡😡

ImaniGransnet (GNHQ) Fri 23-Jun-23 17:34:53

Hi again Gymstagran, thanks again for the screenshot, it's very helpful. Do you or anyone else on the thread happen to have the Gransnet URL for where you have been seeing the ad?

PhilipGransnet (GNHQ) Fri 23-Jun-23 17:22:39

Hello Gymstagran, thanks so much for the screenshot. That is so very helpful. We are looking into it now.
Best wishes,
GNHQ

MerylStreep Fri 23-Jun-23 16:39:57

MaryDoll mentioned search history, that’s a given.
But what happened today is one of those big brother listening to you.
Last night our daughter phoned us to say that our flight to Seattle has been changed to LA.
Today I’ve had ads for Hotels in LA. I’ve never ever searched for hotels in LA.

silverlining48 Fri 23-Jun-23 16:28:57

Same woman but also with lipstick and a smile, this is GN so how do I get rid of this constant irritation?

silverlining48 Fri 23-Jun-23 16:27:53

Two different women just appeared !