Genes Reunited ,annoying new ads

[bus4547]

Hey Bad Girl... like your image but not your comments ...

this is not the fault of your host site ... these digital wreckers are happy to cause contention and inconvenience ... they commercially thrive on the back of the inter-complaining that ensues.  stay loyal.  stay cool. and work out the ante-dote ... no alternative.
who gains: the commercial "intruder;" the anti-"intruder" software people and anyone who may hve an interest in affecting the host site organisation.  (politely) get real ... it's the product of the digital age ... and it aint going to go away.   best wishes: john

[Chasing-fireflies]

Hello,
Well you may be right in some cases but on this occasion GR admit(via e mail) that the adware is down to them so the host site IS to blame this time. They obviously know that being unable to view pages due to large ads that wont close(unless the whole site has closed) interrupts a paid service and they are the only ones who can rectify this. In Gazza's case he is unable to log onto the site unles the ads are enabled. GR are the only ones able to rectify this as they are the ones being paid by the adware company. It may not be going away but in this case it needs to be resolved one way or the other. Have you seen the ads?
Karren
 

[bus4547]

Hi again Bad Karen.

I sus an inter rival site nasty going on here.
it's happenning throughout the global business world.
if you were/are in business on the web it cld happen to you...  (hey there is a song there somewhere!)

digital attacks ARE a white collar business.

sure if your site throws up an "intruder" you have first to acknowledge and take responsibility for it before you can deal with it.

one thing is certain the brilliance of the designer mind behind your moving image (hey, they will arrest you in Wales!) is equal to the brilliance of the mind who designed the moving red blob.

such minds are ruling the new world we are in.  like it or not.
"...who let the Gene out...?"  No pun intended. 
see you babe.   p.s. put some clothes on ... bad girl!

best wishes:  john

[Chasing-fireflies]

Thats what i thought too(an inter rival nasty!!(Lol)) but it seems that GR admittingly are using these ads. I got rid of the ads myself and now every time i log onto the site the ads are blocked and removed but the question is...... How does Gazza get the same result?
In the e mail i sent to GR i explained the problem in full and lengthy detail, their reply was that they have pre warned us of this type of advertising in the privacy statement. So no "inter rival nasty" !!
Anyway, my point earler was that as long as Gazza can get onto the site(albeit slow) as long as his computer is not affected then for the time being its a waiting game until GR remove the ads. In other cases of course you are right when you say its not the hosts fault, which is why i previously posted an adware removal link for those who did not have it.
Karren
 

[bus4547]

k: welsh morgans of herefordshire were on marriage certificates as witnesses to my lot in eardisland c1800.  argumentative, too!   
back briefly to the burst red blood vessel: if that's not subliminal advertising....   there we are, all antecedent searching quietly among ourselves (!) then the bursting red blob and we are all at it...!  nuf sed!  nice one: john.  p.s. don't like the black heraldry: too morbid: bring back the gyrating geneologist ....

[gazza]

Well .Gr replied with "read our privacy Ts&C's.
I did,but still do not have an answer to my precise problem. I have tried Adaware also. No joy.
It seems whenever I 1st boot my pc the  GR homepage loads even though spybot throws up the usual warning about blocking Avenue A download, but after ,if I'm lucky, a couple of page refreshes or different page, same prob...page wont load apart from the big banner ad up top with blue background on rest of page+ usual block download warning.

I have tried contacting Neilson/Ratings ,for which a link appears in GR T&C's (they seem to provide a stats service for GR.) to try to find out if they are responsible or aware of Avenue A Inc. Frustratringly their contact us page does not work properly & refuses to submit the query. I have Asked GR to send my Query on my behalf.

[Chasing-fireflies]

Well i have got somewhere with GR and they claim if i can identify the adware then they will remove it as they were unaware that the ones they were using caused connection problems. If any one has anything to add other then Avenue A then let me know and i will report it the same time.
Gazza, is the Avenue A, exe or dll???
 

[RJ_Paton]

Avenue A adds a tracking cookie to your system ... it claims that it des not collect personal inforamtion but simply records the number of viewings by a computer of specific advertisements.

Ave A can be blocked via your cookie settings.

It's used by a number of agencies and is likely being installed via the ads without GR's knowledge

[RJ_Paton]

The following is from Avenue A's web site

Privacy Policy
     Privacy Policies: www.avenuea.com/info/privacy.asp and www.iballs.com/privacy.html

Both Avenue A and iballs.com use tracking cookies and collect clickstream data. Besides the usual clickstream data, the following is stated on the Avenue A web site:

"Sometimes clients will send us anonymous information they collected online during transactions so that we can provide targeted advertisements and analyze if our advertising has resulted in sales. In this process, the information that we receive is completely anonymous to Avenue A. This information relates to online transactions, such as the website user's anonymous ID, ZIP code, transaction sales total, and product ID. Avenue A will also collect data on events that occur on a client's website, such as the user has applied for a loan."

Opt-Out Option: On iballs.com, the opt-out cookie link redirects to Avenue A. An opt-out cookie that covers both Avenue A and iballs.com cookies is available at www.avenuea.com/info/optout.asp.

Privacy Contact: privacyinfo@avenuea.com

personally i would get rid of it asap and if Gr are responsible complain loudly.