Moderator, WTF is pubads.g.doubleclick....???

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satellite65

Discussion Starter · Oct 2, 2012

I get this crap almost every day that I browse this forum. After looking at a few threads, I hit the back button and nothing happens. Then I look at the recent history list and it is full from top to botom with this address repeated over and over:

http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad

I don't know where this comes from, but it really PISSES ME OFF!!!!! :banghead:

:banghead:

I never get this BS on any other web site.

I have to close IE and re-open it to get back to the forum.

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Darkanion

· #21 · Oct 2, 2012

bajanut said:
Wow, now that made a major differance in speed. Thanks. I can live with the adds (and compleatly agree that they need to support the site with them), but sometimes they just get overwelming. There is a point of paying for the site and making it very sluggish and almost unusable.

Agreed, but those underline ad things were very annoying.. and they give us a way to turn it off. So, I have no qualms with turning them off to make using the site more enjoyable. :29:

immortal_suby

· #22 · Oct 2, 2012

No problem here on firefox or chrome..... but I am using a custom hosts file and adblock and noscript.

satellite65

Discussion Starter · #23 · Oct 2, 2012

mpnret said:
I have been having this problem for a while on this site only. I just put Google in Internet Explorer, tools, internet options, security, restricted sites and problem is gone.

Thanks, I'll try that. I'd rather that someone running this website would fix the root problem, but eliminating the symptom is the next best thing. I would hope that spamming my IE browser history log is a bug, not an intended result of their advertisements.

Also thanks to Darkanion for the tip on how to turn off IntelliTXT.:29:

DavidPeab

· #24 · Oct 3, 2012

Google and use AdBlock Plus - free and effective. If you decide to switch from IE to Firefox or another browser, they will give you the option during or shortly after installation to transfer your Bookmarks from IE.

Part of my job as a graphic artist is to design Graphic User Interfaces (GUIs) for sites - that's the "pretty" front end stuff you see on a site. It has to link to the back end code to work (some browsers let you view the code). I need to make two versions of the code, one specifically designed for IE and one other that works with every other site, using some code that tells the site when it has to use the IE version. IMO IE was written terribly from the ground up. They keep trying to fix it with new patches that only make it slower and less compatible with the rest of the world. Firefox works well on my PCs and my Macs.

1 Lucky Texan

· #25 · Oct 3, 2012

DavidPeab said:
Google and use AdBlock Plus - free and effective. If you decide to switch from IE to Firefox or another browser, they will give you the option during or shortly after installation to transfer your Bookmarks from IE.

Part of my job as a graphic artist is to design Graphic User Interfaces (GUIs) for sites - that's the "pretty" front end stuff you see on a site. It has to link to the back end code to work (some browsers let you view the code). I need to make two versions of the code, one specifically designed for IE and one other that works with every other site, using some code that tells the site when it has to use the IE version. IMO IE was written terribly from the ground up. They keep trying to fix it with new patches that only make it slower and less compatible with the rest of the world. Firefox works well on my PCs and my Macs.

I've been a fan of navigator and FireFox for a long time. Just wondering what you think about Chrome, is it enough better to switch away from FF? (I use desktops and a laptop - just normal browsing)

vr4Legacy

· #26 · Oct 3, 2012

David, I agree wholeheartedly. While I don't build GUI commercially, I have built a few websites for myself personally and alumni clubs I'm involved in. It amazes me how simple it is to make a basic site worked flawlessly with Chrome, Firefox, Safari et al.. only to jump on a PC and see IE destroy it. I avoid IE at all costs.... however I don't have the liberty to change my work computer

And I agree with Satellite, it would be best if the admins fix the root problem. I have no problem with ads and the such to support the site. I do have a problem with sites that crash.

bajanut

· #27 · Oct 3, 2012

I work for a security concerned company and talking to our security people, there are still a lot of concerns with Crome and recommended to me to not use it for even my personal use. I didn't get the details on it. But they have explicitly denied it's use for the enterprise (10k+ employees). But My preferance is IE and Firefox regardless of platform. I agree on the development side that IE is a a lot harder, but haven't dabled in it for a long time and I read that IE10 is going to be better about it.

vr4Legacy

· #28 · Oct 3, 2012

bajanut said:
I agree on the development side that IE is a a lot harder, but haven't dabled in it for a long time and I read that IE10 is going to be better about it.

Didn't they say that about IE 6... 7... 8... 9.....

bajanut

· #29 · Oct 3, 2012

IE 6 & 7 are no go's, 8 is our default browser, and 9 is a no go as well. Firefox is our backup browser and we are using 10.0.6 now.

iainb

· #30 · Oct 3, 2012

satellite65 said:
I get this crap almost every day that I browse this forum. After looking at a few threads, I hit the back button and nothing happens. Then I look at the recent history list and it is full from top to botom with this address repeated over and over:

http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad

I don't know where this comes from, but it really PISSES ME OFF!!!!!

Let me google that for you

immortal_suby

· #31 · Oct 3, 2012

Chrome is very fast, much faster than IE or firefox on most every site I go to. But do not let it sync your logins/passwords with your google account. If your gmail/google account is hacked (which isn't that hard to do), they have all of your logins!

DavidPeab

· #32 · Oct 4, 2012 (Edited)

iainb: I like your link to the Google search Javascript page Let me google that for you. Nice use of CSS styles and Javascript (two of my favorite tools). My favorite line of code appears in the header: <meta content=<meta content="<b"><b>'For all those people who find it more convenient to bother you with their question rather than google it for themselves.'</b> name='description' />

immortal suby: The Google gmail hack problem still exist. But, most any server-side email storage like gmail, Yahoo mail, or Verizon mail can be hacked by a very persistent 13 year old. I store my emails for a short time on the Verizon server and then locally on my Mac which has very strong network encryption due to the nature of my work, which I do from home. You can set up Mac mail or Outlook to delete your server side storage after a prescribed amount of time (30 days, a week, or whatever). More secure, but (there's always a "but") be sure to back up your PC/Mac on a regular basis because if your hard drive craps out you've lost your old mail. Having said all that, Google Chrome is more secure now in all other ways than it was when launched in 2008. I personally like Firefox because of it's GUI plus lots of templates and add-ons available on the web for personalization and usefulness.

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iainb

· #33 · Oct 4, 2012

DavidPeab said:
iainb: I like your link to the Google search Javascript page Let me google that for you. Nice use of CSS styles and Javascript (two of my favorite tools). My favorite line of code appears in the header: <meta content=<meta content="<b"><b>'For all those people who find it more convenient to bother you with their question rather than google it for themselves.'</b> name='description' />

Unfortunately I can't take credit for lmgtfy.com.

immortal_suby

· #34 · Oct 4, 2012

DavidPeab said:
immortal suby: The Google gmail hack problem still exist. But, most any server-side email storage like gmail, Yahoo mail, or Verizon mail can be hacked by a very persistent 13 year old. I store my emails for a short time on the Verizon server and then locally on my Mac which has very strong network encryption due to the nature of my work, which I do from home. You can set up Mac mail or Outlook to delete your server side storage after a prescribed amount of time (30 days, a week, or whatever). More secure, but (there's always a "but") be sure to back up your PC/Mac on a regular basis because if your hard drive craps out you've lost your old mail. Having said all that, Google Chrome is more secure now in all other ways than it was when launched in 2008. I personally like Firefox because of it's GUI plus lots of templates and add-ons available on the web for personalization and usefulness.

True - you can protect your email by removing it from the server, but if you allow Chrome to sync your bookmarks and login/password information from your browser it is all stored online. Think of your banks/credit cards, hotmail account, ebay, amazon, etc. If you allow it to save any of these logins on chrome then you are very vulnerable. If they even know just your login and you use gmail as the email address for that account then without knowing the password they can have a password reset emailed to the gmail account they have just taken over. Now they are in your amazon account and buying things with your saved credit card information.

Chrome is not safe if you let it sync online until google/gmail is unhackable - which will probably never happen. Chrome is very fast so I use it but I do not sign in and do not let it sync.

DavidPeab

· #35 · Oct 5, 2012

Yikes! Good to know.

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