pop up ads

[oldspert]

Lately when I open the fordbarn site I have been getting a pop up ad for various items. Have I been hacked or is fordbarn allowing these now. I never open them.
Ed

 

[Ruth]

The only time I see pop up ads is when I am not logged in to Ford Barn, but just perusing.

 

[nkaminar]

If you are not logged on there are ads. You can get an application to put on your computer or change a setting to stop all pop up ads. You can also use a private window on your browser that will stop all ads of any kind.

 

[katy]

You can also use a private window on your browser that will stop all ads of any kind.

How does one do that?

 

[1928Mik]

I use Firefox web browser and use AdBlock plus. If you use Firefox you can get it here with free download:
https://adblockplus.org/

 

[nkaminar]

In Firefox, you click on File at the top and then scroll down to New Private Window.

Firefox has a lot of security features that are not found on other browsers. It will stop me from opening a site if there is a tracker that will open or if the site does not have proper authentication. The browser is free. See https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/

I can elect to bypass the security features if I want to. This is useful if I know the site is not detrimental and I have to open it for some reason.

 

[fundytides]

I choose to stay logged on to the Ford Barn. That avoids any of the pop-up ads.

 

[oldspert]

I choose to stay logged on to the Ford Barn. That avoids any of the pop-up ads.

I stay logged in all of the time. Got a pop up just now when I opened the site from some corvette sales.

 

[chap52]

I love Go Duck Go Browser. It blocks a lot of ads and tracking... Chap