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I am still receiving Spam popups when using Audiogon. This happen when I was in Audiogon in the amp forum and just clicked on the post. I have reported this issue to Audiogon Customer Support and their Developers are investigating. I do not understand why the Spam popups are so random. They do not occur every day and, usually appear twice in one day but no more. I have been unable to duplicate the Spam popups. After one occurs, I always clear memory and delete my web history and data. My Safari popup blocker is on and so is my fraudulent web blocker. I am using an Apple iPhone 10 and my IOS version is 13.1.2. All IOS software is up to date. My iPhone has no unauthorized Apps and runs fine using other Apps including various other audio Apps. If anyone else is receiving THESE popup Spam messages, please email Audiogon Customer Support at support@audiogon.com. Please include a screen shot of the Spam Popup to help them solve the issue. Thanks. |
I was reading a post in the Audiogon digital forum and received a popup spam message again. I was okay for a while but these popup spams started again the last few days. Someone mentioned these popups are web pages but I do not not know. Please note these popup spans only appear when I am browsing Audiogon. I get NO popups when browsing any other audio site or anything else. My Safari popup blocker is on and so is my fraudulent web blocker. My iPhone IOS version is 12.2 and is the most current version. If anyone else is receiving these popup spam messages, please email Audiogon Customer Support at support@audiogon.com. Thanks. |
I had another spam related popup ad appear today on my iPhone 10X when browsing Audiogon forums. I found these instructions for "Dealing with Safari popups that won't go away”:" "There have been a rash of popups that appear to take over Safari on iOS devices. These can be announcements that you have won an Amazon gift card, or an iPhone, or a warning that your device is infected with a virus. If you could just dismiss them they would be only an annoyance, but many cannot be dismissed and keep recurring every time you go to any website. I won't go into how they do this (it involves JavaScript manipulation), but there is a solution that I will discuss here. Prevention The best way to prepare is to install an ad blocker on your iOS device. There are several in the app store; all of them work. Which one to pick is an individual preference. If you do see one of these "popups", tap in the address bar and just enter another URL, or tap on the overlapped boxes in the lower right and close the tab by tapping on the "x" in it. Whatever you do, don't tap anywhere in the popup or on the "close" button in the popup. It isn't a close button; it runs JavaScript code that inserts links that will be reused to allow the popup to stay in memory and display over and over. Too late for that? See the next section. Mitigation Apple has posted this tip regarding this problem: How to block pop-ups in Safari - Apple Support if it works, great, but the malefactors have found ways AROUND Apple's solution. The first thing to recognize is that these are really not popups; they are web pages designed to LOOK like popups. And to remove them you must remove the page references. Here is a way to remove this intrusive bit of adware. Try this:
I hope this helps. |
Simple solution: https://adblockplus.org/download
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As posted above, I also noticed a dramatic increase in the number of pop-up ads appearing on forum threads. This started maybe 3 days ago. I placed my iPhone 10X IOS 12.2 on sleep mode and then cleared my Apps from memory, history and web site data. It seemed to solve the problem. I emailed Audiogon Customer Support and they are reviewing. Thanks..... |