Strange Ebay pop-up! (?)

scorpio13

Since yesterday evening every time i sign out on Ebay i keep getting this strange pop-up.

The page that comes up is blank but it's becoming very annoying. Has anyone else been getting this or know how i can get rid of it. I have pop-up blocker on, but it still keeps coming up.

silkyuk9

scorpio13 wrote: »

Since yesterday evening every time i sign out on Ebay i keep getting this strange pop-up.

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/rtm/popunder.html?downgradeDomainTo=ebay.co.uk&pid=3...

The page that comes up is blank but it's becoming very annoying. Has anyone else been getting this or know how i can get rid of it. I have pop-up blocker on, but it still keeps coming up.

well this is what ive found about 'popunder' popups.


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scorpio13

Thanks for that Silky,..... very interesting.

What baffles me though, is why i've suddenly started getting these "pop-unders"!

I'll put my Google feelers out & see if there's a way i can get rid of them.

Cheers.

dawn27

ive been getting this too, but only the last few days.
very annoying

*LoopyLaura*

I've been getting the Ebay ones too but they're blocked so not sure what they are?

TurkishDelight

Glad it's not just us.
Just another step in ebays attempts to be as annoying as possible :rolleyes:

So_Sad_Angel

Me too....did`nt know there was such things as `pop-unders` ...well I await `pop-overs` & `pop-arounds` next !!

Anyway just to add...I only get these when I use Ebay via AOL as ISP....if I go in to Ebay via FireFox then don`t get them.

They are annoying though!!!

TurkishDelight

So_Sad_Angel wrote: »

Me too....did`nt know there was such things as `pop-unders` ...well I await `pop-overs` & `pop-arounds` next !!

Anyway just to add...I only get these when I use Ebay via AOL as ISP....if I go in to Ebay via FireFox then don`t get them.

They are annoying though!!!

That's odd- we're on firefox and still get them.

Repairman77

There is a fix for Firefox3.5...
Use the add-on 'NoScript' and 'allow ebay.co.uk' but no other redirects.
However if you wish to bid or use other functions you will have to "allow all this page". OK for searching for listings etc. though.

Adblockers do not usually remove this 'pest'.

Mike (ebay Techi Board)

1jim

they really are annoying, we have been getting these for the last week or so but its everysingle time I log off ebay.....on the ebay forums someone posted a link to show that ebay were using these (for vodafone and a laser eye surgery company) but tha they claimed to be limiting the number of times each user would see it...very annonying...shows the value ebay places in its cutomers