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Well this is a new one. Went on the Men Better At Chess thread and had this ad on the bottom of the screen permanently. As you scroll down, the ad scrolls down too in a horrible jittery way, always on top.

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Getting ridiculous now. I dunno if this is a new one but I've never seen it before.
 
Fairly sure I know which network that one came from - but can you confirm whether or not you were logged on? (Logged on users get slightly less aggressive ads than guests)
 
Didn't seem to get any issue from those links but browsing has been a nightmare of late on my phone. Redirects to the app store on every thread.

Iphone5
iOS 7.1.2
Carrier - Optus (Australia)
Happening on both Safari browser and Chrome.

Will update to latest iOS shortly.
 
Moved to Android and it's started happening.

MotoG 2nd gen
Android 5.0.2
Tesco
Chrome
 
Didn't seem to get any issue from those links but browsing has been a nightmare of late on my phone. Redirects to the app store on every thread.

Iphone5
iOS 7.1.2
Carrier - Optus (Australia)
Happening on both Safari browser and Chrome.

Will update to latest iOS shortly.
Seems a little better after upgrade but perhaps just coincidence. It is still happening though.
 
Network 3 redirects me to the App Store. I've been getting redirected again past couple of days. iPhone 5s on safari, with EE but using wifi.
 
Network 3 redirects me to the App Store. I've been getting redirected again past couple of days. iPhone 5s on safari, with EE but using wifi.

Thanks, that's useful, although a little surprising as "Network 3" are only large banners that shouldn't be appearing on phones! I will get that network blocked for now anyway (takes a couple of hours to change), so let me know if you continue to have issues tomorrow.
 
Thanks, that's useful, although a little surprising as "Network 3" are only large banners that shouldn't be appearing on phones! I will get that network blocked for now anyway (takes a couple of hours to change), so let me know if you continue to have issues tomorrow.
It's definitely network 3 although it doesn't redirect every time I open it. I clicked 'request desktop site' earlier by mistake so maybe that's why it's happening. The university of Liverpool ad at the bottom of the page just redirected me on another thread.
 
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None of the networks
d.afftrx.com usually, tonight for the first time the racing post
Android mobile
internet explorer
virgin

Only happens via smb- got to the point where I could only access the new threads page- as soon as i tried to open anything I was redirected. Tonight though its happened only the once.. (touch wood) all other sites unaffected
 
I have been getting numerous reports of adverts not behaving correctly recently. You shouldn't get any of the above, but we use various ad networks and agencies and unfortunately they are not always as diligent checking things as they should be.

The problem I have is tracking down which network the adverts come from, so that ads from that network can be stopped and the adverts in question reported.

To help track things down, I have created several test pages containing ads from the various networks we use. If you are experiencing any of the above, it would be useful if you could visit these test pages and let me know if you see the problem on any of them. (As each of the primary networks/agencies we use each farm their inventory out to other networks it is possible you may see the issue on more than one of them)

The test pages are at:
Network 1
Network 2
Network 3
Network 4

Please report your results below in the following form:
  1. The Network(s) you see the problem on (if any)
  2. The advert which is causing the problem (if you can identify this)
  3. The type of device you are using (desktop PC, Tablet, Mobile) and if tablet/mobile the orientation of it (portrait/landscape)
  4. The browser and operating system you are using.
  5. If you are using a mobile, which network are you using (EE, O2, 3, Vodaphone etc)
None of the networks.

Iphone 5s running iOS 8.3, Safari, portrait

Wi-Fi (Virgin) and EE
 
Fairly sure I know which network that one came from - but can you confirm whether or not you were logged on? (Logged on users get slightly less aggressive ads than guests)
Sorry, only just seen this. Yes I was logged on, as I recreated the issue whilst typing my reply in order to take the screenshot.
 

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