Report Ad (Ctrl+Alt+R) Disabled+New Report Tool!

[Michael]

Hello ProBoards Family!

We have disabled the old report ad functionality across ProBoards. This old system has now been replaced by our new ad reporter which you can access by going to ads.proboards.com/ad-report.html 

In the future we will most likely be updating the old shortcut to allow you to access the new system but for now please use the new link to the new tool. If you have any questions regarding this feel free to reply to this thread and we'll get you squared away.




UPDATE for iPhone users: If the ad tool is not showing any results (using Safari) on the iPhone go to Settings > Safari > Block Cookies, and set to Always Allow.

[Boy_Wonder]

I click on that and get a 404 not found, is this usual?

[Scott]

Boy_Wonder
Should work now. (Thanks)

[Matt]

This is a great idea!
Hopefully this works really well and keeps those mobile redirect ads out.

[saltin]

My site: european-war-4.boards.net

stone,Scott and anyone else involved in solving this problem, thank you for your efforts.

Please understand the scope of the issue:
The redirect problem is killing my forum,I have lost many members already because of it and I cant say I blame them either. My membership is primarily based on mobile and I have estimated the redirect issue to have cost me a third of my registered members already, I should have hit half a million page views a month by now but instead I would be very lucky to reach that number at the end of the year as a direct result of the redirects.

Now I have 2 questions:

1) Tool asking for a screenshot: How are we suppose to add a screenshot within the report?

2)The problem with redirect is currently mainly "only " wreaking havoc with mobile users and I am wondering what will happen with the new version of proboards that will blend mobile and desktop proboard versions together. Will the redirect cancer then spread to the entire proboard population instead of just being limited to and affecting the much smaller mobile users base?

Finally,a comment on the new proboards version: There should be a tool built in,designed and integrated within the new version of proboard,as it is obvious the problem will never go away,so we might as well plan accordingly.

[Lane Cook]

I have been running a free/ad sponsored BBS for over a year. Tonight I disabled my ad blocker and my antivirus alerted me to viruses in the ad.From AVG it said it is SWF/Exploit, came on static.adsafeprotected.com/detector_4_5.pix
I am going to discontinue this board, I don't wish to infect my visitors.

[Brian]

May 20, 2016 18:16:42 GMT -8 saltin said:

My site: european-war-4.boards.net

stone,Scott and anyone else involved in solving this problem, thank you for your efforts.

Please understand the scope of the issue:
The redirect problem is killing my forum,I have lost many members already because of it and I cant say I blame them either. My membership is primarily based on mobile and I have estimated the redirect issue to have cost me a third of my registered members already, I should have hit half a million page views a month by now but instead I would be very lucky to reach that number at the end of the year as a direct result of the redirects.

Now I have 2 questions:

1) Tool asking for a screenshot: How are we suppose to add a screenshot within the report?

2)The problem with redirect is currently mainly "only " wreaking havoc with mobile users and I am wondering what will happen with the new version of proboards that will blend mobile and desktop proboard versions together. Will the redirect cancer then spread to the entire proboard population instead of just being limited to and affecting the much smaller mobile users base?

Finally,a comment on the new proboards version: There should be a tool built in,designed and integrated within the new version of proboard,as it is obvious the problem will never go away,so we might as well plan accordingly.

1. Capture a screenshot on the respective device you receive the redirect on and upload it to an image host (such as Imgur, then provide the link in your report.

2. No, as the ads that load will still be determined by the device you're using to connect, not which view you're on.

This tool meets the exact description you provided.

May 21, 2016 19:21:36 GMT -8 Lane Cook said:

I have been running a free/ad sponsored BBS for over a year. Tonight I disabled my ad blocker and my antivirus alerted me to viruses in the ad.From AVG it said it is SWF/Exploit, came on static.adsafeprotected.com/detector_4_5.pix
I am going to discontinue this board, I don't wish to infect my visitors.

Please report this ad, as malicious ads such as that are precisely why the tool was created.

[Lynx]

May 25, 2016 6:48:17 GMT -8 kamilusiek said:

nick: johnny-frak new hackers, 2 seconds is already after 2 side shoots faster and penetrates through walls

Does this pertain to the ad reporting tool somehow? If not, and this is an issue you are having, please create a thread in the Support Board and someone will be able to help you.

[Joachim]

Is there a possibility that the ad report tool currently only reads .proboards.com sites? I've spent the last two or so hours on one of my forums situated on .freeforums.net and just now looked in on one I have on .boards.net and neither one of these forums show up in the report tool.

I mostly ask because almost on every page reload while I was working on the theme on my .freeforums.net I had an audio autoplay.. that seemed to not actually be attached to any of the ads on the page, though as it stands now of course it no longer does it, but I figured it warranted asking.

[Brian]

The ad tool works across all three ProBoards domains.

dev.prbrds.com/b/o/QnbAn152mI.png

The above screenshot was from the same browser you're currently using as well.

[Joachim]

May 25, 2016 13:15:05 GMT -8 Brian said:

The ad tool works across all three ProBoards domains.

dev.prbrds.com/b/o/QnbAn152mI.png

The above screenshot was from the same browser you're currently using as well.

Then I'll have to assume it has issues with me because I've visited your site on freeforums as seen in your screenshot, visited the report tool to check.. and it still isn't there:
puu.sh/p58vC/a9d7076d98.png

I've even tried on Chrome which I barely ever use unless absolutely necessary and they do not show there either.

[Fallen]

Wish I would have realized this existed. Just got one with audio yesterday. It was a credit card one I think...

[Brian]

Jun 8, 2016 7:27:38 GMT -8 Fallen said:

Wish I would have realized this existed. Just got one with audio yesterday. It was a credit card one I think...

If you remember what time you received the ad it should still be listed on that page.

[Brian]

For users who are reporting ads that are freezing their browsers (usually followed by a message saying a script is not responding) consider following the steps below for your respective browser. The advertisements that cause this seem to primarily doing so through interactions with an Adobe Flash object such as a video player that was built in Flash. By disabling plugins on a particular domain this will cause their ad script to fall back on either an HTML5 player or an image, both of which do not present the issue. The only remaining object built into each ProBoards forum that relies on Flash is the Avatar Maker which you'll be able to right-click to activate should you need to use it.


Internet Explorer:

support.proboards.com/post/6709165

Click on the cog icon to the right of the address bar and select Safety from the dropdown, then click on ActiveX Filtering in the submenu that appears.

Mozilla Firefox:

dev.prbrds.com/b/o/XcN9DqROSQ.png

Right-click an empty location on the page and select View Page Info. Click on the Permissions tab of the window that appears and set Adobe Flash to either Always ask or Block.

Google Chrome:

dev.prbrds.com/b/o/8qtOJg4tiE.png

Click on the paper icon in the address bar and click on the dropdown next to Plugins. Select Always block on this site from the dropdown.

[meemoeuk]

The prob is not that its freezing my webrowser. I can fix that, cos I'm a bit techy.


I'd had the prob fixed for years, but when I remove the ActiveX filtering, the freeze problem returns and is worse than ever.

The real problem is it'll freeze the browsers of dozens of prospective forum members when they 1st visit the forum. Their response will be to simply not use the forum.