What's up with the hookups.info spam?

[Bit_Banger]

I keep getting pop-ups (new windows) from hookups.info, which require two clicks (there's a 'Leave This Page' message, too.) to dismiss with most actions performed on this site (open a forum, open a thread, post a message, etc.).

A wonderful way to drive traffic away from the site and reduce already low traffic to nothing.

[mirandalee]

Yea its annoying but they are gonna pop up due to what type this site is, but you can disable pop up ads from your computer though.

[Bit_Banger]

My pop-up blocker is turned on (won't let ECCIE pop-up for PMs, etc) but this sneaks through. BTW: It only started a few days ago. What changed?

[mirandalee]

Weird

[Victoria Columbari]

I think even if you have a pop up blocker it still shows up. I don't know how to disable it

[tallwhiteguycc]

install the ad block edge addon for your browser.

[Bit_Banger]

My guess? ECCIE got hacked.
As I said earlier, this problem only cropped up in the past few days.
Also, this is the only site I'm having a problem with.

[tandyscone]

There was a lot of discussion about this in the national forums a couple of weeks ago. I don't think they have been hacked. I think it is new functionality they have added for their advertisers.

[weebo9159]

Pop-up blockers.

[Bit_Banger]

Perhaps calling attention to the issue (feature? problem?) has had the desired effect. It seems to have gone away w/o my altering my systems.

[Bit_Banger]

Oops- Spoke too soon