Problem with Loading Pages

I thought this was worthy of being mentioned. About every 5 clicks or so around the forum, it brings up a page that is blank in some areas. I took a screenshot so you can see what I'm talking about. Is this happening to anyone else? It's only been doing it for the past couple weeks. I can easily fix it by clicking refresh, though.

Note: I blurred out the ad banners.

Also note: The white box on the right side is actually a text box that you can type in.

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Egg nog... how'd they think that up?
"I want to get a little drunk... but I also want some pankcakes."
*** This post was edited by pagoona 6/19/2003 6:45:48 PM ***

I've been getting that too.

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'Welcome to Alaska!'

"Alaska?? Nobody said we were going to Alaska!!"

Yup, me too.

Edit: If you hit refresh, the page loads.

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The Point of Cedars - Pointing you in the right direction!
http://www.thepointofcedars.tk
http://www.thepointofcedarsforum.tk
*** This post was edited by Top Thrill Dragster 6/19/2003 7:11:11 PM ***

http://www.coasterbuzz.com/forum.aspx?mode=thread&TopicID=31982

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Walt Schmidt - Virtual Midway
"What are you, a dentist? Or a hippie? Or some kind of hippie dentist?" - Strong Bad

In addition to this rogue ad, one of the ads I believe is trying to download software. I received an IE security warning twice in the last two days that TrafficSyndicate.com is trying to install software. The software is "Tools for Internet Explorer".

Did anyone install this? Is it spyware or is it really some type of "tool"?

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I'd rather be in my boat with a drink on the rocks,
than in the drink with a boat on the rocks.
*** This post was edited by Pete 6/19/2003 9:08:59 PM ***

lol, i got that goin to this page. yea i have been getting it too.

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Cedar Point, The Roller Coast!!

My guess, Pete: To them, it's a tool. To you, it's spyware and a @$#!ed nuisance.

Fortunately, neither Opera nor Netscape nor Safari will allow a web site to install software without explicit permission.

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

Pete, there are some spyware protection programs out there which will scan your computer for spyware and take care of it for you. Spybot Search and Destroy (the one I use) can also make it so that crap won't be able to install throught IE.

Anyways, w00+ to Mozilla.

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AKA...Somewhatchewy, Joseph the White.
"Population - Tire"

Thanks for the tip, I just installed Spybot and it found a bunch of tracking cookies. Dave, IE also requires explict permission to install software, though I believe you can turn that off so it does it without asking. I didn't install the "tools", but it's still &$*#(#! annoying to have to respond to a messsage box telling it not to install!

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I'd rather be in my boat with a drink on the rocks,
than in the drink with a boat on the rocks.

Pete, IE *now* requires explicit permission. It wouldn't if you were using certain older versions, or if you had checked the "never ask me about this" box. That was a change as a result of one of Microsoft's endless security updates. Remember the days when lookOut would automagically execute programs linked to an iframe in an email message? That wasn't a lookOut problem, it was an IE problem, and web pages could do it too!

It's easy to forget about that stuff when you're smart enough not to allow any of that nonsense.

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

I think this "rogue ad" might be the one that says "smoker's sweepstakes." This problem happens to me whenever that ad appears.

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-Chris Woodard
"We got pop and Gatorade over here for $100 a bottle, so have your credit card ready. Seriously, the food here is so expensive, I just eat the condiments because I can't afford a meal." - MF que DJ 6/16/03

A quite good spyware removal tool is Ad-Aware, go to lavasoft's website to get it for free.

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Due To Budget Cuts, The Light At The End Of The Tunnel Has Been Turned Off.
MilleNNium is spelled with two n's people!

You know, I can't find the TrafficSyndicate ad, which is really pissing me off. I've sent e-mail to Burst and FastClick asking which campaign it is, because I certainly didn't choose it. It could be one of their third-party advertisers pulling a switch, which has happened before (and of course they no longer do business with them).

I still can't figure out which ad screws up the formatting of the entire page.

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Jeff
Webmaster/GTTP - Sillynonsense.com
"Pray that your country undergoes recovery!" - KMFDM