Baner Issue

[Quatchi]

This issue has been popping up quite regularly so I brought this over from the original Forum Flagship thread so it didn't get cluttered.

This is the original discussion.

denelson83 said:

Edit: 'a' in "banner" changed to "%61" to make visible on my screen

cadmunkey said:

denelson83 said:

Edit: 'a' in "banner" changed to "%61" to make visible on my screen

Dude you gotta get that fixed on your computer. I am also a computer nerd and have never heard of your problem before. What browser are you using and what OS are you using?

This situation seems stupid to me, its gotta be something on your end.

Cheers,

denelson83 said:

I've tried to get it fixed, in vain. I use Firefox on Windows XP, with AdBlock (but even turning it off has no effect).

scott said:

denelson83 said:

I've tried to get it fixed, in vain. I use Firefox on Windows XP, with AdBlock (but even turning it off has no effect).

Then why not just remove AdBlock..?

denelson83 said:

Out of the question. I don't suck up to big corporations.

scott said:

I see......

Oh well, I guess you will continue to have issues seeing some images from photobucket then... You cannot expect the staff to continue to modify posts you cannot see when the issue is caused by a program on your computer that you are unwilling to deal with...

denelson83 said:

It's not just photobucket, Scott. My browser blocks all images with "banner" in their URLs. And I'm not unwilling to deal with this problem; I'm at a loss as to how to fix it.

I've left a message on the Firefox support forums to see if anyone there knows of a fix.

Edit: Okay, I've uninstalled AdBlock Plus completely, but the problem persists.

[Quatchi]

First off Adblock is a Spyware program that makes you think you are sticking it to the man. Get ride of that program and never install it again. There is no safe way to stop seeing corporate banners unless you tell your browser not to download images automatically, but then you have to manually click on every image you want to see and tell it to download.

Secondly, completely remove Firefox and reinstall it as Adblock modifies your Firefox installation so that when you remove Adblock it still does its work. This should solve your problem if not you have to manually edit your registry, which I don't suggest you do without proper documentation.

Don't wanna sound harsh, but I have seen this program do amazing things to computers.

Hope this helps,

[Mike C]

you spelled banner wrong... lol

[D'Elete BC in NJ]

I figured that was done so everyone could read it! ;D

[Hardy]

Quick google search and a stop on Wikipedia ....

--- snip ---

Blocks ads in any directory called "banners", or any case insensitive equivalent:

*/banners/*

Whitelist a website:

@@http://www.google.com/

--- snip ---

Could you not just add "whitelist" for the various image hosting sites that are used by this forum and be done with this problem? Or is that too simple a solution? I assume that you RTFM of course?

[DENelson83]

Tried, and failed.

[D'Elete BC in NJ]

You could try out Opera as well. It is "supposed" to be more secure, similar to Firefox, but it might solve the whole banner issue. Just a thought....