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10/31/15, 04:24 PM   #1
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Report bad ads?

Sorry if this is already written somewhere, but how do I go about reporting a bad advertisement? I was browsing http://www.esoui.com/downloads/cat24.html and had opened an addon link or two in a new tab, then noticed the previous tab had forwarded itself three times to a Nissan page (choosenissan.com, followed by a redirect to my local area, followed by another redirect to a specific deals page).

I don't mind ads because I know they support the site, which is why on principle I never use adblock, but I really don't like ads that redirect me to a different site or otherwise completely take over the tab they are open in.
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11/01/15, 09:20 AM   #2
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ugh thats horrible.

I've sent this on to our ad team to investigate and remove. Sorry for the trouble and thanks for reporting this!

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11/02/15, 04:21 PM   #3
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No problem, and thanks!

Now all I have to do is shake this persistent subliminal urge to buy a new car
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11/04/15, 05:28 AM   #4
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Another Bad Ad

I had my Favorites open in a tab and was looking at something else, when all of a sudden I got a dialog box confirming the download of a "Firefox security patch." The ESOUI tab had changed to this: (see attachment)

This is not at all how Firefox updates operate, and it had actually just updated about an hour ago.
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11/04/15, 07:06 AM   #5
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Ugh, I'm so sorry. I have contacted our ad people again and shared this with them so they can hunt it down.

I browse and leave the site with ads enabled myself and have not experienced this yet. I always like to see what ads are showing myself.
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11/04/15, 12:20 PM   #6
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So far these redirect-style ads only happen when I switch to a new tab. The old tab, where I left ESOUI open, turns into an ad while I'm not looking at it, sometimes after several minutes.
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