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Old 25 Nov 2018
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I get pop ups when navigating the HUBB

Is it just my device or do others get pop up adverts on the HUBB? They are for fairly innocuous sounding sites but not related to motorcycle travel so I wonder if there is some sort of problem, I do not get them elsewhere.
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I do not get any popups on The HUBB. I use no blocker or other special measures to prevent them, and never have. I do get popups on some other sites.

There's one data point. Hope it's helpful.

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Are you using Tapatalk?

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Are you using Tapatalk?

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No I just have a link to the site.
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If you’re NOT using tapatalk there should absolutely not be pop ups. Tapatalk May or may not cause pop ups but they shouldn’t.
If it does please let me know. Also try a different browser. It’s possible for it to be from the browser or an add on.
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I quit using HUBB on tapatalk some time ago it got so splattered with adds.
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I'm presuming you are logged in when you experience the pop-ups?
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I'm presuming you are logged in when you experience the pop-ups?
Yes, one usually comes up when I use the new posts facility but not every time and only on the HUBB.
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Mark, it can ONLY be Tapatalk.
I assume this is on your phone?

To be clear, we never have and never will use pop up or popunder etc ads on HU.
Having said that the Tapatalk utility is obscenely expensive unless we use their ad supported version. So if you use Tapatalk you’ll get ads
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I am not using Tapatalk, like others I find the adverts too annoying, this has been happening for about a week but not for my last 2 or 3 visits so hopefully whatever little bug it was has gone away, I will keep you informed if it reoccurs.
Thanks to everyone for your replies.
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So far as I can tell, no bugs / issues on the site. Anyone else reporting anything similar please let me know with as much detail as possible so I know where to start looking, such as what page you clicked that started the popup, what link on it you clicked etc. Your browser / operating system is also very helpful.
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