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mobeau69
Wednesday
OP
The first one said i had a virus, click here. I got out of it and didn't read the next one just closed the link.
Srkdqltr
Wednesday
#6
I got the same loop re: ads. I had to keep X'ing out and luckily it ended at that.
Nixie
Wednesday
#11
No. I kept getting prompts about the ads. It did say "skip ad" at one prompt, but I thought it was a trap.
Nixie
Wednesday
#13
Srkdqltr
(9,622 posts)1. Do not click on this!!!!!!
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Srkdqltr
(9,622 posts)4. Several page covering adds. Never got to the story. .
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mobeau69
(12,290 posts)5. Link works for me.
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Srkdqltr
(9,622 posts)6. The first one said i had a virus, click here. I got out of it and didn't read the next one just closed the link.
Maybe someone else will like that. It takes all kinds.
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mobeau69
(12,290 posts)7. Opened it several times (long read) and never had an issue.
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Srkdqltr
(9,622 posts)8. Well good for you. I must have been the lucky winner.
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mobeau69
(12,290 posts)9. I don't think it's the link. You've something else going on.
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Nixie
(17,970 posts)11. I got the same loop re: ads. I had to keep X'ing out and luckily it ended at that.
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mobeau69
(12,290 posts)12. Did you get to the story or not?
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Nixie
(17,970 posts)13. No. I kept getting prompts about the ads. It did say "skip ad" at one prompt, but I thought it was a trap.
I x'ed out pretty fast after the first couple or three prompts.
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Nixie
(17,970 posts)14. Just tried it again. The story does flash, but then it reverts to a prompt of "skip ad" and then it prompts a
"robot" box to check to confirm you're not a robot. I didn't want to go on after that, so I x'ed out again. I can see the story flash though.
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yorkster
(3,747 posts)10. Got a warning from Android about a possible
scam that looked like a scam itself.
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FascismIsDeath
(117 posts)15. Definitely potential malware traps on that page.
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