Question
This has been happening to me the past few days.
And it's getting darn annoying.
I do a search and my search list pops up.
I click on an auction, view it, use my back arrow and
before it goes back to my search list I get this "pop up" ad
for "motivation (ebay id) power seller"
It's not big...but annoying as *#!!
And what they sell I don't even have the desire to view.
Not only do I have to view it every single time (it never changes to
a different ad...not that I would like that either) but it slows down
the return to my search page. And I find myself just getting tired of
it and logging out of eBay. It's a total pita!
Do I have some kind of unwanted file on the computer or is it
just another eBay annoyance?
(I don't recall if it pops up when going to the lisiting..just when leaving)
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Hmmm . . . I haven't seen an ad like that while there. I was just doing searches within the last hour or so too.
~Betty Jo~
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I just did some test searching as well ... no pop ups for me.
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You have malware on your computer.
Blanche
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Hi
Ran my scans...dumped cookies, cleared cache, etc.
Here is a picture.
The first one is eBays home page...I circled the ad which
is always there on eBay...that doesn't bug me.
The second picture is the one that pops up when I hit
the back arrow...same eBay power seller.
So what else can I do to get rid of it?
I have adaware, google tool bar with the pop up blocker on.
I went back and did a search of different items in different
catagories and same thing...and always the same ad..motivation power seller
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Hi doobeedog. What's the item to the right of the ad you circled? Does it say NEW DAY TOOLBAR?
Edted to add: Can you spell the name of the userID? corporatedya? No such username on eBay.
Blanche
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Hi..I went in and double checked.
When I use my shortcut to go to eBay I do not see the ad.
I type in my search example Fisher Price Little People and no ad.
I click on a listing...and the ad is at the top left side which I know
ebay has been doing...banner ads like the 7-up one. But to the right of
that there are two small ads...I tried to get a better picture. (I did cut off
part of the 7-up ad to the left.)
And it is always the same small motivation CD ad
I did error in the user name.
This is what the ad states:
motivation power seller
CD on eBay EVER!
corporatedyn (4331)
The next ad states:
Member toolbar
ebay Toolbar makes
ebay faster, easier &
safer. It's free
I did not download the eBay toolbar
This little ad thing wouldn't bug me so much if everyone
else had it. But since no ones else has seen it...well it
needs to go.
I'm back again. I did an ebay seach and your right, there is no user by that name...at least I couldn't find one..corporatedyn
So how could they have an ad on ebay? The ad link is clickable but no way
am I going to click on it.
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Hi doobeedog. I'm certain you have some sort of malware on your computer which is causing this ad to appear. It may be one of the gazillion search hijacker parasites.
Are you running WinXP? If so, I suggest you download Microsoft's new AntiSpyware program (actually, it's the old GIANT anti-spyware) and see what it finds. The program is free at this time. http://www.microsoft.com/athome/secu...e/default.mspx
Blanche
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Thanks...I will give it a try.
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Hi
Ran it...said nothing found.