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15th Aug 2016 at 10:50 AM
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TSR says I'm using an ad-blocker -- but I'm not!
This is worrying me. I just went to TSR. In the past I've been inundated with adverts there. But today I get no adverts at all. Instead I have several messages asking me to turn my ad-blocker off or adjust its settings to allow ads when visiting TSR. The worrying thing is that I don't actually have an ad-blocker. I see ads on other sites including here on MTS. I'm just not seeing them on TSR, where I previously, if anything, saw far too many. So why on earth does TSR think I'm using an ad-blocker? Three possibilities come to my mind:
1) TSR isn't really testing for ad-blockers at all; it's just accusing everyone who doesn't have a paid VIP account of using an ad-blocker to try to persuade them to pay up for VIP. This seems unlikely; it's a bit Machiavellian even for TSR -- it would mean that no one saw the adverts at all, which would seem just a little unfair in the advertisers. Also TSR aren't pushing VIP at me; instead they're begging me to turn of my ad-blocker or change its settings to allow ads on TSR. Which of course, not having an ad-blocker in the first place, I can't do.
2) An ad-blocker has installed itself on my PC without my knowledge or permission. I think I must be a bit paranoid to even think of that one! Again I think it's unlikely: I'm still seeing ads on other sites.
3) TSR is mistaking some other piece of software on my computer for an ad-blocker. Could it be that my anti-virus software (F-Safe) blocked a potentially harmful ad, and TSR took this to mean I had an ad-blocker?
In any case I find being asked to turn off a non-existent ad-blocker far more concerning than having to endure all the ads I used to see there. I never thought I'd actually want to see all the ads on TSR! Of course I suppose I could post on TSR and ask what's going on, but that would mean registering there, and, like a lot of people here, I'm very wary of registering on TSR. Has anyone any idea what's going on? Or what I should do?
(This matter arose from a thread yesterday on the Sims 2 forum, which has since been deleted by the original poster.)
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