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“You need a VPN to continue browsing this site” 

Post#1 » by Sofia » Wed Sep 11, 2024 11:40 pm

What’s up with the dodgy looking VPN pop ups?
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Re: “You need a VPN to continue browsing this site” 

Post#2 » by trevorthyme » Thu Sep 12, 2024 12:23 am

Yeah gotten a lot of malicious popup ads recently that are like 'Your operating system is out of date'.
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Re: “You need a VPN to continue browsing this site” 

Post#3 » by RoundMoundOfRebound » Thu Sep 12, 2024 12:37 am

Virus scan pop up. Can you just add a subscription or something.
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Re: “You need a VPN to continue browsing this site” 

Post#4 » by CR Reina » Thu Sep 12, 2024 3:28 pm

Our ad partner has been notified and they're working to eliminate this right away.
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Re: “You need a VPN to continue browsing this site” 

Post#5 » by KembaWalker » Mon Nov 4, 2024 8:21 pm

a very large portion of the users of this site are trolls with VPNs so the popup isn't wrong
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