Topic: Automatic redirecting to advertiser page
dcastelmissy's photo
Thu 01/08/15 07:59 AM
Lately, within the last two weeks, when I get on any topic, I am automatically being redirect to an advertiser's page, usually Lyft Inc or some new game advertisement without clicking on anything. Any ideas what may be going on? Thanks for any help!

charles's photo
Thu 01/08/15 11:38 AM
We don't have any ads that are so invasive, dcastelmissy. If you're positive that you are not clicking on accident, then you may want to scan your machine. Good luck.

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Thu 01/08/15 11:45 AM

We don't have any ads that are so invasive, dcastelmissy. If you're positive that you are not clicking on accident, then you may want to scan your machine. Good luck.


Hey Charles and Missy...That was happening to me too, so I started paying closer attention and discovered I was, indeed, inadvertently clicking on the ad...Instantly solved the problem for me :-))

dcastelmissy's photo
Thu 01/08/15 03:34 PM


We don't have any ads that are so invasive, dcastelmissy. If you're positive that you are not clicking on accident, then you may want to scan your machine. Good luck.


Hey Charles and Missy...That was happening to me too, so I started paying closer attention and discovered I was, indeed, inadvertently clicking on the ad...Instantly solved the problem for me :-))


I have not accidentally hit the advertisements though and they still redirect. Charles what do you mean by scanning my machine ?? It's my iPhone. I can't scan it!

dcastelmissy's photo
Thu 01/08/15 10:53 PM
Still no answer?

charles's photo
Fri 01/09/15 11:24 AM
I'm not familiar with iPhones, unfortunately, but you can probably find more information about the subject by doing a web search.

dcastelmissy's photo
Fri 01/09/15 11:33 AM
Charles it's not the phone. I've had the phone for 8 months and it never redirected me before regardless of how many advertisers there were. This just started happening about two weeks ago. About the time the server thing was going on.

Dodo_David's photo
Sun 01/11/15 06:14 AM
I was having the same problem. I deleted all cookies from my PC, and, so far, the problem hasn't returned.

dcastelmissy's photo
Sun 01/11/15 07:26 AM
But this isn't happening on a PC just my phone???

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Sun 01/11/15 07:31 AM
Been happening to my phone for some time now. I formatted it but gradually it returned but gets blocked now and deleted. Its adware/spyware doing that. It slows down everything on the phone too.
Mingle2 needs to look into this bug issue

charles's photo
Sun 01/11/15 12:22 PM
We're careful about choosing ad partners and and we'll always to look into such reports.

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Sun 01/11/15 01:01 PM
Can someone help answer these questions so we can look into the issue? As it's not happening to everyone, we will need to pinpoint the exact cause:

1. Is this only happening to your iPhone when you are on the mobile browser? Or Android phones too?

2. Does this happen more than one time a day?

3. Do you see a page first, with a square ad (and a continue button) on the top? -- Is this where it happens? Do you click on the square ad, or the continue buton?

Kindlightheart's photo
Sun 01/11/15 02:36 PM

Lately, within the last two weeks, when I get on any topic, I am automatically being redirect to an advertiser's page, usually Lyft Inc or some new game advertisement without clicking on anything. Any ideas what may be going on? Thanks for any help!
yeah...same thing here...I have an ipad and iPhone....don't get it...but as long as it doesn't get too bad...if ya find out how to fix it let it be known...:wink: flowerforyou