Not certain why, checked this end, all good

[GrimLore]

I have been noticing after being logged in awhile the site freezes up on me. After a few refreshes this pops up -



When it does I go to task manager and end the process. The page refreshes normally and the browser states it has recovered the page...

No malware, no virus here. Fiber hardwire connection. Windows 7 Professional 64 bit, IE 11. Other sites ok. Started about two weeks ago.

Grimmy

 

[Bonsai Nut]

Does it says which "script" it is stopping?

 

[GrimLore]

Does it says which "script" it is stopping?

That is the only thing it says and when I go to task manager the instance of IE that has an enormous amount of memory use is the one I end and it refreshes the site saying it has recovered from an error. Normal but frustrating the way they report problems...
Perhaps I should take a clip of the top banner ad when it happens. Not able to scroll to the bottom one when it locks up...

Grimmy

 

[Bonsai Nut]

That is the only thing it says and when I go to task manager the instance of IE that has an enormous amount of memory use is the one I end and it refreshes the site saying it has recovered from an error. Normal but frustrating the way they report problems...
Perhaps I should take a clip of the top banner ad when it happens. Not able to scroll to the bottom one when it locks up...

Grimmy

Do you remember if you are on the home page when this happens? Or are you in the forums or on a forum page?

 

[GrimLore]

Do you remember if you are on the home page when this happens? Or are you in the forums or on a forum page?

Always when on the Forum Home page as I like to see alerts in the upper right as I pass the PC during my normal day.

Grimmy

 

[Cadillactaste]

I'm logged in all the time...and knock on wood. Have not had any issues.

 

[GrimLore]

Does it says which "script" it is stopping?

This morning it was frozen and this is what the Upper Banner area on the forums page looked like -



It is not frozen as I type this but here is what the Lower Banner Area looks like right now -



I did not give you a lot to work with but perhaps this helps.

Grimmy

 

[Bonsai Nut]

I'll take a look...

 

[Bonsai Nut]

I did not give you a lot to work with but perhaps this helps.

It helps a lot. This is javascript and is part of the Google Adsense ad service... which is where I assumed the issue was with your other "bad ads".

Those two little blocks on the front page are reserved for Google ads and I don't/can't control what you see there. I don't even know what you see - since Google will send you different ads than they will send me or any other site user. All I can do is report bad ads back to Google... and they will usually block the ads and try to block/ban the advertiser.

 

[GrimLore]

It helps a lot. This is javascript and is part of the Google Adsense ad service... which is where I assumed the issue was with your other "bad ads".

Those two little blocks on the front page are reserved for Google ads and I don't/can't control what you see there. I don't even know what you see - since Google will send you different ads than they will send me or any other site user. All I can do is report bad ads back to Google... and they will usually block the ads and try to block/ban the advertiser.

Thank you for looking into it and honest once I figured out what was happening and how to refresh it quickly using Task Manager it really isn't a huge deal. I reported it in case others had a similar dilemma.

Grimmy

 

[Bonsai Nut]

Thank you for looking into it and honest once I figured out what was happening and how to refresh it quickly using Task Manager it really isn't a huge deal. I reported it in case others had a similar dilemma.

Every now and then I see a strange ad (like "date Asian women") which must be specifically targeted towards the word "bonsai". However I had never seen the bad popup ad until a couple of weeks ago when I was viewing the site on an Android tablet. I unfortunately just closed the browser window and did not write down the ad description or URL. If it happens again I will definitely do so.

Google fights an on-going battle with bad spamming advertisers. They tend to do a pretty good job - at least compared to some others out there. Two years ago when I tested a different advertising network we got hammered with tons of bad / inappropriate ads.

 

[GrimLore]

I let my Domain, Forum, and Vent go last year. It was game related but no longer used by me. Over the years it was always "something" creating a bit of a chore. I appreciate your work Greg

Grimmy