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Mac_MK
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I've been looking at the McAfee SiteAdviser and I checked this site on it because it was analyzed and many people reported it as red

here's the stats

This site is good (45) Green
Adware, spyware, or viruses (13) Red
Browser exploit (1) Red
Excessive popups (11) Red
Phishing or other scams (6) Red
Bad shopping experience (1) Red

if this keeps up they gonna rate the site red and its gonna be blocked if you have McAfee installed

here's the link: Here

and here's all the pages of comments and reports what people have said

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I think the Mod and Admin should read the 9 pages and do something about it because I don't want the site to be red or blocked, I know its safe 100% and I did use to get lots of pop ups but not anymore

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Zophia
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If you read through all the comments, you'll see that most of them are in regards of some sites that some of the ads link to, and pop-ups... And that it used to be rated red. So I guess they've improved.
But maybe it would be good to get some other advertisers...?

Mac_MK
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if this site is marked as yellow or red it will be blocked either way

Carlie
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It is mostly just referring to the pop-ups. But in my experience, most of the people who experience extra pop-ups (there is only one from us that comes up when you come on the site) or think that they got a virus, are getting them from other sites. I have had people complaining about pop-ups on our site and inappropriate advertisements, but viruses that you get from elsewhere can replace the ads on the sites that you go to and act to generate pop-up ads. So I always recommend that if that is happening, you should do a virus scan. Every time it has been a virus that they got elsewhere that affected their browser, unrelated to AG.

ShintetsuWA
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About those viruses, Smoothwall does a great job of doing that. None of that is coming from here, that's for sure. How and where would these viruses come from? It would be from the other sites that are advertising from here, but not to the actual site in general.

If I were you guys, I'd tell them about this &quotroblem" and tell them its not AG, to take out the confusion.

Mac_MK
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Carlie@ I think you should comment on it where it says (armorgames.com Web site owner comments/Are you the owner of this site? Add a comment)

this can help from getting rated yellow or red

Flippin3500
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Shepherd

I don't even get that many pop ups. I only get one, and that's when I log in and go to my profile. If I stay online, it doesn't even effect me the next time I get on AG.

Flippin3500
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Shepherd

I have had people complaining about pop-ups on our site and inappropriate advertisements,


I've never seen any inappropriate ads, I think the people that are complaining are exaggerating a little bit.
IQAndreas
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Well, there are ads like this that people deem inappropriate, which is either just to be a complainer, or they might really be concerned. Most often it is the first option.

Here is something someone might question (which I didn't have to look long for):
http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/2024/agadtv5.jpg

Sometimes it's understandable, but sometimes it's probably just because they want attention.

Did anyone watch that old Simpsons episode where Flanders goes back through a bunch of old recorded tapes and writes down what is inappropriate in each one?

Flippin3500
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Shepherd

I don't really find that to be inappropriate. I think they complain for attention.


P.S.I haven't seen that episode

DarthAlec
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yea people just want attetion, i love that episode

Mac_MK
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Nomad

get back to the topic and the admin should do the thing I said

Zophia
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Why are there so many ads here in ArmorGames...?
They need to have an income to continue running the site. Ads is the most obvious way to get some...
miguelin11
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Nomad

Why are there so many ads here in ArmorGames...?


i'll put it this way no, ads no AG =)
funyboy695
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if you wan't extreme security, use the new avg software

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