Ads causing lockup ?

MattC59
MattC59 Posts: 5,408
edited July 2012 in Discuss the website with the team
Hi Guys,

I'm finding that BR is locking up at certain points when I navigate around the forum. It's always due to the same thing, downloading something from one of the ad sites. The message is below. I'm pretty sure it's not my laptop as it only happens when trying to download from this address on BR, I never have the issue with other sites. I have to close explorer and restart when it happens.

BRlockup.jpg

Any thoughts ? Potential site issue ?

Cheers....... Matt
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  • MarksMintness
    MarksMintness Posts: 484
    I get this as well, when using the work PC which is IE8(?) Well annoying!
    Current bike: 2014 Kinesis Racelight T2 - built by my good self!
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,869
    MarksMintness wrote:
    I get this as well, when using the work PC which is IE8(?) Well annoying!
    Me three. On the work pc running Windows 7 and IE8. It comes up with a message saying the site is not responding and tries to recover the page.
    Is it the site trying to tell me I should do some work?
    Kinesis Pro6
    Marin Nail Trail
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  • t.m.h.n.e.t
    t.m.h.n.e.t Posts: 2,265
    The ads actually crash Opera Mobile. (running on Android)
  • andyrr
    andyrr Posts: 1,823
    And me - work PC running XP, home running Win7 (I think, not XP or Vista)
  • foggymike
    foggymike Posts: 862
    My laptop keeps locking up while the ads load too and I have to recover the page - very annoying!
  • rozzer32
    rozzer32 Posts: 3,923
    yup I get lock up too. Normally have to shut down chrome and re-open.
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  • Jeff Jones
    Jeff Jones Posts: 1,865
    I've noticed this as well - I'll report it to the dev/ad teams
    Jeff Jones

    Product manager, Sports
  • josnor
    josnor Posts: 207
    Does it happen every time you load a page or is it only certain pages? Do you know if there are certain ads which cause it to lock up?
  • andyrr
    andyrr Posts: 1,823
    Not noticed it so much the past few days.
  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 61,820
    Ditto - only locked up once in the last few days.
    "I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,869
    I thought it had improved, but completely froze everything just now. Clicked quick reply to another topic and it froze. Restarted and it seems fine. Could of course be my pc.
    Kinesis Pro6
    Marin Nail Trail
    Cotic Solaris
  • andyrr
    andyrr Posts: 1,823
    Yup, handing again, work PC, Win XP Pro, went into the Road Beginners forum, back to the forum index page and hang, had to hit the top RHS 'x'
  • andyrr
    andyrr Posts: 1,823
    Just had this lock up again.
    Into Forum
    Into this thread - then back out and into the Road, into the Road Beginners and it locked. Couldn't tell what ad was about to display - is that possible ?
    Killed the process, do the same again and it's fine.
    Win XP Pro

    Ok, caught it this time, it's hung 3 times today - how am I supposed to get any work done :)
    message on the bottom bar :
    waiting for
    http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/page ... 304024524&
  • andyrr
    andyrr Posts: 1,823
    and again this morning, went into Road Beginners and the page locked.
    At the bottom it was showing this url
    http://secure-au.imrworldwide.com/cgi-b ... &cd=32&lg=

    Not sure if that's any help, this is getting to be a PITA

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