I've recently been trying to deal with advertising javascript pop ups in several PTC sites like YGP and FC that I work on daily.
Since javascript popups are not blocked by typical adblockers, and we can't fully disable javascript in a PTC site because the ads page will not work, I had to find another alternative to help with this case, and it seems I've got something that is simple enough and it's not breaking the rules or anything.
Workaround #1:The javascript pop up ads according to the admin work on a "One popup per surfing session" basis..
So.. my fix includes not letting the session expire, thus preventing another popup other than the first one to occur.
My workaround works in chrome but there should be alternatives for other browsers as well.
I installed the
Staying Alive for Google Chrome extension on my Chrome browser.
Then add a specific page on each PTC site I work on etc:
http://www.familyclix.com/index.php?view=adshttp://www.yougetprofit.com/index.php?view=accountThen set a specific timeout in minutes to keep your session alive. What the extension does is refresh the page you have defined every X minutes (set timeout).
For example since FC tends to expire our sessions rather frequently I've set the timeout to 5 minutes, while on YGP my setting is 10 minutes (since it is more loose on the session expiration).
Then after completing my work on each of these sites I leave this specific page open in a tab on my browser. The extension will keep on performing a page reload every X minutes thus keeping the session alive and as a result prevent me from logging out or getting another Javascript pop up at the time I get back to site to perform clicking/maintenance etc.
Another drawback is that this method only works at always-on computers.. Shutting down will kill the session so the popup will be there when you get back on.
Warning: Do NOT try this on a public computer as you put your account at risk.