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[Forum BUG] "Did you know that your Internet Explorer is out of date?"

By Earth Force Captain on August 8, 2013 2:12:15 PM from Elemental Forums Elemental Forums

Earth Force...

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Not sure where to put this, but this is a support forum so I'll put it here.

Sometimes when I come to these forums or go to pages on these forums I get a semi translucent white screen with the message:

"Did you know that your Internet Explorer is out of date?"

Except I'm running the latest version of IE10 and have auto-update activated. So any ideas how to fix this please? It's not a huge problem, more of an irritant, but it would be helpful if I could stop it from happening. Thanks.

All the Best,

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sjaminei
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August 8, 2013 2:17:11 PM from Elemental Forums Elemental Forums

Run Chrome or Firefox instead?  

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Earth Force Captain
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August 8, 2013 3:34:14 PM from Elemental Forums Elemental Forums

Quoting sjaminei,
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Run Chrome or Firefox instead?  

Well, now we have that obligatory response out of the way...

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Earth Force Captain
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August 10, 2013 7:15:57 AM from Elemental Forums Elemental Forums


Nobody?

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kryo
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August 10, 2013 7:44:58 AM from Stardock Forums Stardock Forums

Moved to forum issues category.

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Earth Force Captain
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August 10, 2013 7:54:46 AM from Elemental Forums Elemental Forums

Quoting kryo,
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Moved to forum issues category.

Sorry for putting it in the wrong forum Kryo.

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DrJBHL
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August 10, 2013 7:58:36 AM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

Not sure why you're getting that, maybe something to do with extensions on your browser...something which would make it "anonymous" or disguise it?

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Jafo
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August 10, 2013 8:36:23 AM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

I get it as I'm on IE9 ....because 10 screwed my FSX functioning....which is most sensible since both proggies are from MS.

Numnuts.

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LightStar
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August 10, 2013 8:36:55 AM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

Or it could be a Trojan or Malware infection, you never know.

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August 10, 2013 8:53:13 AM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

Quoting Jafo,
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I get it as I'm on IE9 .
Oddly enough, I don't get that message, and my browser is out of date. (IE8 on XP)

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Earth Force Captain
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August 10, 2013 8:58:29 AM from Elemental Forums Elemental Forums

Quoting DrJBHL,
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Not sure why you're getting that, maybe something to do with extensions on your browser...something which would make it "anonymous" or disguise it?

I'm not running any programs like that to my knowledge.

Quoting LightStar,
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Or it could be a Trojan or Malware infection, you never know.

I'll run a virus and malware scan and check.

Thanks everyone. Will try some things and report back.

All the Best,

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August 11, 2013 8:12:18 AM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

If you don't already, you might try disabling pop-ups and blocking third party cookies. Sounds more like an advertisement.

I'm using IE8 and never have seen that message.

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DaveBax
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August 11, 2013 8:52:22 AM from WinCustomize Forums WinCustomize Forums

Quoting gmc2,
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If you don't already, you might try disabling pop-ups and blocking third party cookies. Sounds more like an advertisement.

I'm using IE8 and never have seen that message.

I have had it for quite awhile now and have tried the above and many other things. I had it start on IE9 so finally updated to IE 10 and still have the popup. Can assure you I have no malware or infections. 

Here is the strange thing. I can go to as many sites as I wish with no popup except for the forums here at wincustomize. After it pops up I check the forum page source code and you can see the very long lines of code that were inserted. As I said it only happens on SD forums not any other forums or pages. So I have switched to using Chrome which isn't a solution but just getting rid of the pop up. I did report this about 2 or 3 months ago but never received a reply and wasn't worth worrying about as it didn't effect anything else.

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