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

from Elemental Forums


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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Reply #1 from Elemental Forums Top

Run Chrome or Firefox instead? ;) 

Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting sjaminei, reply 1
Run Chrome or Firefox instead?  
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Well, now we have that obligatory response out of the way... :grin:

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Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Moved to forum issues category.

Reply #5 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting kryo, reply 4
Moved to forum issues category.
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Sorry for putting it in the wrong forum Kryo.

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

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?

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

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.

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

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

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Jafo, reply 7
I get it as I'm on IE9 .
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Oddly enough, I don't get that message, and my browser is out of date. (IE8 on XP)o_O

Reply #10 from Elemental Forums Top

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 6
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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I'm not running any programs like that to my knowledge.

Quoting LightStar, reply 8
Or it could be a Trojan or Malware infection, you never know.
End of LightStar's quote

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

Thanks everyone. Will try some things and report back.

All the Best,

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top

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.

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting gmc2, reply 11

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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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.