As a premium you shouldn't see any ads at all other than ones the management put on the site (promotions like wholesalechess.com ones).
Can you run a spyware remover and adware remover on your pc and an anti virus scan.
As a premium you shouldn't see any ads at all other than ones the management put on the site (promotions like wholesalechess.com ones).
Can you run a spyware remover and adware remover on your pc and an anti virus scan.
I will do that a bit later this morning. I have had such popups in the past, but never one linked directly to a random site I was browsing. I will post the results here later this morning. Thanks for the reply.
It was spyware and has been removed. It was one of those things when downloading a program...a video codec I think...where if you don't uncheck the box it installs "helpful" software to "find the best deals on the web." Nothing to do with chess.com.
in regards to Nowlucky it is a scam I had the misfortune to get a pop up from them saying I had won a prize and a three day trial subscription to a quiz game all it would cost was $1.00 sounded to good to be true and it was next thing I know they have taken out $115.00 from my account for a membership and subscription and refuse to return it I have since reported it as a scam and still haven't seen my prize or my money returned
I am sorry to hear that. It definitely looked like a scam. It was the first popup malware I've seen that inserts the name of the website you are on, so it appeared at first to be related to the website.
I had a popup that said I was a lucky winner chosen to answer survey questions (four short ones, specifically about chess.com and how often I access it) and then choose from a list of prizes. The prizes are listed as free though the android tablet has a 1 dollar charge. Continuing into the process I am taken to nowlucky.com website with terms and conditions that say I am to get a paid 3 day subscription to this site in order to get the android. It is some kind of online quiz game.
I did not fill in my information as the whole thing seems quite like some kind of scam. Is this legit? If not, why is it on chess.com?