bluesman5

Good post, BP won't be back. No great loss IMO... Just be careful of some of the alternative links. The one I tried spawned a lot of pop-up attempts, and might be an issue for some setups.

Just for clarification, the ".ca" in "cerb.ca" is the internet country code top level domain. If a site was "cerb.cc", the country code would be Cocos, an Australian territory of 5.4 square miles and 600 odd inhabitants! Have a good one, cheers.

Sounds like malware to me as well. If you have pop up blocking enabled, this suggests these are actually scripts originating outside of CERB. To check, I would install NoScript for Firefox, permit the domain cerb.ca to execute scripts in your browser, and see where the offending script originates. NoScript will block scripts originating from anywhere you have not granted explicit permission, and provide specific details of the source. A very useful tool, but does require a basic understanding of internet domain naming for general use. In my experience, CERB does not use 3rd party links/scripts for content, so a script blocking tool should help your analysis. And remember, on a Windows system, anti-virus scanning is not enough, also run a good on demand anti-malware/spyware product. MalwareBytes has always worked well for me, but every situation is different. Best of luck.

Not sure "cheap" is the issue here. In my mind, asking for a few dollars change fails the "consideration and respect" test by refocusing the encounter in an uncomplimentary light. Yes, of course money is part of the equation, but not the part that makes it memorable - and worth doing. I would personally never put myself (or the SP) in such a position. IMHO, asking for change demonstrates a disturbing lack of forethought and consideration.

I use NoScript with Firefox to control what scripts can be executed from what sites. This provides granular control over what gets run against your machine. This tool has a fairly steep leaning curve while you "learn" just what scripts are required to actually use the web site of interest. You would be surprised at the source of many scripts executed when visiting web sites. Often these scripts are potentially damaging or just annoying - spam, ads, and so on. Free music download and free porn are prime vectors for malicious software / scripts, so you need to be careful. I run both Firefox and Google Chrome on Linux, and just don't have these sort of issues, but this not for everyone. Good luck