PTCL is once again bombarding its DSL and EVO customers with pop-up ads injected into the websites that they visit while using PTCL’s broadband services.
PTCL users reported ProPakistani that they are left with no choice but to face brutal pop-ups causing huge frustration. And its not once in a while thing — that one can ignore — in fact they are inserting these pop-ups for every new website that customers open.
These POP-up ads — screen-grab shown below — are injected into websites that customers visit through PTCL’s DSL or EVO broadband services.
Forced Smart TV pop-up as shown to PTCL customers
This is not the first time that PTCL is involved in this unethical and illegal activity, but authorities concerned are apparently unmoved and giving a free hand to PTCL to do whatever it wants to.
“PTCL is stealing web-properties by criminally injecting its own ads — on websites that they don’t own — for a paid broadband service. This not only hurts customers’ experience but also costs web-publishers in lost revenue, bad experience and higher bounce rates” said a digital publisher while speaking with ProPakistani. “PTCL could be sued for this, if it was any country except Pakistan”, he added.
What a load of nonsense PTCL!! You are showing this ad inside my browser because of the damn curse I had to choose your…
Posted by Awais Naseer on Tuesday, December 22, 2015
For some users, these pop-ad comes with no close button to shut-down the ad , leaving the customers to ultimately exit the website and do nothing on internet they have paid for.
SmartTV is not free for Charji anymore. These fucktards should be fined for lying to customers.
Smart TV App ?
Oh the irony
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Lanat hai PTCL pe. Sub mil k aik dafa ba awaz buland plz.
bas ham sirf gaaliyaan he de saktay hain ptcl ko, aur to wo kuch suntay nahi hain, 10 dafa call kar chuka hoon ptcl, facebook par reply nahi dete aur na he kisi aur forum par, upar se ajeeb ajeeb tarkeebain nikaalte hain, ke ye apke system mai masla hy aur ye cache ka issue hai, simply 2 words for ptcl f**k you…
does it make a different to use non-ptcl dns servers, or install ad blockers? Can someone test?
Yes it works.
This show the level of stupidity of PTCL management. We are paying for internet, DSL/EVO is not a free service. They need to grow up now. This is illegal and unethical way (injecting ads). PTA should take action on it
Yes, it started today morning and really annoying. But after search I add its IPs to Ad Blocker Plus and now no more popup ad from PTCL.
Allah ka shukar hai jab se Zong ka mifi use karna shuru kiya hai sukoon hogaya hai
Bro mere Han to wingle nhe chal rhe zong ki… Ground floor pe signals ate hn but often shows no connectivity…..left witribe for it…..cursing it now
Than complain about it bro. I am getting full signals in my house
Have not encountered such an issue…yet. Probably thanks to Google’s public DNS
nope – not any Ad Pop-up in my browser
dont know why but i guess i am using Ghostery.
Never happened to me either and I’m not using any proxy of VPN whatsoever.
I hate them for their adds policies, their repetitive eid offers etc as soon as you connect to internet & open your required sites, instead of them ptcl’s offers will be opened. Online staff can’t do anything when you complain. Such a stupid network, thanks to 3g, soon they’ll lose their customers.
i am victim of this. i checked my browser many times since and bullishit plugin or app installed but i unable to find still. i am dsl user.
Yes plugin works,
Use Ad Block Plus.
Ad block is not working
Try changing your dns in the modem/router to Google public dns.
Have you added their address to the Block list?
Can we do anything about this? I am tired of their nonsense ads. Motherfuckers
I always use adblock so i never saw a single ad on any web page
Complaint Form PTA http://www.pta.gov.pk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1590&Itemid=760
Use Google’s public DNS
Just use free anti virus n add blocker …. adaware by lavasoft
Mr. Aamir, you better move to HTTPS. It will cost more, but ultimately protect your revenue and your users’ securlty.
No popup’s for me, use chrome with ad-blocker. Problem solved.
And if you are still using ptcl dns other then google or open-dns then i say you deserve to be spammed.
using Chrome that too without AdBlock…. phr to Pop-up ads ki punishment bhugtna banta hai bro…. :P
Dude..Ever heard of Adblock plus.??
yah ptcl ads showing now a days