Affirm pop-up showing up on some shopping related pages

[MewQuest]

MewQuest @MewQuest last edited by

@mewquest i disabled every single flag in opera://flags , and it still loaded. this seems to be a built into the browser ad that cannot be disabled.

[donq]

donq @MewQuest last edited by

@mewquest
Looks like some extension to me.

[MewQuest]

MewQuest @donq last edited by

@donq its not. it loads in incognito with all entensions disabled. it is an ad built into the browser, opera even watermarked it.

[Artyem]

Artyem @MewQuest last edited by

@mewquest I had the same issue and resolved it by deleteing the file "affirm_whitelist.json" in the AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable directory

[mbaresi]

mbaresi @MewQuest last edited by

@mewquest It just started for me today also. Very annoying and insulting. I disabled cookies, blocked anything I could and the most annoying thing is when you close it with the x it automatically pops up again and again. FU Affirm !!!!!!

[mbaresi]

mbaresi @MewQuest last edited by

@mewquest How insulting that advertisers will no longer take no for an answer as if I would do business with them after they continuously harass me.

[mbaresi]

mbaresi last edited by

Seems that Opera is in biz with Affirm and I can't find a way to stop the annoying affirm popup when I visit ebay.
Cookies and blocking don't help. Its not an add on. Closing out the affirm window doesn't work cuz it just reopens itself again and again.
I'll no longer be using Opera if this is how they will treat us

[User299]

User299 @MewQuest last edited by

@mewquest I have done everything I can think of and cannot diable it. It evens loads on some other shopping sites. Is there only two of us with this issue? It started with this revision: 86.0.4363.59

[JD401]

JD401 last edited by leocg

All of a sudden I am also getting this Highly annoying side window on Ebay. I don't know if it is Ebay or Opera that has the issue, but I don't DARE click on the Continue button. I also can't see it with the page inspector which scares me.

[JD401]

JD401 @JD401 last edited by

I right-clicked on the link, copied the address, then pasted into Notepad... the link is:

https://www.affirm.com/shop/opera?domain_ref=ebay.com

[JD401]

JD401 @JD401 last edited by

OK, it now appears on Tracfone and Samsung websites... related to any sites that are shopping related?

[JD401]

JD401 last edited by

Hi all

All of a sudden I am getting a highly annoying window that at first seemed to be an issue Ebay. But now it is showing up on other websites as well, like Samsung and Tracfone.

I close it and it just comes back. I don't dare click on the link/button, but the link address is:
https://www.affirm.com/shop/opera?domain_ref=ebay.com

[Artyem]

Artyem last edited by

I found a file called "afirm_whitelist.json" in the C:\Users*user*\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable folder. Deleting or changing this file causes the ad to stop appearing temporarily. Seems to overwrite after a refresh or new window being opened.

[ttlgs]

ttlgs @MewQuest last edited by

@mewquest maybe time to ditch Opera, if that is the case.

[ttlgs]

ttlgs @Artyem last edited by

@artyem so far this works for me too. Thank you!

[ttlgs]

ttlgs @ttlgs last edited by

@ttlgs never mind. I delete it and it recreates itself. I rename it and same thing - recreated.

[puterkicker]

puterkicker last edited by

I have v. 85.0.4341.80 on 7 computers. No problems.

Just put Opera on a new computer. V. 86.0.4363.59. The Affirm ads are in many places and can't get rid of them or delete affirm_whitelist.

Using Chrome till this gets fixed or maybe eliminate Opera from all my computers.

Whoever allowed Affirm to do this MUST be fired.

FYI: Affirm stock is tanking fast because of dishonest practices in it's own business now. Will Opera be next?

Please fix this. Bring Opera back to number 1.

[MewQuest]

MewQuest @Artyem last edited by

@artyem thanks so much this worked +1 , but instead of deleting it i wiped the contents the file (with notepad or NFOpad or your fav text editor), then i removed all permissions to the file and became the sole owner i did this to prevent opera from just recreating the file by adding the contents back in (which it did within a mintute). you need to uncheck "include inheritable permissions from this object's parent" then remove everyone from premissions.

@ttlgs the above instructions should work as they did for me here are some picture of my work

[mbaresi]

mbaresi @JD401 last edited by

@jd401 I did click on the continue button. It just takes you to more Affirm BS. No way to get out of it

[MewQuest]

MewQuest @MewQuest last edited by

@mewquest also check the read-only attribute. this fix has been working for me for 12 hours+ have rebooted pc to confirm my fix is working properly. wipe contents (with text editor) of C:\Users<your username here>\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable\affirm_whitelist.json keeping the file intact. take ownership of file (if you are not already the owner). remove inheritage of file with the checkbox "include inheritable permissions from this object's parent". then remove all groups and users from the file. then check the read-only attribute. opera can now no longer access this file as you are the sole owner and even you can't really do anything with the file. you'd need to add permissions back into the file for you to modify it (or delete it).