Haven’t seen anything like that either.
I first noticed it a day or so ago. Clicking the gear takes (me) to a page about how ‘foxlingo’ (firefox addon) is add supported, yadda yadda… I don’t (and never have) had this addon installed.
The sidebar was a javascript-added div tag that redirected users to lax1.ib.adnxs.com/click
Sorry, I don’t have the actual source anymore. I was trying to ensure it wasn’t a drive-by download onto my system and only showed up on those few sites where I have adblock disabled. Next time I see it I’ll post.
As for the ad, yours is better than mine. mine was like a creepy old lady peeling off her face.
I have adblock on mine. Didn’t noticed ads til OS reinstall. Some of them are pretty nice & relevant to the forum. Though if I was BLF I would try to get proceeds or more ads from the companies most BLF’s are buying such as: manafont, Trustfire, t-mart, kaidomain etc… Cuz it really sucks that the majority of the ads are for dealextreme.
In all seriousiness I would go as far as photoshopping my own pictures and having BLF required flashlights. Call it the ‘BLF noob package’ for the new addicts. Only 599.99!
Ok, it's up but there is no view source choice. I'll leave it up until someone tells me what to do. :)
Please right-click in the whitespace somewhere on the page and select “View page source”, and then copy it into pastebin. Thanks for looking into this!
Oh I was trying to right click on the ad itself.
Ok here it is.
As this is the first time since then it has come up, it seems to be a rare occurrence isolated to my computer.
Rare, but not isolated (I’m sure a few of us have hit it and just ignored it).
I had this problem only under firefox (not IE or Chrome) and it didn’t load when I had firebug active.
Clicking it gets me there:
http://www.foxlingo.com/aboutthisad/
But I dont have foxlingo installed.. and scaru even uses chrome.
I see only DX and EFest on the left hand side of the page. I’m using Firefox 17.0.1
So I'm not the only one! :D
Yes, but you are still special.
Bingo. It’s not BLF. It looks like its HKJ adding some javascript to his posts.
PPtk
If I’m correct, the ad will show up on this page as well scaru…
and in this one
Ok, PPTK got it! It showed up on both of those pages. So HKJ, what gives? I wonder whether he is earning money from the ads he posts...
I’d never noticed the ad’s before, but you are right - they appear on the two linked threads. I’m using Windows 7 & Firefox 17.0.1
Ok, so HKJ is putting ads on BLF with out Mr. Admin's permission. Are we sure that it is him and no one else? (Don't want to start a witch hunt unless we're sure)
Absolutely not sure. don’t have access to the BLF database 
That said, I have not found any examples that were not HKJ.
Ok, let's wait for sb to chime in on this issue. :)
Hmm, thanks for the letting me know. I’ll check into this.
Foxlingo ad showing on my phone (opera mobile) too on both pages.