Getting pop ups tonight despite having pop ups blocked

I've had 'credit score' pop ups from 2 unconnected sites starting with the URL http://cdn.optmd.com/ tonight, despite having the pop up blocker enabled, including Snopes and one about old TV shows.
Does the URL sound legit? How is getting past my blocker?
I'm running MSE and Spybot just in case they're dumping malware, but if anyone has any thoughts, esp on how to block them properly, I'd be obliged. Thank in advance.

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