Cold Miser Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 I get the following virus threat when I try to log on. Does not happen always, but quite often. I am not sure why this is happening. Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Not sure if it is related but this was posted in the SE forum a bit ago. On 1/12/2015 at 1:00 PM, Bevo said: OMG - this site is spamming the s*** out of my Chrome all of the sudden. Ads on ads on ads on ads...pop-ups and auto run scripts... all with malware efficiency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wow Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 If someone can try to pinpoint the source of it I can address it. I've scanned the hard code and don't see anything using the webmaster tools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 It's the googke ads. Googke it, it's a big issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vespasian70 Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 I had the same issue yesterday with Firefox here. Installed adblock and it has stopped. Apparently it is a big issue on other websites and forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbutts Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 I swear by adblock plus. If you are using it too, it's a nice gesture to also make a donation to the site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wow Posted January 13, 2015 Share Posted January 13, 2015 Surprised that google would allow something like that to go on given their dominance but I guess it happens occasionally. For now, I'll advise anyone receiving malicious ad warnings to use an ad blocker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 On 1/13/2015 at 6:26 PM, Wow said: Surprised that google would allow something like that to go on given their dominance but I guess it happens occasionally. For now, I'll advise anyone receiving malicious ad warnings to use an ad blocker.That doesn't help is on iOS devices being constantly redirected on page load ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wow Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 On 1/14/2015 at 4:44 AM, canderson said: That doesn't help is on iOS devices being constantly redirected on page load ... Can you tell me which ad is being displayed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 No because when it happens you're immediately redirected. It's happening on anther board I frequent that uses google ads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vespasian70 Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 On 1/14/2015 at 11:21 PM, Wow said: Can you tell me which ad is being displayed? For me it was lemode-mgz.com. https://www.seroundtable.com/google-adsense-hijacking-19709.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 Just get rid of the stupid ads.. Why put the users at risk and who knows what potential new members have went elsewhere when they have gotten hit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wow Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 On 1/15/2015 at 1:33 AM, vespasian70 said: For me it was lemode-mgz.com. https://www.seroundtable.com/google-adsense-hijacking-19709.html That's interesting. Certainly explains what's happening here. I have since blocked any ads containing that url among a bunch of others, hopefully that'll help some until there is a fix among ad networks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcbjr Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 For folks using Firefox, might I suggest (in tandem): https://disconnect.me/ and https://www.abine.com/index.html (blur) Also This works pretty well: https://adblockplus.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 On 1/15/2015 at 1:52 AM, Wow said: That's interesting. Certainly explains what's happening here. I have since blocked any ads containing that url among a bunch of others, hopefully that'll help some until there is a fix among ad networks. You have been around a long time and thus back to the TWC days and we both know there is always gonna be exploits with these kinds of ads. Reasons why many wanted away from TWC and flocked to WWBB etc.. yes a bit had to do with the discussion but those ads on TWC were universally hated because of the exploits, computer slowdown, and how ugly they are. Is it really that hard to get individual businesses to advertise here? Not sure why it would be with the amount of traffic this place gets. With those there is no third party sites etc and thus risk for exploits are alot lower as you control them.. You got snowplow operators, ski resorts, Model data providers, etc, etc etc.. And with having region forums you have a big advantage via ads focused towards businesses in that region.. Is there any way to tap into that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinch Leatherwood Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 This is still happening. It's your ads, you need to make a decision which is continue to expose your subscribers to malware when they're not logged in or on other devices, or find a better way to generate revenue. This one today came while trying to click on a sub thread and required a total shutdown to get rid of. Fake software update exploit. Looked just like the real thing. NOT COOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WEATHER53 Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Even with super fast google chrome it still takes a while to load ALL the ads before being able to proceed. The asian whore ads belong on a teen boy site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 On 1/15/2015 at 1:36 AM, Harry said: Just get rid of the stupid ads.. Why put the users at risk and who knows what potential new members have went elsewhere when they have gotten hit. Gotta keep the lights on. I pay for a basic membership to get rid of the ads here, I do that at all the sites I frequent with that option.... ads suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Miser Posted February 18, 2015 Author Share Posted February 18, 2015 Still happening, regardless of browser that I am using. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wow Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 On 2/18/2015 at 3:09 AM, Cold Miser said: Still happening, regardless of browser that I am using. what kind of stuff is popping up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Miser Posted April 10, 2015 Author Share Posted April 10, 2015 On 2/22/2015 at 12:03 AM, Wow said: what kind of stuff is popping up? The same warning that I posted at the beginning of this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 I just log on my laptop and keep getting this Wild West coupon ad popping up and flagging virus and malware threats on my laptop. I see various words all highlighted and linked so when you scroll over them, pop up ads come up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Hmm...I got the same as when going to the SPC site so I might have malware. Doing a scan...probably from this stupid porn site I accidentally clicked on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 On 4/15/2015 at 11:07 PM, weatherwiz said: Hmm...I got the same as when going to the SPC site so I might have malware. Doing a scan...probably from this stupid porn site I accidentally clicked on Accidentally? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophisticated Skeptic Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 this forum's got issues. if it's not from the templates, check with whoever your using as advertisers. their typically just as shady, but tend to hide around like their the good guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 Waterfox is a legit browser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wow Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 On 4/16/2015 at 5:18 PM, Bacon Strips said: this forum's got issues. if it's not from the templates, check with whoever your using as advertisers. their typically just as shady, but tend to hide around like their the good guys The adverting networks are Google adsense/ad exchange & Technorati. Both are major ad networks with a solid reputation. I never use those foreign small networks that bug me all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophisticated Skeptic Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Interesting. could of just been some targeted malware (per IP) , if noone else is seeing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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