Quincy Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I was just replying to a thread and was redirected to a series of pop-ups and an attempted download of what seems to be suspicious third party software. I'm not sure if I accidentally clicked something, but this was startling at the very least, considering it either happened on its own or was the result of one mistaken click: https://softwareupdaterlp.com/campaign.php?ID=trillmstrcpi2⊂=trillmstrcpi2&S2=wMCGLO62O836QUQHGUDQ22EU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmagan Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I was just replying to a thread and was redirected to a series of pop-ups and an attempted download of what seems to be suspicious third party software. I'm not sure if I accidentally clicked something, but this was startling at the very least, considering it either happened on its own or was the result of one mistaken click: not_good.png https://softwareupdaterlp.com/campaign.php?ID=trillmstrcpi2⊂=trillmstrcpi2&S2=wMCGLO62O836QUQHGUDQ22EU I had something similar, but a different type of pop-up with instantweathermaps.com, in fact, the other day I put a post on that in the marketplace forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quincy Posted February 1, 2015 Author Share Posted February 1, 2015 This just happened again, but I was able to isolate it. I clicked on 2-1-15 to 2-2-15 Snow and Mix to Snow Storm and was automatically redirected to this: I did a Google Search and it suggested that I might already have malware on my computer. However, when I went to programs recently installed (and all of them in general), I wasn't able to find anything. I'll post if it happens again, but it's only happened twice, both times while I was on these forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klw Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Same thing happened to me a little while ago. Only on that one thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinch Leatherwood Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 This just happened again, but I was able to isolate it. I clicked on 2-1-15 to 2-2-15 Snow and Mix to Snow Storm and was automatically redirected to this: not_again.png I did a Google Search and it suggested that I might already have malware on my computer. However, when I went to programs recently installed (and all of them in general), I wasn't able to find anything. I'll post if it happens again, but it's only happened twice, both times while I was on these forums. You don't have malware, that is the americanwx forum trying to install it. I just got it too on my first visit to the site (not signed in) on the work PC. What's going to happen is all of us will end up infected paying members and not. Pretty disgraceful IMO the admins here are allowing this to happen with so many warnings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LocoAko Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Had the same forward happen twice this morning in the NYC subforum... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 I've gotten it twice this morning on two different computers (home & work) It's definitely nothing on either of my machines--it's coming from this site. I go right to the control panel and close everything out. Never click their windows! Definitely a problem that should be looked into. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wow Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 I'm working on it, trust me... I'm trying to nail it down.Has anyone received this malware popup while logged in? Were ads being displayed at the time. Trying to filter out some things. I'm not as certain this is ad related as I have all ads filtered and scanned with DFP. It would disallow the code from being shown and send me an email alert of any malware ads. I'm thinking this could be a compromise with the local coding if it's coming from here - we are running a scan now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 You don't have malware, that is the americanwx forum trying to install it. No, he probably does have malware, and it might not have anything to do with this board. The very first google result detailing SoftwareUpdaterlp.com says: "This malicious browser extension is typically added when you install another free software that had bundled into their installation this adware program. When this malicious extension is installed, when you will browse the Internet, an ad from SoftwareUpdaterlp.com will randomly pop-up." In that case, he should run Malwarebytes. I haven't looked in to that opendownloadmanager one yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 opendownloadmanager looks to be your standard evil ad... if you don't click on it, you should be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick G Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 most likely this has happened because someone's ad got compromised. it happens a lot. if you see it close out the browser and the clear the cache. if you click on it then run Malwarebytes. I had it happen on a news site a couple of times. Simple thing is not to trust anyone on the net. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 most likely this has happened because someone's ad got compromised. it happens a lot. if you see it close out the browser and the clear the cache. if you click on it then run Malwarebytes. I had it happen on a news site a couple of times. Simple thing is not to trust anyone on the net. I don't trust this advice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quincy Posted February 2, 2015 Author Share Posted February 2, 2015 Has anyone received this malware popup while logged in? Were ads being displayed at the time. Trying to filter out some things. I was logged in both times and ads were being displayed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The 4 Seasons Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Happens everyday, multiple times per day to me, recently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick G Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 I don't trust this advice? You don't have to trust it. quite simply you don't have to take my word for it. I have been doing IT security for a long time. I block ads when I can and I don't ever click on a popup. Simply put I don't trust anyone or any site on the net. Without access to his computer, I cannot tell you how he got infected. I can tell you the most likely path. It was probably an ad from a website. It could have come from here. No system is perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 You don't have to trust it. quite simply you don't have to take my word for it. I have been doing IT security for a long time. I block ads when I can and I don't ever click on a popup. Simply put I don't trust anyone or any site on the net. Without access to his computer, I cannot tell you how he got infected. I can tell you the most likely path. It was probably an ad from a website. It could have come from here. No system is perfect. Well then, you might want to get up from that IT chair and relate to real people once and a while. It was a joke. Your post was a paradox. most likely this has happened because someone's ad got compromised. it happens a lot. if you see it close out the browser and the clear the cache. if you click on it then run Malwarebytes. I had it happen on a news site a couple of times. Simple thing is not to trust anyone on the net. First you gave us advice over the internet. Then, in the very next sentence, you told us not to trust anyone on the net. See it now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick G Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 Well then, you might want to get up from that IT chair and relate to real people once and a while. It was a joke. Your post was a paradox. First you gave us advice over the internet. Then, in the very next sentence, you told us not to trust anyone on the net. See it now? I do now, Do you do parties? Edit: I wasn't aware this was a banter thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jburns Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 I do now, Do you do parties? Edit: I wasn't aware this was a banter thread. It's not. But neither is it without its moments of irony and humor. For that, I thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithiaWx Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 I've seen this redirect at least five different times over the last few days. It's some nasty malware, it's pretty pathetic that this is happening jmo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbutts Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 I haven't seen this, but I donated and am also using https://adblockplus.org/ This is pretty crazy though, at some point as a responsible web administrator you have to discontinue using DFP if this stuff keeps slipping through. At least this site has a decent base of people who donate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinch Leatherwood Posted February 3, 2015 Share Posted February 3, 2015 No, he probably does have malware, and it might not have anything to do with this board. The very first google result detailing SoftwareUpdaterlp.com says: "This malicious browser extension is typically added when you install another free software that had bundled into their installation this adware program. When this malicious extension is installed, when you will browse the Internet, an ad from SoftwareUpdaterlp.com will randomly pop-up." In that case, he should run Malwarebytes. I haven't looked in to that opendownloadmanager one yet. It's ads on this site trying to install malware. On a completely fresh install yesterday (brand new machine/ssd) it popped up on the first visit. It's coming from their ads and its probably related to remarketing/what ads are being shown to which users.Malware bytes premium was totally clean. It also doesn't stop the attack nor does Norton security even when they are correctly configured together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinch Leatherwood Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Aside of one member reporting this as logged in - the only time I've ever seen this is when I'm not logged in, AKA, when ads are displaying. In the dozens of times malware has fired over the last few months 100% of those instances occurred when ads were displaying. Whatever you are scanning them with some are sneaking through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted February 4, 2015 Share Posted February 4, 2015 Aside of one member reporting this as logged in - the only time I've ever seen this is when I'm not logged in, AKA, when ads are displaying. In the dozens of times malware has fired over the last few months 100% of those instances occurred when ads were displaying. Whatever you are scanning them with some are sneaking through. It's definitely hit me while logged in. It is this site--no question about it as I get this pop-up here and only here. Not so far today though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clinch Leatherwood Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 Seems to be fixed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quincy Posted February 9, 2015 Author Share Posted February 9, 2015 Seems to be fixed? This hasn't happened to me on my tablet or laptop in a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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