3instein Posted April 26, 2015 Posted April 26, 2015 Just now when I clicked on View New Content I got an ad site page pop up wanting me to join some movie download site, The same happened yesterday when I clicked on view topic, it re-directed me to some other ad site which I couldn't get off of, I had to re-boot. I know we get some unwanted ads on here but until yesterday the only way to see the ad was to click on it, now they just re-direct me without me clicking on any ad. Anyone else getting this? If any of the powers that be reads this please do something to prevent this as I really don't want to get re-directed to these sites with the hassle of re-booting, just when I want to read a forum topic. I have all the Ad Blocker stuff installed and never get this elsewhere, Cheers, Mick.
Dakpilot Posted April 26, 2015 Posted April 26, 2015 Never had that issue here, I use normal IE and default Microsoft security essentials, sounds more like something has affected your individual machine/browser Cheers Dakpilot
3instein Posted April 26, 2015 Author Posted April 26, 2015 Cheers Dakpilot, (pun) I use Chrome and default Microsoft security essentials, never seen this anywhere else and just wondered if others had encountered it as it only started yesterday. I will do a deep scan and run Malwarebytes and others to see if that helps, thanks, Mick.
FlatSpinMan Posted April 26, 2015 Posted April 26, 2015 Disturbing. I run chrome and ad blocker but everything is big-standard and I've never even seen an ad. Anyone else getting anything?
LAL_Luny Posted April 26, 2015 Posted April 26, 2015 I sometimes see post clearly made by bots advertising. But not this. Firefox on Linux with adblock, for the computer I am using to check forums
TG-55Panthercules Posted April 26, 2015 Posted April 26, 2015 Haven't encountered this either - running Chrome and McAfee.
SvAF/F16_Goblin Posted April 26, 2015 Posted April 26, 2015 Not seen this, Avast antivirus and Firefox without any blocking.
3instein Posted April 26, 2015 Author Posted April 26, 2015 Thanks for the feedback guys, I ran a scan with Malwarebytes and it found some PuP thingy, whatever that is so I quarantined it, don't know if that was the cause but hope it doesn't happen again, thankfully it only happened twice, today and yesterday. All seems fine now, maybe I picked up something, time will tell. Cheers, Mick.
SCG_Space_Ghost Posted April 28, 2015 Posted April 28, 2015 Just now when I clicked on View New Content I got an ad site page pop up wanting me to join some movie download site, The same happened yesterday when I clicked on view topic, it re-directed me to some other ad site which I couldn't get off of, I had to re-boot. I know we get some unwanted ads on here but until yesterday the only way to see the ad was to click on it, now they just re-direct me without me clicking on any ad. Anyone else getting this? If any of the powers that be reads this please do something to prevent this as I really don't want to get re-directed to these sites with the hassle of re-booting, just when I want to read a forum topic. I have all the Ad Blocker stuff installed and never get this elsewhere, Cheers, Mick. It looks like you have some sort of browser redirect. I will PM you quick. 1
3instein Posted April 29, 2015 Author Posted April 29, 2015 Thanks very much for your kind offer 4.jg26_Adler, I replied to your pm buddy, Mick.
FlatSpinMan Posted April 29, 2015 Posted April 29, 2015 Actually, I often get redirected from SimHQ to YouTube on my mobile.
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