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'Flash' scam popup coming from some ads?

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    #32
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,221 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    Peregrine wrote: »
    I have a solution but you're not going to like it.



    Turn beta on.

    The tinfoil hats will be out in force

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



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    #33
    Tigger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,705 ✭✭✭✭Tigger


    the beta is the worst thing on the net


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    #34
    Tigger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,705 ✭✭✭✭Tigger


    hard restart on ios seems to have stopped it on safari
    on both 5 and 5s

    nope i was wrong its baaaack


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    #35
    Peregrine
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 26,402 Mod ✭✭✭✭Peregrine


    Tigger wrote: »
    Peregrine wrote: »
    I have a solution but you're not going to like it.



    Turn beta on.

    frist thging i tried
    didn't help
    Strange. It works fine for me on beta but starts redirecting the second I switch back.


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    #36
    Tigger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,705 ✭✭✭✭Tigger


    Peregrine wrote: »
    Strange. It works fine for me on beta but starts redirecting the second I switch back.

    on ios or chrome?

    beta is the only thing that stops it on ios now
    kdid i mention i hate beta


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    #37
    joujoujou
    Registered Users Posts: 13,664 ✭✭✭✭joujoujou
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    Cache cleared. :cool:

    Crap's gone. For a while at least. :D

    Firefox on Windows.


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    #38
    martyos121
    Registered Users Posts: 21,390 ✭✭✭✭martyos121


    Don't want to jinx it, but everything is fine for me now. Didn't clear cache or anything.


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    #39
    challengemaster
    Registered Users Posts: 16,930 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    Yup, back to normal now.


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    #40
    Dav
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,840 ✭✭✭Dav


    As you have figured out, something went screwy with the company serving these ads. Needless to say, I have asked that we get an explanation about WTF this was all about.


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    #41
    KomradeBishop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,981 ✭✭✭KomradeBishop


    In fairness, for some users - like the one who accidentally hit 'ok' on the malware earlier, and now has a botnet client on their computer - that's a bit late now...

    I know Boards has little control over ads, but it's pretty unacceptable that this can happen to anyone in the first place, and it's been warned about before.

    Third parties controlling content - especially anything javascript - that ends up on the site, will lead to this happening again; it's an inevitability.

    Boards really should look into much more restricted ad content - ones that do not use any kind of third-party javascript; when you play whack-a-mole with abusive (or in this case malware) ads, then you don't find out about the problem and remove/disable them, until users of the site have already had to deal with it (in this case: with some already having a virus/botnet planted on their computer).


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    #42
    The Randy Riverbeast
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,770 ✭✭✭The Randy Riverbeast


    Correct me if I'm wrong but my understanding is that boards.ie and many other websites use a service which only allows what ad block plus views as "non intrusive" ads. They got hacked so that this pop up was being sent through as a non intrusive ad and being shown on pages despite having ad block plus?


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    #43
    KomradeBishop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,981 ✭✭✭KomradeBishop


    Only if you have the 'allow non-intrusive ads' option checked, yes - and this is the perfect example of why you should not have that option checked ;)


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    #44
    Dav
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,840 ✭✭✭Dav


    So Pagefair was hacked. PageFair are a service that works with the companies behind ad blocking plug-ins to create a list of "safe" and approved advertisers who's ads are allowed through when that option is ticked.


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    #45
    BobCobb
    Registered Users Posts: 159 ✭✭BobCobb


    BobCobb wrote: »
    I just clicked on the OK, thinking it was a message from my os, and it seems to have fvcked up my computer, screen went green, then fuzzy. Hope it will be OK...


    All seems ok with the computer now...
    I brought it to a repair shop just in case, but I think they just re-installed firefox. :)


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