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Scam Pop Up on Boards

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    #32
    astrofool
    Registered Users Posts: 16,608 ✭✭✭✭astrofool


    Might be worth pinging the admins that boards is pushing scams @Beasty @Big Bag of Chips @Spear@Spear



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    #33
    Gatling
    Registered Users Posts: 40,291 ✭✭✭✭Gatling


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121136419#Comment_121136419

    That's what I originally was getting,Ive been clearing cookies , browsing history and running scans

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    #34
    blackwhite
    Registered Users Posts: 8,719 ✭✭✭blackwhite


    Same happening here too. Constant redirects to clone site trying to impersonate google with a “you’ve won a prize” pop up

    iPhone using safari browser



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    #35
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 76,130 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Apologies everyone. Admins do not get access to that part of the platfoirm. It's only something @Boards.ie: Mike in the office can deal with

    I'm also tagging @Boards.ie: Odhran who may be online outside normal business hours. Otherwise it will need to wait Mike getting online hopefully first thing in the morning

    In the meantime I can just repeat what everyone says in this situation. Please do not click on the links



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    #36
    TheChizler
    Registered Users Posts: 9,448 ✭✭✭TheChizler


    Glad it's not just me. I'm only getting this on my Android on WiFi which is weird, I doubt GoMo have spam site filters in place. Laptop is fine. Boards is completely unusable on phone WiFi, every page loads the scam site eventually.



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    #37
    Kerry_2008
    Registered Users Posts: 278 ✭✭Kerry_2008


    I'm the same. Can't use the site for more than a minute without the popup



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    #38
    PTH2009
    Registered Users Posts: 38,253 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    Where's the Nigerian prince's in all of this



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    #39
    Rubberchikken
    Registered Users Posts: 5,083 ✭✭✭Rubberchikken


    Working .well on my break and had been hoping to catch up on posts but this crap is so annoying.

    Oh well will have to work I guess🥴😁



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    #40
    Marco Yellow Six-pack
    Posts: 0 ✭ Marco Yellow Six-pack


    Not getting this malware pop up on my phone iOS 🤔

    Have Norton active.



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    #41
    supermans ghost
    Registered Users Posts: 200 ✭✭supermans ghost


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121136540#Comment_121136540

    Frankly your site seems ridiculously easy to hack into, the same thing happened at the weekend where every second thread on the main page was a scam.

    How secure is the data that you hold for boards members?



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    #42
    omicron
    Registered Users Posts: 830 ✭✭✭omicron


    Still the same this morning, every couple of seconds, on Android and weirdly only happens on WiFi also. ( Mobile network is 48).



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    #43
    Caranica
    Registered Users Posts: 10,100 ✭✭✭✭Caranica


    I swapped to Opera browser when the ads went crazy, only meant to do it for a few weeks but threads like this remind me how much more pleasant this site is using Opera/Brave



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    #44
    Roberto_gas
    Registered Users Posts: 4,050 ✭✭✭Roberto_gas


    is the site hacked? getting random scams/ popups



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    #45
    Vicxas
    Registered Users Posts: 15,345 ✭✭✭✭Vicxas


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    Nice one boards. Off down the dodgy route are we?



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    #46
    Roberto_gas
    Registered Users Posts: 4,050 ✭✭✭Roberto_gas


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    shocking



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    #47
    JDxtra
    Registered Users Posts: 5,890 ✭✭✭JDxtra


    Guys, what the actual f*ck is this?

    Absolutely unnacceptable to have this happen on a legitmate web site.



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    #48
    StrawbsM
    Registered Users Posts: 2,114 ✭✭✭StrawbsM


    I have an ad blocker and I don’t feel one bit bad about it.

    Do you still have to wait till the vanilla office opens in Canada before this is looked into?



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    #49
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Most companies would have an emergency 24/7 contact number for someone on the technical side. That's standard industry practice and has been for decades.

    Serving malware popups to your customers for 12 hours (and counting). Shocking stuff.



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    #50
    tommythecat
    Registered Users Posts: 707 ✭✭✭tommythecat


    Still happening

    4kwp South East facing PV System. 5.3kwh Weco battery. South Dublin City.



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    #51
    rubberdungeon
    Registered Users Posts: 606 ✭✭✭rubberdungeon


    Happening here too



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    #52
    El Gato De Negocios
    Registered Users Posts: 6,899 ✭✭✭El Gato De Negocios


    Happening consistently on Android but no issues on desktop.



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    #53
    StrawbsM
    Registered Users Posts: 2,114 ✭✭✭StrawbsM


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121137004#Comment_121137004
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    This thread was created at 9pm last night so unless their office is in the first time zone, they would have known about this before clocking off for the day.



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    #54
    Boards.ie: Mike
    Boards.ie Employee Posts: 1,031 ✭✭✭✭✭Boards.ie: Mike


    Hi all,

    This is not an intentional serving of spam to our users here. This is something we are fully aware of and actively working on to remove. It should not have appeared on site and we will be making a full investigation into how this happened.

    Needless to say but, "DO NOT CLICK THE LINKS".

    I will report back here when I have an update.



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    #55
    Brian2208
    Registered Users Posts: 538 ✭✭✭Brian2208


    I’m getting the same pop up on chrome on android every time I go to boards. I got a similar pop up on Safari on an iPhone too



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    #56
    JDxtra
    Registered Users Posts: 5,890 ✭✭✭JDxtra


    Shut the bloody site down until it’s fixed. Someone must have the ability.



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    #57
    Gusser09
    Registered Users Posts: 7,110 ✭✭✭Gusser09


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121136516#Comment_121136516

    Mods to busy banning people it would seem to notice the issue.



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    #58
    SteM
    Registered Users Posts: 6,657 ✭✭✭SteM


    Only happening on my android phone while connected to wifi, not when I'm connected to mobile data as mentioned before.



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    #59
    nullzero
    Registered Users Posts: 16,652 ✭✭✭✭nullzero
    ****


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121137101#Comment_121137101

    This is out of their wheelhouse tbf.

    Glazers Out!



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    #60
    Boards.ie: Mike
    Boards.ie Employee Posts: 1,031 ✭✭✭✭✭Boards.ie: Mike


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121137101#Comment_121137101

    Beasty has already posted here on this thread so has noticed the issue. As have I. If you have nothing of any value to add to the issue this thread was set up to talk about then please keep your comments to yourself.



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    #61
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121137064#Comment_121137064

    Do you know what emergency 24/7 contact means? It means someone gets woken up or responsibility transfers to someone in another timezone.

    When you are running a web-based business it's shockingly bad form to serve potential malware to customers for 13 hours and for the admin to just shrug and go to bed and hope someone fixes it in the morning.



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