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Post by GoneCamping on Dec 6, 2009 9:13:12 GMT -8
The first time I saw this was Friday morning around 7am...
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wvtbred
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Post by wvtbred on Dec 6, 2009 9:20:14 GMT -8
Same here this is ridiculous and losing people left and right. Don't blame them this is supposed to be a safe place.
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125541
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GoneCamping
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June 2008
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Post by GoneCamping on Dec 6, 2009 9:24:48 GMT -8
And just as an FYI to everyone here... If one of these things takes over your screen and won't let you do anything, IMMEDIATELY hit CONTROL+F4 and that will close that active window...
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shewithoutaname
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Post by shewithoutaname on Dec 6, 2009 9:38:33 GMT -8
VIRUS ALERT!I submitted the form. I took a screen shot but because I hit ESC when I load a page hoping to stop the ads from coming, there's no add to show. However, it shows the anti-virus software pop-up and part of the URL that it was downloading from. (If you scroll to the bottom of the screen shot, it will show you even more of the URL. screenshot of virus detectionI'm trying to copy some of the stuff off my board and I shouldn't even be going there at all because of this. Looks like I may be leaving proboards since they won't take the ads down while they nail the problem. And I've been here 5 years in Jan.
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Jul 24, 2010 4:10:41 GMT -8
shewithoutaname
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Post by shewithoutaname on Dec 6, 2009 9:42:01 GMT -8
P.S. Apparently it's smaller in my photobucket, so if you need a bigger shot let me know where to email it to.
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Junior Member
No cat anywhere ever gave anyone a straight answer.
Posts: 254
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No cat anywhere ever gave anyone a straight answer.
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Post by blackicekitten9 on Dec 6, 2009 10:36:29 GMT -8
VIRUS ALERT!I submitted the form. I took a screen shot but because I hit ESC when I load a page hoping to stop the ads from coming, there's no add to show. However, it shows the anti-virus software pop-up and part of the URL that it was downloading from. (If you scroll to the bottom of the screen shot, it will show you even more of the URL. screenshot of virus detectionI'm trying to copy some of the stuff off my board and I shouldn't even be going there at all because of this. Looks like I may be leaving proboards since they won't take the ads down while they nail the problem. And I've been here 5 years in Jan. I am curious. Is Avast your normal security program? Also, i noticed three tabs open. What is the very first tab? Things do not always come from the tab that is open right in front you but can also come from other open tabs that you are not currently viewing. I am not saying that its not coming from your proboards forum... but it could be coming from other open tabs. Just a thought. I did look up the advtunix information avast stated it found.. and its not limited to proboards... many other nonproboards forums are having issues. www.google.com/search?q=advtunix&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-aI am not sure proboards can do anything about it. I still stand by the three programs I recommended to boost the antivirus you already have.
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Post by amberbard on Dec 6, 2009 11:01:45 GMT -8
lol the only problem with boosting my anti-virus is that the next step for me is actually disconnecting the internet. While its nice to know that Proboards isn't the only one having problems with angelsecurity, I can state that the only tab I had open this morning was (one of) my proboards accounts.
Umm, your link doesn't work....
As it hasn't crashed my computer as of yet and its not a proboards only problem, I'm staying with my sites. I've posted instructions for my users so that they know how to get out of it should it pop up for them and they'll be reporting issues to me that I'll pass along to the Proboards staff in hopes of finding a way to fix the problem for proboards sites.
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Post by VS Admin on Dec 6, 2009 11:07:07 GMT -8
Hello,
We have gone ahead and disabled every single ad network except for Google. This should completely stop this from being a problem. We are taking all the reports that we have and working with the other ad networks to find out where this is coming from before we re-enable other networks.
Patrick
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New Member
Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives
Posts: 181
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Jan 9, 2018 14:10:57 GMT -8
CM
Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives
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January 2009
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Post by CM on Dec 6, 2009 11:27:40 GMT -8
Hello,
We have gone ahead and disabled every single ad network except for Google. This should completely stop this from being a problem. We are taking all the reports that we have and working with the other ad networks to find out where this is coming from before we re-enable other networks.
Patrick Hi Patrick sandiegoscene.proboards.comMy board has been popup and audio ad free for a few days. Moments ago I made a post then three audio ads loaded, then the popups one after another. The problem is when a popup occurs the popup gets focus, when I click back on the board another popup, without focus to the board CTRL+ALT+R won’t work. The only way to stop the popups was to close the browser, I could never return focus to the board to report the problem and things were happening so fast I could not gather any data. Rapid fire multi popups will make it impossible to report via CTRL+ALT+R
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Post by VS Admin on Dec 6, 2009 11:34:20 GMT -8
Hello,
We have gone ahead and disabled every single ad network except for Google. This should completely stop this from being a problem. We are taking all the reports that we have and working with the other ad networks to find out where this is coming from before we re-enable other networks.
Patrick Hi Patrick sandiegoscene.proboards.comMy board has been popup and audio ad free for a few days. Moments ago I made a post then three audio ads loaded, then the popups one after another. The problem is when a popup occurs the popup gets focus, when I click back on the board another popup, without focus to the board CTRL+ALT+R won’t work. The only way to stop the popups was to close the browser, I could never return focus to the board to report the problem and things were happening so fast I could not gather any data. Rapid fire multi popups will make it impossible to report via CTRL+ALT+R Thanks for the details - we have disabled all other ad networks besides Google (which should take effect within the next few minutes if it already hasn't), so this should not be a problem any more. We will, however, forward on this complaint to be investigated. If you have the URL of the window that popped up that would be very useful as well. Thanks, Patrick
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New Member
Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives
Posts: 181
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136499
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Jan 9, 2018 14:10:57 GMT -8
CM
Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives
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January 2009
carlsbadmark
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Post by CM on Dec 6, 2009 12:02:02 GMT -8
Thanks for the details - we have disabled all other ad networks besides Google (which should take effect within the next few minutes if it already hasn't), so this should not be a problem any more. We will, however, forward on this complaint to be investigated. If you have the URL of the window that popped up that would be very useful as well. Thanks, Patrick Thanks for the update. Google ads are the only ads appearing. I was closing the popups as fast as possible, it was interesting only one popup loaded as minimized and that was Netflick. If all the popups had loaded minimized then the board would have been in focus and CTRL+ALT+R would have worked.
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Ad Buster
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roffle
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Post by Roffle on Dec 6, 2009 14:36:10 GMT -8
Thanks for your work on this. Info from one of my affected members, FWIW: "1) The ad was on the main page. It directed me to angelnetworksecurity.com/index.php?affid=92002 (DON'T CLICK THIS LINK OBVIOUSLY) 2) didn't take screenshot as I alt+f4'd immediately and disconnected the internet 3) Virginia 4) I was in IE. FYI the spyware it tried to install for me is called Vundo and you can find the fix at www.techsupportforum.com/security....ible-thing.html if it got you bad. I managed to just stop it when it was copying cookies, so I don't know how effective that fix is since I managed to delete things by hand but it looks decent. It also tried to activate a bug in Sonic Update Manager which can be removed through add/remove programs in control panel, and hijack this to remove isuspm.ini from startup."
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admin
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Post by VS Admin on Dec 6, 2009 15:04:12 GMT -8
Thanks for the details Roffle
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Kami
Forum Cat
Posts: 40,064
Mini-Profile Theme: Kami's Mini-Profile
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Jul 24, 2021 11:48:29 GMT -8
Kami
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kamiyakaoru
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Post by Kami on Dec 6, 2009 15:38:54 GMT -8
pat - i submitted a form already, but just wanted to let you know i got two pop ups, and two different audio ads . ironically, the second popup/audio appeared after i CTRL ALT R'd for the report form.
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Post by VS Admin on Dec 6, 2009 15:53:58 GMT -8
pat - i submitted a form already, but just wanted to let you know i got two pop ups, and two different audio ads . ironically, the second popup/audio appeared after i CTRL ALT R'd for the report form.Yeah, we caught that and already blocked it about 30 minutes ago. Sometimes it takes a bit of time for the changes to propogate out (up to 45 minutes we've seen).
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