Bad redirect (scam website)

[nonny]

Forum URL: pandce.proboards.com/thread/616979/primary-chatter-nh-week?page=10

There is an ad or something doing a bad redirect to scam website trying to claim windows needs updating/fixed or else everything is going to deleted.

[ moved links so only staff can see them ]

I've hit it twice tonight going to the thread linked in the Forum URL.
Malwarebytes says my PC is fine.

ETA screenshots (sorry, can't kill the hyperlinks)

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[Craig]

Hi

Thanks for the report. Any ad which redirects should be automatically detected and be checked for removal, so hopefully they have already been removed from rotation. If you continue to get redirects, please let us know, and apologies for the inconvenience caused.

Craig

[Scott]

nonny, thank you for reporting this. Just so you know however, we do not need the link(s) of where you are being directed to as this does not provide the information we need as there is no way to trace back to the ad that causes the redirect.

The information that does help is:
- the country you are in
- your OS (Mac, Windows, Android, etc.)
- the browser you are using

Since redirects usually targets users in a certain region, or using a particular device, or browser - having this information allows us to filter through reports and zero in on the ad that is the culprit.

[nonny]

Craig , the sound was startling, but otherwise everything was fine once I closed the tabs.
We've had issues on our board in the past where the filters didn't always catch the bad redirects so I thought I'd better report it just in case after I hit it a second time. I'm not seeing it today though. All the ads being served up seem different today that last night.

Scott , I'll try to remember that for next time. I can never remember the info you want since this really only happens maybe 1-2 a year. 

Thanks!  

[bigdwsu]

I'm having the same issue on my board and it's being reported by several members. I live in the US. My PC uses windows 10S and my browser is windows edge

wrightstate.proboards.com/

[bigdwsu]

Forgot to mention this has been an ongoing issue for at least 2 weeks now.

[bigdwsu]

Feb 14, 2020 19:27:27 GMT -8 bigdwsu said:

Forgot to mention this has been an ongoing issue for at least 2 weeks now.

It's also happening multiple times every time I go to my board.  It's making the board pretty unusable.

[Nscalerr 🐺]

Hi bigdwsu

As this thread was resolved, it would have been marked by the staff as having been resolved. So even if the problem you are having is identical to someone else, we do ask for people to create their own thread.

Also adverts that redirect are automatically detected and removed by the system, if it continues, post back in a new thread.

[Michael]

Hi,

Is this issue still ongoing for anyone?

[nonny]

Feb 18, 2020 10:18:24 GMT -8 Michael said:

Hi,

Is this issue still ongoing for anyone?

I hit it several times last night on my forums again - pandce.proboards.com/board/27/married-life

I'm in WA State. Windows 10. Edge.

I haven't seen it yet today, but I also have only been online for a few minutes.

[Michael]

Feb 18, 2020 13:50:54 GMT -8 nonny said:

Feb 18, 2020 10:18:24 GMT -8 Michael said:

Hi,

Is this issue still ongoing for anyone?

I hit it several times last night on my forums again - pandce.proboards.com/board/27/married-life

I'm in WA State. Windows 10. Edge.

I haven't seen it yet today, but I also have only been online for a few minutes.

Thank you for the information. We should have this blocked soon.

[Michael]

Hi,

We've blocked two redirects that we located. Please let us know if this persists!

[bigdwsu]

It is still happening on my board: wrightstate.proboards.com/  Happened several times tonight.   I live in the US. My PC uses windows 10 S and my browser is microsoft edge

[Michael]

Feb 23, 2020 18:40:54 GMT -8 bigdwsu said:

It is still happening on my board: wrightstate.proboards.com/  Happened several times tonight.   I live in the US. My PC uses windows 10 S and my browser is microsoft edge

The same ad as before? We've blocked other ads on Friday.

[bigdwsu]

Feb 24, 2020 11:08:29 GMT -8 Michael said:

Feb 23, 2020 18:40:54 GMT -8 bigdwsu said:

It is still happening on my board: wrightstate.proboards.com/  Happened several times tonight.   I live in the US. My PC uses windows 10 S and my browser is microsoft edge

The same ad as before? We've blocked other ads on Friday.

This one is new.  When I try to get on my board I get a malicious site blocked message from Norton.