Malicious Attacks from AK ads!
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m_boone
Active Member
I would pay a higher subscription fee to be ad-free. (Wikipedia search on "malvertising") If the powers at be would take a poll I would bet that they would find a lot of other folks feel the same way.
50nstillhifi
Super Member
This is a very interesting forum discussion.. there were some problems with my browser experience several months back... a very persistent porn site. It would pop up or "view" right after my usual Chrome visit to AK.
Not sure where the issue was solved.. either through some of my Kaspersky enhancements or AK took action based on another claim by a poster?
However, recently and more frequently I have noticed "phishing" via various sites I have visited during routine search on the net. This includes bogus shipping alerts and the like! And every now and again.. the "missing friend" stuck in Kalamazoo... needing emergency money.
Apparently, the search engine and routine selling of marketing sites and visits by Net providers may be further reaching than admitted. As I am sure some of this information has gotten into criminal savvy hands.. and this is just some of the fallout.
Not sure, short of not using the Net, these issues can be completely solved. Hackers just seem to have unlimited time and resources for mischief.. and I am sure the material they collect makes their efforts well worth that time : (
Not sure where the issue was solved.. either through some of my Kaspersky enhancements or AK took action based on another claim by a poster?
However, recently and more frequently I have noticed "phishing" via various sites I have visited during routine search on the net. This includes bogus shipping alerts and the like! And every now and again.. the "missing friend" stuck in Kalamazoo... needing emergency money.
Apparently, the search engine and routine selling of marketing sites and visits by Net providers may be further reaching than admitted. As I am sure some of this information has gotten into criminal savvy hands.. and this is just some of the fallout.
Not sure, short of not using the Net, these issues can be completely solved. Hackers just seem to have unlimited time and resources for mischief.. and I am sure the material they collect makes their efforts well worth that time : (
I get a malicious attack warning just about every time I visit AK, it's a redirect one in my case. Probably trying to go to the porn site but Norton blocks it and I never get the redirect
This popped up (redirect) as I was just reading this thread .
Fraudulent Web Page Blocked
You attempted to access:
http://shanates-bariety.com/84455c3...heMSoRBOL1drHH1X5o7ftyZAcw,,&F=*&G=buy&H=0.05
This web page is a known fraudulent web page. It is highly recommended that you do NOT visit this page.
DO NOT CLICK ON THIS !!!
Fraudulent Web Page Blocked
You attempted to access:
http://shanates-bariety.com/84455c3...heMSoRBOL1drHH1X5o7ftyZAcw,,&F=*&G=buy&H=0.05
This web page is a known fraudulent web page. It is highly recommended that you do NOT visit this page.
DO NOT CLICK ON THIS !!!
+48V
hi-fi or die
This is a completely bogus "alert". It's simply a phishing scam to call their number and "fix" your "infected" computer. Nothing to see or fear here.
No shit . But it came from AK because it was the only thing I had open . Just trying to help .
This is a completely bogus "alert". It's simply a phishing scam to call their number and "fix" your "infected" computer. Nothing to see or fear here.
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Can I get a Browser / Operating System / Device combination from you please?
Can I get a Browser / Operating System / Device combination from you as well, please?
+48V
hi-fi or die
Yeah, fair enough. Thank you for your service.
Not necessarily. Some of those 'ransomware' attacks come from self-replicating files that install themselves on your computer, and then lay in wait. After you open your browser, they wait a while, and then pop up. Often the only way to close them is to use the task manager.
Malwarebytes has a pretty good success rate with their tools for rooting out this beasties.
Yeah, fair enough. Thank you for your service.
petehall347
the brandy coffee man
if on windows only sure way is re-install o/s .or hope to delete it in registry .. going back to an earlier backup using built in rstrui.exe seems the best way for me if possible .
markshan
Sir Thrift a Lot
Okay, but I just had a fourth one while I was here and I've never had another one anywhere else.
Chrome, Win 7, home made tower
Yeah we're on top of this one, fix is getting worked on this evening!
Advally is our ad supplier. They help us fund this enjoyable forum. He is here to work directly with us, to eliminate any issues relating to ads. Thanks to all, for whatever assistance you all can give him. Bad guys are leveraging ad feeds all over the net, and they are hard to track down and eliminate, but progress is slowly but surely being made.
Enjoy,
Rich P
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