Jan
new additional info
Mon Jan 11, 2010 12:54
68.200.14.153

Another user tells me:

"Just got bounced to another "dangerous" site:

"


And she follows up with: "I've scanned my own system several times, with both Trend Micro and Malwarebytes, and there is nothing."

This is only happening on 179154, not on other forums also hosted by yourwebapps.com (according to the users who have reported these problems).

I'm thinking there is something about the content of our forum post(s) that is triggering the targeting of the worst ads from your adservice. ?


  • Re: additional info — Tamara, Sat Jan 9 12:00
    I'm not sure what is happening based on that description. I've loaded quite a few pages from your DiscApp and so far I can't replicate the issue but I will keep trying. I would recommend that she run ... more
    • yet another one, this time a screenshot — Jan, Fri Jan 15 05:40
      Hi Tamara, The user reported an attack from: http://antispyunderware.com/hitin.php?land=20&affid=93001 AND, they sent along a screenshot of the post they were viewing at the time it happened which... more
      • No screenshot — Tamara, Mon Jan 18 06:53
        I did not see a link to your screenshot. I have not been able to trigger that ad. Based on Google Safe Browsing, it seems like her AV software may be triggering a false positive for some reason.... more
        • screenshot(s) for two latest reported — Jan, Tue Jan 19 01:50
          Wish I'd thought of this before, anyway here's links to the two latest occurances (the forum pages with the ads that were showing at the time the user got the redirect): 1/15/10:
          • Re: screenshot(s) for two latest reported — Tamara, Tue Jan 19 11:16
            That ad is completely innocuous. It's just a text ad, nothing more. I was able to see the ad on your DiscApp using IE in Vista and it's just a text link. Her problem is coming from something that is... more
        • Don't think it's a false positive — Jan, Mon Jan 18 17:08
          As it tried to take her to that site from the forum. Google safe browsing now says: Site is listed as suspicious - visiting this web site may harm your computer What seems to be common in a couple of ... more
          • Re: Don't think it's a false positive — Tamara, Mon Jan 18 21:41
            According to Google Safesites: "Part of this site was listed for suspicious activity 1 time(s) over the past 90 days." Also from Safesites: Has this site acted as an intermediary resulting in further ... more
    • new additional info — Jan, Mon Jan 11 12:54
      • Re: new additional info — Tamara, Sat Jan 16 06:59
        Your DiscApp seems to have similar posts that other dog DiscApps do on our site and they have the same ads that your visitors see. I haven't been able to trigger what your visitor sees so far.
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