The New Ad Banners keep giving me viruses

Sandtrap · November 14, 2014, 09:25:58 PM

I'll open up the sep7agon, and automatically be redirected to a page that starts flooding my computer with shit that downloads automatically with no permission. All of it gets flagged as malware and other nice stuff.

That's not cool Cheat. You'd better have a sit down with our ad service provider.

Naru · November 14, 2014, 09:50:45 PM

Be sure to have your anti virus software up to date. It's probably from accidentally clicking the ad from earlier on. Try checking your downloads, too, for something you don't think is right.

Cheat · November 14, 2014, 10:12:04 PM

Quote from: Sandtrap on November 14, 2014, 09:25:58 PM

I'll open up the sep7agon, and automatically be redirected to a page that starts flooding my computer with shit that downloads automatically with no permission. All of it gets flagged as malware and other nice stuff.

That's not cool Cheat. You'd better have a sit down with our ad service provider.

I'm aware of some shitty behavior going down for some members here. I've yet to experience this, myself, but I'll email Sovrn about this nonetheless.

rC · November 14, 2014, 10:13:40 PM

Yeah, I'm leaving adblock on until all of this gets sorted out. Sorry (nigger) cheat, but like I said, I'm open to donations.

big sponge · November 15, 2014, 01:19:01 AM

I had an attempted redirect apparently when I tried to use some of my mod tools earlier. Not sure wtf is going on with these ads.

Cheat · November 15, 2014, 01:32:58 AM

Ads are disabled until I can figure out what is going on.

I sent them the following:

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I have had SEVERAL members start to complain about the ads on my site redirecting them to malicious, virus-infested websites. I've had to temporarily take them down just to keep people from getting a virus on their computer or having their browser hijacked.

This is kind of unacceptable.

Please, please, please fix this and kick the jerks who are introducing these malicious ads or I will be unable to continue publishing them on my site.

Read about the redirects from the ones experiencing it here: http://sep7agon.net/index.php?topic=12202.0

Cheat · November 15, 2014, 05:49:36 PM

Quote from: Sandtrap on November 14, 2014, 09:25:58 PM

I'll open up the sep7agon, and automatically be redirected to a page that starts flooding my computer with shit that downloads automatically with no permission. All of it gets flagged as malware and other nice stuff.

That's not cool Cheat. You'd better have a sit down with our ad service provider.

Here's their reply (at least they're looking into it and responded to me)

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Hello -

Thanks for reaching out about this issue. We are currently researching this issue in an effort to track down and remove these ads from serving within our network. Any additional information you can provide would be helpful as well.

Please let us know if you have any questions in the meantime.

Thanks!

Juuzou · November 16, 2014, 10:13:10 AM

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Isara · November 16, 2014, 01:17:28 PM

It seems as people's caches refresh, this ad is inserted in their list, and at the same time it might take some more time for this kind of ad to be removed from your lists. I really suggest to clear your caches, and for those using Safari on OS X to go Safari > Reset Safari...

challengerX · November 16, 2014, 06:15:07 PM

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Isara · November 16, 2014, 06:49:17 PM

There are certain exploits that can also be applied on mobile. I do suggest to pay close attention to any issues that may arise.

Quote from: challengerX on November 16, 2014, 06:15:07 PM

I'd just like to say I've experienced no problems with ads on my iPhone.

ಠ_ಠ · November 16, 2014, 07:55:45 PM

So...do you think the ads still worth all this trouble?

Cheat · November 16, 2014, 09:11:20 PM

Quote from: Nuka on November 16, 2014, 07:55:45 PM

So...do you think the ads still worth all this trouble?

Yes. If we can get this resolved, it's a great way to pay for the costs of running the site.

I am not giving up on this service just yet.

Juuzou · November 17, 2014, 05:11:09 PM

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Cheat · November 17, 2014, 06:14:06 PM

I sent another email after they finally got back about the audio ads (lol). I linked them to all of your complaint threads/posts, so that should be more than enough evidence for them (or so I hope).

Spoiler

No, now we are getting malicious advertisements that redirect users to a different website that tries to get them to install something. It's very annoying.

Complaint one: http://sep7agon.net/index.php?topic=12202.0
Complaint two: http://sep7agon.net/index.php?topic=12414.0
Complaint three (down the page a way, open the spoiler to see it): http://sep7agon.net/index.php?topic=11551.msg255362#msg255362

This is affecting multiple people and it only occurs when I have your ads turned on. I've tried raising the bid floor for my ad tags but they still pop up and redirect my users to malicious ads.

Any way you can restrict your ads so that they can't redirect my users? I'm only using one leaderboard banner ad.

Juuzou · November 17, 2014, 06:26:53 PM

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rC · November 18, 2014, 07:10:43 AM

Turn off your computer and make sure it powers down
Drop it in a 32 foot hole in the ground
Bury it completely, rocks and boulders should be fine
Then burn all the clothes you may have worn at any time you were online

Juuzou · November 18, 2014, 11:50:20 AM

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月 · November 18, 2014, 06:01:15 PM

Audio ad about Nissan, couldn't find the actual add. Also got re-directed to "Download Flash" a lot.

Cheat · November 19, 2014, 12:03:19 AM

Here's what I sent them again:

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I've had several people complain about the ads that come from your service redirecting them automatically and sending them to a new website that tries to get them to install a fake plugin or program.

Most likely malware.

I've emailed you multiple times about this and posted on your Twitter account as well, but I've not heard anything back about what's being done about this. I'll be including a large image with four separate redirect screens on it so that you can see what's going on.

To be clear: nobody is clicking on the ad. It's taking them to a new page automatically as soon as it loads, and it's doing it several times per day.

Please fix this issue. Your legitimate ads are awesome and clean and I really, really want to continue to use your ad service, but these types of malicious ads just have to go.

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