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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Not sure if this is the forum software or my computer, but for a few days now I have been getting redirected to a random, non-coin related website that I have never visited before when I click some random links on the forum. I believe my computer is clean, as my antivirus is up to date and this does not happen on any other sites.
Any other instances of this happening? Edited by The Silver Searcher
01/10/2015 6:00 pm
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Pillar of the Community
981 Posts |
just happened to me. what is going on?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
589 Posts |
Is it that you need to update your browser? DON'T FALL FOR THEM. I don't know why, but every now and again it happens to me. It's been happening for a couple years now.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1699 Posts |
I had the same problem. I just cleared my history (cookies and everything), and it has been fine since.
I hope it's a permanent fix, but maybe someone more technologically knowledgeable can chime in.
edit: Maybe this will help for those in the know. The website that it redirects to is Lemode-MGZ.com. Each time that it happened to me the screen has information related to home making or Forbes or other junk.
Edited by ErrorCoins222
01/10/2015 8:23 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4692 Posts |
I think the website has been partially hacked. Same issue last few days and my computer is clean.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
677 Posts |
Just wanted to add that I was also getting those redirects. But they stopped on their own for some reason
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Most Valued Member
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Quote:
Originally posted by jimbucks
I think the website has been partially hacked. Same issue last few days and my computer is clean.
Can you tell us what a partial hack is? I would sure be happy to know... |
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Most Valued Member
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These redirects are due to specific Google ads. If you can notice and report the ads seen in the page before the redirect, that can help blocking the ads and stopping the issue.
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Forum Dad
United States
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think the website has been partially hacked. Really? Quote:
Same issue last few days and my computer is clean. You know that how? Because some piece of software told you it is? Like Rui said, it's just a rogue Google ad that I need to isolate and ban, but Google usually finds it before me. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2563 Posts |
Um, wow. What is up with Rui's post count?
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Moderator
United States
23522 Posts |
Post counts aren't fixed in stone.  So Rui is doing 3500 posts a day. He's loquacious.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2563 Posts |
I know he's our Tech Guy, so maybe those are every single post that has been posted on CCF? Just a theory of my own.  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
1392 Posts |
The redirect issue is gone on my computer now. @CC2000, I think this clears up why Rui has an extreme amount of posts. https://goccf.com/t/173954 |
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Forum Dad
United States
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It's a rogue Google ad. I changed all the ads to text only ads until Google figures out which one it is.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2563 Posts |
Oh okay. I thought it was something like that as well, but wanted to use my imagination. |
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Forum Dad
United States
24188 Posts |
Ok, I've switched back. Let me know if it happens again and I'll switch it back again.
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