# 'Fansedge' is hijacking my Amazon **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 5, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fansedge-is-hijacking-my-amazon/627345 "2012-07-05T19:38:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fansedge-is-hijacking-my-amazon/627345/1 "2012-07-05T19:38:03Z")
Something weird is happening every time I try to find something on [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com). I can search on the main front page, but if I try to find anything related to ‘Sports and Outdoors’, I’m being hijacked to an Amazon page with a ‘Fansedge’ banner that seems to be part of Amazon. Malware? Spyware? Something else? ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fansedge-is-hijacking-my-amazon/627345/2 "2012-07-05T19:44:43Z")
Do not fear - I just went there and I’m seeing the same thing. It’s just some sort of branding that Amazon is apparently doing for sports related stuff. ---
**Author:** ![md2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@md2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md2000)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fansedge-is-hijacking-my-amazon/627345/3 "2012-07-05T20:07:28Z")
Report it to Amazon as a problem with malware. maybe if a hundred thousand people tell them they think their advertising is spyware, they’ll clean it up. I’ve done that with Paypal… Maybe if the biggest scam going is Paypal phishing, you should not be sending out unsolicited paypal emails. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fansedge-is-hijacking-my-amazon/627345/4 "2012-07-05T20:13:35Z")
I assumed it _was_ malware, because it changes the default in the search bar to “Search Fansedge” instead of “Search Amazon”. Good idea, I’m going to report it. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fansedge-is-hijacking-my-amazon/627345/5 "2012-07-05T20:14:31Z")
Wow that’s weird. I use AdBlock and I still see the FansEdge stuff. And it doesn’t seem to be a brand (like their weirdo “My Habit” thing) it just seems to be a marketplace seller. If you click the red FansEdge banner you get taken to a seller page…of sorts (still not malware). ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fansedge-is-hijacking-my-amazon/627345/6 "2012-07-05T20:30:19Z")
For me, the site looks like it always does. Don’t see “Fansedge” anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fansedge-is-hijacking-my-amazon/627345/7 "2012-07-05T20:31:56Z")
**Vinyl** , check out this and tell me if you see it: [http://www.amazon.com/Victorinox-Swiss-Classic-Pocket-Knife/dp/B00004YVB2/ref=sr\_1\_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1341519833&sr=8-2&keywords=pocket+knife](http://www.amazon.com/Victorinox-Swiss-Classic-Pocket-Knife/dp/B00004YVB2/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1341519833&sr=8-2&keywords=pocket+knife) ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fansedge-is-hijacking-my-amazon/627345/8 "2012-07-05T20:32:49Z")
Yeah, now I see it on that page. For a minute I thought Amazon knew me well enough to know I’m not interested in sports shit. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fansedge-is-hijacking-my-amazon/627345/9 "2012-07-05T20:38:16Z")
I reported it via chat to Harsh Kumar and good old Harshy tells me they’re going to get rid of it.