This is worth updating, I think. I’ve been using Ghostery as my “SDMB browser” since I posted that, and I haven’t been hijacked once. The only problem is that it’s not good at resizing fonts when browsing threads. Still a good tradeoff and it means I can read the boards from my phone.
It just happened again 2 minutes ago. Does the Dope have any logs of what web sites you serve?
I just got it using the Ghostery browser. I’m using a Nexus 5X, running Android 7.1.1 with the January 5th security update.
Here’s the URL of another sleezy ad: us.fwismtgo.pw/ymaxmqmy/jf63ilrjjgs778s.php? …
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Gaffa: That URL contains information about you. Stuff that you really don’t want posted on the Internet.
The site name is sufficient.
As soon as I go to the main SDMB forum page, a new browser window starts in the background. After reading any thread for a couple of minutes, the page auto-scrolls to the first advertisement on the page that is right above the thread’s first reply. As soon as I get back to the spot where I was at, the page with auto-scroll back to the advertisement above the first reply in the thread.
Very frustrating.
This happens when I’m signed in and when I’m not signed in.
Here’s a screen capture of the auto-scroll ad the browser defaults back to at about the same time I find my previous spot in the thread.
Yep. I got that too … or something similar. Reading a thread and then some random audio from a hidden ad starts assaulting me.
So … sorry SDMB advertisers, I’m officially ad-blocking everything now. Cooincidentally, this makes browsing shit like YouTube and CNN.com markedly better experiences as well.
Using Chrome ver.Version 56.0.2924.87, I am getting the fake CNN “smart pill” report as a pop-over from socialaffluent.com as I try to sign in.
The hijack ads were gone but I just got one today.
I use Safari Version 10.0.3 (10602.4.8.0.1)…
your damn ads keep hijacking my browser as mentioned above…jeeze, WTF!!
Haven’t we been here before?
Seriously…WTF!
Got one today too. Chrome on android.
And again a few seconds ago, on the pit thread on trump and the German invoice.
I forgot to mention this point. I’m on chrome on android too when I get them. I don’t get the hijack ads on my laptop with chrome.
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The board is unusable in iOS.
Pop up banners with a too small “x”.
Tapatalk solves this : it also kills any revenue from “normal” ads.
You guys have nastier ads than most porn sites (and those at least are on topic).
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Is this still true!? I’ve been avoiding opening the site in an unprotected browser for months.
Jesus Fucking Christ, please fucking stop it with the giant intrustive modal windows and constant redirects for “Ripple Pea Milk”. Just the notion of it is making me nauseous, and the clearly just-been-molested child in the add makes me concerned about being nabbed for having inadvertent child pornography. Also, the redirects to scam-ass sites demanding your password or telling you how your device has been hacked is essentialy perpetuating fraud. I swear this is worse than the cursor-over text adds from fifteen years ago.
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“Trending Offers and Articles” and Taboola “You May Like” ads are appearing now when I open the SD. I use Google Chrome and haven’t had this problem before. How can I get rid of them?
Since renewing my membership earlier this month, the number of PMs I can keep has shrunk from 500 to 250, and the number of PMs I can send at once has shrunk from 10 to 5. What happened?