# You are distributing malware **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 15, 2017, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-distributing-malware/777205 "2017-01-15T03:42:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2017, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-distributing-malware/777205/82 "2017-01-21T10:54:21Z")
> [@Ed\_Zotti](#): > > It appears our initial guess on the source of the problem ads was incorrect. We’ve halted some additional ad types. Please let us know of any further difficulties. Again, send screen shots if you can. **Bone** was able to get a video capture of an offending popup; this sets some kind of record for staff hustle. Thanks for your continued patience; we hope to get this squared away soon. (my emphasis) So someone tested your website on a common platform? And _that_ amounts to record staff hustle? What do you all do on a lazy day? ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2017, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-distributing-malware/777205/83 "2017-01-21T13:38:46Z")
The “hustle” aspect also puzzles me. This has been a long term, persistent problem. I’ve seen no evidence of “hustle” whatsoever. TPTB have to can their current ad providers and go with respectable ones (by Web standards). It is _very_ long overdue. ---
**Author:** ![Flyer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyer/32/7298_2.png) [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2017, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-distributing-malware/777205/84 "2017-01-21T14:54:24Z")
> [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](#): > > (my emphasis) > > So someone tested your website on a common platform? And _that_ amounts to record staff hustle? What do you all do on a lazy day? > [@ftg](#): > > The “hustle” aspect also puzzles me. > > This has been a long term, persistent problem. I’ve seen no evidence of “hustle” whatsoever. > > TPTB have to can their current ad providers and go with respectable ones (by Web standards). > > It is _very_ long overdue. The problem is that **Bone** is still a newbie. He doesn’t realize that the official line is to (1) pretend to care, (2) take some ineffectual steps, and (3) declare the problem solved, even though us peons say that it isn’t. Mind you, I’m sure that some of the moderators actually do care. It’s just that they don’t have the power or authority to do anything useful. ---
**Author:** ![sleestak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@sleestak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleestak)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2017, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-distributing-malware/777205/85 "2017-01-21T23:27:04Z")
It took me seven (!!!) attempts to read this thread. Open the thread, get the ‘Your device is infected pop up’ which gives an ok to download whatever they are trying to infect my phone with and that is it. Back reloads the page which reloads the pop up. So close the browser and try again. Seven times. Look guys, this is horseshit. You have effectively made this site unusable from my mobile devices which I do 90% of my browsing from. Then you act like standard testing is beyond your capabilities. If it is, hire someone who knows what the hell they are doing. I am about done with this place. It is a joke. Slee ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-distributing-malware/777205/86 "2017-01-22T00:10:41Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Just got it again. Using a LeEco Pro 3 with Chrome browser. > > Chrome 55.0.2883.91 > Android 6.01 > > [Screenshot of ad](http://imgur.com/a/NQRfx) > > The url is hidden but it is us.26g\*\*\*\*\*45oji.pw/ymaxmqmy/index (remove asterisks) with a trailer indicating my phone make and model. I get the same ad (also android phone, chrome browser), I’ve mostly had to quit using SDMB on my phone because it comes up nearly every time I open a page here. I don’t get this ad on any other site, and I do not get it on my PC when visiting SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-distributing-malware/777205/87 "2017-01-22T01:28:46Z")
> [@sleestak](#): > > Then you act like standard testing is beyond your capabilities. If it is, hire someone who knows what the hell they are doing. Don’t get your hopes up. You know the Chicago Sun-Times, the SDMB’s actual owner? Right at the top of their home page they have an ad for [Digital 312](http://www.digital312.com/), billed as “Chicago Sun-Times Digital Agency.” The ad won’t load for me. Their slogan is “We put wings on pigs. . .” But they can’t make them fly. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-distributing-malware/777205/88 "2017-01-22T15:49:11Z")
Browsing on my android phone today and I haven’t been hijacked. Maybe a good sign? ---
**Author:** ![txjim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f07891/32.png) [@txjim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txjim)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-distributing-malware/777205/89 "2017-01-22T15:53:03Z")
I’ve been hitting the boards for an hour without the malware! I don’t know if you changed the ad source but so far so good. Yesterday, I would have been hit several times by now. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-distributing-malware/777205/90 "2017-01-22T17:51:29Z")
Earlier today i was on my kindle and got hit. I’ll try again. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-distributing-malware/777205/91 "2017-01-22T18:06:01Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > Earlier today i was on my kindle and got hit. I’ll try again. So far, so good! No attacks yet. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-distributing-malware/777205/92 "2017-01-22T19:33:23Z")
Still happening to me. ---
**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-distributing-malware/777205/93 "2017-01-22T20:57:25Z")
Me too. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-distributing-malware/777205/94 "2017-01-22T21:08:12Z")
Just happened again to me. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-distributing-malware/777205/95 "2017-01-22T22:49:11Z")
Adding another voice to the Android/Chrome chorus. It was happening last night with a vengeance. I’m going to try a different browser. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-distributing-malware/777205/96 "2017-01-22T22:55:10Z")
My heart really goes out to people accessing the board by phone, and of course that’s more and more these days. It sounds an absolute nightmare! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2017, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-distributing-malware/777205/97 "2017-01-22T23:10:39Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > My heart really goes out to people accessing the board by phone, and of course that’s more and more these days. It sounds an absolute nightmare! We should probably organise some sort of charity event, lest we get hyperbolic. ---
**Author:** ![rat\_avatar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rat_avatar/32/255_2.png) [@rat\_avatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rat_avatar)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-distributing-malware/777205/98 "2017-01-23T20:47:55Z")
I suffered an attempted malware redirect today. It may be time to consider a more responsible ad network. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-distributing-malware/777205/99 "2017-01-23T21:15:04Z")
> [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](#): > > We should probably organise some sort of charity event, lest we get hyperbolic. OK, I feel sorry for … Better? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_great_unwashed/32/4791_2.png) [@The\_Great\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Great_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-distributing-malware/777205/100 "2017-01-23T21:24:36Z")
Too late, I’ve already called Bono. ---
**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2017, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-distributing-malware/777205/101 "2017-01-23T22:52:37Z")
We are having a helluva time tracking this down. All ads are now stopped. Assuming the problem no longer occurs (pls advise ASAP if it does), we’ll resume ads one provider at a time until the offending unit is isolated. Thanks for your patience. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-distributing-malware/777205.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-are-distributing-malware/777205.md?page=6)