You are distributing malware

[Spiderman]

@Ed_Zotti

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.

When you bring ads back, can you do something about the size of the docking ads on mobile devices? When I load a page on my phone, the docking ad is small, but so is the font of the text. Zooming in to make the font larger also makes the docking ad larger

1. This takes the close “x” off the right side of the screen, meaning it’s not there to close the ad.
2. Especially in either landscape mode &/or when replying (when the keyboard is on the bottom of the screen) the ad is a significant portion of the screen; maybe ⅓ to ½ of the screen real estate.

Either it shouldn’t increase in size or have a maximum (2x original size?) that it will increase, but then no more despite the percentage of zooming.

[Bone]

I’ll relay that info to the ad guys but I’m not sure that’s an available option.

As for the redirects - all ads are currently removed so please take a moment to test and report your findings, good or bad, if you are able. Once that is done we’ll bring the ads back online one at a time to see what happens.

[Cartooniverse]

@Ed_Zotti

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.

They should stop calling you “Gormless Weenie”. It took a lot of gorm to cut the ads out until you figure out which one is driving people insane.

Thank you !!

[Dag_Otto]

The hijacks have seemed to stop for me.

[Jack_Batty]

I, too, had a hijack-less surf-session at lunch yesterday.

[Ed_Zotti]

OK, we’re restarting one ad series. Pls advise ASAP if any problems.

[DrDeth]

@Ed_Zotti

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.

Thanks!

[snfaulkner]

I’m wondering if I can make myself lie about rampant ad hijacks just to keep all the ads away…Oh wait, did I say that out loud? Shit.

[Eyebrows_0f_Doom]

AdBlock no longer works on Safari for these new ads. I have never seen the ads when reading on my desktop computer (they are rampant on the iPhone), they are now on every page. So wonderful, this site is even crappier than before now. I add the link for AdBlock to block it, reload the page, and it comes right back. Is there a better ad blocker?

[tenacious_j]

I can’t close the fixed popup at the bottom of the page tonight using my laptop. Used to be able to click and it would go away, now it’s bigger and has no option to close.

Hubby and I both tried to view on our Android phones tonight and both of us got a popup that I assume is malware, but it’s not the same one as before. This one says *you-gift-cards.win says Congratulations (provider) customer! You have been randomly selected to receive a courtesy $1000 gift card. *Even if this isn’t malware, it sucks and we won’t try again til there is a better fix.

[tenacious_j]

NM on the laptop issue. I figured it out. It’s been a long day.

[Rick_Kitchen]

@Eyebrows_0f_Doom

AdBlock no longer works on Safari for these new ads. I have never seen the ads when reading on my desktop computer (they are rampant on the iPhone), they are now on every page. So wonderful, this site is even crappier than before now. I add the link for AdBlock to block it, reload the page, and it comes right back. Is there a better ad blocker?

I started getting ads even though I have AdBlock installed under Chrome and had not been seeing them. I had to manually point the ads out to AdBlock to get them blocked. But be careful, I got carried away and blocked stuff I shouldn’t have.

[Bone]

Thank you for the feedback, however, those ads are not the ones that we are seeking to eliminate. The ones that cause the redirect are the offending culprit at the moment. We have enabled one ad set as Ed mentioned and will continue to do so roughly each day. Any feedback is appreciated.

[TroutMan]

No hijacks so far on my Android phone yesterday or today.

[Ed_Zotti]

So far so good. We’ll restart another ad series today (Wed. 1/25). Let us know of any problems.

[tenacious_j]

@Bone

Thank you for the feedback, however, those ads are not the ones that we are seeking to eliminate. The ones that cause the redirect are the offending culprit at the moment. We have enabled one ad set as Ed mentioned and will continue to do so roughly each day. Any feedback is appreciated.

The one I referenced about already being a winner was a redirect, but allowed use of the back button, which the old hijack didn’t. Was no one else getting that one? We got it on both devices.
p.s. still happening.

[Bone]

@tenacious_j

The one I referenced about already being a winner was a redirect, but allowed use of the back button, which the old hijack didn’t. Was no one else getting that one? We got it on both devices.
p.s. still happening.

I had not seen that one. Do you have more information, screenshots, video, etc.?

[tenacious_j]

I should have gotten a screen shot and can’t use my phone at the moment, but all 4 times it was a white popup over a screen with address you-gift-cards.win.

you-gift-cards.win says Congratulations (provider) customer! You have been randomly selected to receive a courtesy $1000 gift card.

Sorry I can’t be more helpful but I’ll shoot over a screen grab next time I use the phone to get at SDMB.

[Left_Hand_of_Dorkness]

@tenacious_j

I should have gotten a screen shot and can’t use my phone at the moment, but all 4 times it was a white popup over a screen with address you-gift-cards.win.

you-gift-cards.win says Congratulations (provider) customer! You have been randomly selected to receive a courtesy $1000 gift card.

Sorry I can’t be more helpful but I’ll shoot over a screen grab next time I use the phone to get at SDMB.

I just got this exact same ad again, about 30 seconds ago, when I visited the main page for the message board.

[Bone]

I poked around and got the ad as well. Thank you for the feedback and I have communicated the issue to narrow down which provider is causing this one. This is different than the previous one.