Author Topic: Noticing some worrying ad links popping up.  (Read 8821 times)

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Re: Noticing some worrying ad links popping up.
« Reply #20 on: June 13, 2012, 04:09:22 AM »
Acams is right... it is an adware program that is installed in users computers.  Nothing to do with the forum itself.  Basically the program looks for key words in a webpage and applies hyperlinks to the text.  Very sneaky.

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Re: Noticing some worrying ad links popping up.
« Reply #21 on: June 13, 2012, 04:24:02 AM »
Yeah the problem is at your end.
Put this onto your signature if you were part of this crappy fad in '03.

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Re: Noticing some worrying ad links popping up.
« Reply #22 on: June 13, 2012, 09:43:01 AM »
Huh, this never happened before. Methinks spyware or a somewhat lame virus has got me.

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Re: Noticing some worrying ad links popping up.
« Reply #23 on: June 13, 2012, 04:55:43 PM »
Instal spy bot search and destroy, and go mid evil on those adwares.

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Re: Noticing some worrying ad links popping up.
« Reply #24 on: June 13, 2012, 09:33:23 PM »
i'm on firefox, but not getting it.
Same.

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Re: Noticing some worrying ad links popping up.
« Reply #25 on: June 13, 2012, 10:12:18 PM »
It's something on your computer, not the GTM website.  Open the list fo installed programs and see if there's something that shouldn't be there.   Check Extensions or Add-ons too. If that fails, uninstall/reinstall the browser you're getting the ads on.

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Re: Noticing some worrying ad links popping up.
« Reply #26 on: June 14, 2012, 05:04:30 AM »
Instal spy bot search and destroy, and go mid evil on those adwares.
This...
Following it with a scan from Malware Bytes just to clean up properly. Then you should be good.
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Re: Noticing some worrying ad links popping up.
« Reply #27 on: December 06, 2012, 02:06:08 PM »
It finally got me, half a year later... ;_;

Anybody else getting them?

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Re: Noticing some worrying ad links popping up.
« Reply #28 on: December 06, 2012, 02:12:36 PM »
Get combofix. It's like MBAM, only less pretty and better at getting the bits of malware that MBAM doesn't get. Just DL it from here, run it, go watch TV for a while and come back to a malware free PC!

Works fine for me, and is recommended and used by Rougeamp1, a youtuber that specialises in videos about malware.
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Re: Noticing some worrying ad links popping up.
« Reply #29 on: December 06, 2012, 02:15:09 PM »
It finally got me, half a year later... ;_;

Anybody else getting them?
One just got me.

Just now. I hope you burn ; _ ;

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Re: Noticing some worrying ad links popping up.
« Reply #30 on: December 07, 2012, 10:05:12 PM »
It finally got me, half a year later... ;_;

Anybody else getting them?
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Re: Noticing some worrying ad links popping up.
« Reply #31 on: December 11, 2012, 01:03:40 AM »
http://adblockplus.org/en/

Problem solved, lock thread.

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Re: Noticing some worrying ad links popping up.
« Reply #32 on: December 11, 2012, 09:27:50 AM »
It finally got me, half a year later... ;_;

Anybody else getting them?
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Re: Noticing some worrying ad links popping up.
« Reply #33 on: December 11, 2012, 10:10:50 AM »
It finally got me, half a year later... ;_;

Anybody else getting them?
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MSE misses a lot, in my experience.
none 4 months ago you told me it was amazing
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Re: Noticing some worrying ad links popping up.
« Reply #34 on: December 11, 2012, 08:11:26 PM »
It finally got me, half a year later... ;_;

Anybody else getting them?
microsoft security essentials all day errday

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MSE misses a lot, in my experience.
none 4 months ago you told me it was amazing

I may have thought that at that point, and I doubt I said it was amazing. I may have said it was good enough for my needs.

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Re: Noticing some worrying ad links popping up.
« Reply #35 on: December 12, 2012, 05:57:40 AM »
It finally got me, half a year later... ;_;

Anybody else getting them?
microsoft security essentials all day errday

HNNGH

MSE misses a lot, in my experience.
none 4 months ago you told me it was amazing

I may have thought that at that point, and I doubt I said it was amazing. I may have said it was good enough for my needs.
you told me it was the best around
hi

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Re: Noticing some worrying ad links popping up.
« Reply #36 on: December 21, 2012, 06:18:04 AM »
Sometimes i get them, but they're not too bad.
I have Adblock Plus.
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