Just got a weird ad popup

[nelsonmuntz]

@temery I just got a weird ad popup on this site that looked like a Trojan Horse. It claimed I had a virus, presented itself as McAfee, and asked me to do a scan of the laptop. You are just using Google ads, right?

I apologize for not saving a screen shot. I will do it if it happens again.

 

[temery]

Happens to me a couple times a year. It's most likely an over reactive malware program reading a site script as something it's not.

Screen captures help. The url - even better. I can ban urls.

 

[CL82]

 

[temery]

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'That's not a pop up. It's a sidebar ad that shouldn't show up on a phone, but every once in a while does. Or a double mobile ad. If it happens often, let me know.

 

[CL82]

'That's not a pop up. It's a sidebar ad that shouldn't show up on a phone, but every once in a while does. Or a double mobile ad. If it happens often, let me know.

It happens often.

 

[temery]

It happens often.

I need to see a screen capture of the actual ad.

 

[CL82]

I need to see a screen capture of the actual ad.

The next time it happens, I'll post one here, but it appears to be different ads.

 

[temery]

The next time it happens, I'll post one here, but it appears to be different ads.

I updated the ad script. Might help.

 

[Get a Job]

I've been getting strange malware-looking pop-ups, and unsolicited redirects that get immediately blocked by my employer's security software.

Separate issue: Chrome on my Android phone crashes frequently when I'm on the Boneyard. Started yesterday, as far as I can tell.

Just FYI @temery

 

[temery]

Happens every once in a while.

 

[JeannoCT]

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[JeannoCT]

I hope you can see that. I’m getting it every day.

 

[temery]

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I need to see the url

 

[JeannoCT]

Ok

 

[temery]

Try a different style. The AO style may be better.

Or, the sure fire solution, for 8 cents/day:

Donations: $30/yr for no ads

the-boneyard.com

 

[husky8273]

does a donation of $30 block ads for a year? what name is the $30 is paid to? looks sketchy

 

[temery]

does a donation of $30 block ads for a year? what name is the $30 is paid to? looks sketchy

$30 blocks ads for one year.

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Ange Gardien is French for guardian angel. The money is used to pay the bills, and to donate to boneyard and syracusefan related charities.

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[Matias]

I just got the McAfee fake virus page. Third time it's happened in the last 3 days. I'll copy the URL and screenshot next time it happens. Using the brave browser on desktop.