Subject: Re: OT: Trojans and/or weird page redirects?
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Posted on: 2009-01-27 21:17:00 UTC
From here there's one ad that always manages to crash my browser, but that's because for some reason it doesn't like opening PDF files, which is what the ad it. Otherwise I have no problems, even with popups.
Interestingly, I've had no ads here since I installed an adblocker. If you want the link to it I can probably relocate it.
I don't want to freak anybody out if this is just happening to me, but I've noticed over the past few months that my malware protection software, Sophos, has been catching rather a lot of Trojans (especially seeing as I've never had any problems before), and it seems to happen most often when I'm here. I've also noticed it when I'm on deviantART, though. What happens is that I'll click on a link to go somewhere and a little box from Sophos will pop up telling me it's quarantined a Trojan. Meanwhile, I'll get a blue screen in my browser, Firefox 3.0.5, that tells me the action was illegal and blocked by something-or-other. I've gotten Adobe randomly opening and telling me it can't open a file because the file is damaged--Sophos doesn't like that, either.
I bring this up now because I just had the page I was looking at randomly turn to an X-Box ad twice. Clicking Back returned me to what I was looking at. I don't know what's up with that. Sophos didn't have anything to say about it.
So, clearly I need to take my laptop to campus' IT department and have them take a look at her, but I wanted to mention it just in case anyone else is noticing the same kinds of things, or in case they aren't noticing and they should be. I suspect it's related to the kinds of ads we get here, but I really have no idea. Any information would be really helpful.
~Neshomeh
While waiting for attention from our IT department, which is notorious for taking forever to do anything, I downloaded the free version of Ad-Aware. I haven't had any more problems so far, but there have been long stretches with no problems before, so I hesitate to say that means anything. Just thought you folks should know.
~Neshomeh
I just got redirected to something that the school computer wouldn't let me see, and then a bloody huge Victoria's Secret ad.
A dating site. What's up with that? Did it somehow know that I am single? If so, that's a bit creepy...
when I'm using Firefox...although not with IE, oddly enough. Also when I use Firefox, ater a few times viewing the page I'll ineviatably come across one ad in particular (I can't remember what for) which crashes my browser.
Mostly page redirects - I'll click on an article and get bounced to a full-page ad of some sort.
So either it's the board, or we've both got some malware on our systems.
I've been using Chrome lately as browser for whem I've come on here (on my laptop) and whenever I come on here, and then go to read a post, it'll pop up its little alert screen "THIS SITE HAS MALWARE ON IT" and such and end up crashing the browser.
From here there's one ad that always manages to crash my browser, but that's because for some reason it doesn't like opening PDF files, which is what the ad it. Otherwise I have no problems, even with popups.
Interestingly, I've had no ads here since I installed an adblocker. If you want the link to it I can probably relocate it.