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us Offline gerleatherberman

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Anyone else getting redirect ads on mobile android?
on: April 11, 2018, 07:42:20 AM
So, the last couple of weeks I have been getting random redirect ads while surfing this site on mobile.
Not to be confused with the standard google ads used to generate income here. I keep those enabled.
A redirect ad randomly sends you to a spoof or phishing website without tapping/clicking anything. Usually the easiest way to know the redirects are malicious is that you cannot "backup" or return easily. They close the previously viewed site. It just keeps reloading the fake site. I get them the most when I look at the "unread" list. Large threads with lots of photos redirect multiple times usually.
I have ran several adware/malware scans(with multiple software) and switched browsers a few times and still get the same thing on completely different browsers.
I am wondering if my phone and tablet OSs are compromised or if the google ads here have unknown (possibly malicious) embedded javascript redirects in them(this would not be known to the forum admins). Only reason I am asking is that the ads started around the same time there were a ton of spam accounts popping up on MT.o with spam threads being posted one after another.
If nobody else has experienced these, then I will just have to do factory resets on my phone and tablet.
Thanks for reading. Any input is appreciated. :-\
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Re: Anyone else getting redirect ads on mobile android?
Reply #1 on: April 11, 2018, 08:00:22 AM
G-Man I hate to hear your having trouble.  I personaly have not experianced any such issues.  Hope it is easily resolved.
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Re: Anyone else getting redirect ads on mobile android?
Reply #2 on: April 11, 2018, 08:25:40 AM
I've asked Whoey to take a look.  Hope it's not too much bother.

Any chance of some screenshots or links so we can see what the problem might be?


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Re: Anyone else getting redirect ads on mobile android?
Reply #3 on: April 11, 2018, 08:29:52 AM
I've not had this problem on phone or tablet.  I run avg anti virus for android on all mine,  do you have anything on yours?  If not I'd recommend a scan with one.


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Re: Anyone else getting redirect ads on mobile android?
Reply #4 on: April 11, 2018, 11:50:01 AM
I get them the most when I look at the "unread" list. Large threads with lots of photos redirect multiple times usually.
What thread? The unread list is all internal links apart from the adsense ads, which wouldn't have something like that. It sounds like some thread you visited has something malicious in it. I have no such reaction on my android phone.
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Re: Anyone else getting redirect ads on mobile android?
Reply #5 on: April 11, 2018, 01:44:53 PM
Thank you, Douglas!  :cheers:
I've asked Whoey to take a look.  Hope it's not too much bother.

Any chance of some screenshots or links so we can see what the problem might be?
Thank you!
When it happens this evening, I will definitely take a screenshot. Thank you!

I've not had this problem on phone or tablet.  I run avg anti virus for android on all mine,  do you have anything on yours?  If not I'd recommend a scan with one.

AVG, Avast, Malwarebytes, and a few others were installed and tried.

I get them the most when I look at the "unread" list. Large threads with lots of photos redirect multiple times usually.
What thread? The unread list is all internal links apart from the adsense ads, which wouldn't have something like that. It sounds like some thread you visited has something malicious in it. I have no such reaction on my android phone.
Thank you for checking, Whoey! I'll do some factory resets this evening.
Guess at some point there was a malicious script embedded in a link that was posted(edit: when the spammers were posting heavily) and I may have accidentally opened withoit thinking about it.
« Last Edit: April 11, 2018, 01:46:41 PM by gerleatherberman »
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