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January 8th, 2014, 05:47 PM
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Inner Circle
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Atlanta/USA
Posts: 2,515
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In-text ads?
I am browsing the site and noticed these words highlighted in red; when mousing over them, ads like the one below pop up.
Is this something coming from DVinfo or is it my browser/computer? I clicked on a few just to test and some of them are flagged as malicious. What's going on? |
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January 8th, 2014, 07:52 PM
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Regular Crew
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Knoxville, TN
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Re: In-text ads?
What that is, I don't know exactly, but I don't have it on my browser (Google Chrome).
Can you check it with another browser? Could be malware hosted on your computer or a toolbar with it hidden in. |
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January 8th, 2014, 08:02 PM
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Inner Circle
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Atlanta/USA
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Re: In-text ads?
I don't have them on my main Windows 7 computer in Google Chrome right now. Key word right now... will keep monitoring.
When I took the picture, I was using a Windows XP machine and Firefox on a corporate, strongly filtered network; not likely to have any malware on there. These kind of ads are common on many sites; I am 100% sure it was not my computer, I see these all the time... |
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January 9th, 2014, 09:37 AM
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Trustee
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Antrim, Northern Ireland
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Re: In-text ads?
TopArcadeHits does seem to be some sort of malware that will pepper your browser with ads etc.
Worth having a Google for removal instructions.
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January 10th, 2014, 08:52 AM
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Re: In-text ads?
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January 10th, 2014, 09:05 AM
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Obstreperous Rex
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Re: In-text ads?
Sucuri SiteCheck reports DVi as clean and free of malware: Sucuri SiteCheck - Free Website Malware Scanner
We're dinged for having an outdated forum software is all. Also, I have no intention to implement in-text ads on this site. |
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January 10th, 2014, 09:16 AM
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Inner Circle
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Atlanta/USA
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Re: In-text ads?
Chris,
I cannot duplicate the issue on this computer; see third post about the conditions I saw those ads. I never saw them before or after, never on my home computer. |
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January 11th, 2014, 10:26 AM
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Major Player
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Philly, PA
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Re: In-text ads?
Its probably some sort of malware. Did you download or install any software recently? Even something legit could offer you free "Blah blah blah" in their terms & agreements sections, to which you skimmed over it saying "Yes, I accept". Go into your Control Panel & click uninstall Programs then sort by Installed On Date, if you have anything recently that you probably feel you don't need you might wanna remove it.
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January 12th, 2014, 06:06 AM
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Inner Circle
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Bergen, Norway
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Re: In-text ads?
I just checked the specific post the OP had a picture of.
I'm using Windows 7 and IE 10 on this computer and did not notice any ads or links at all. Everything appear to be normal. |
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January 15th, 2014, 12:03 PM
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Inner Circle
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Atlanta/USA
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Re: In-text ads?
Working at the same place today where this incident happened, and this is what I found out so far.
Last week the IT people were in the midst of a major upgrade, and their firewall and web filter were down. So today looking in the list of installed programs, two suspects popped up (this is a laptop I am only using at this location for specific purposes). They are: - GreatArcadeHits - Default Tab Uninstalled both, did a scan with Malwarebites and sure enough found a bunch of PUP.Optional.GreatArcadeHits.A entries. Removed successfully. Will report back if any other developments; I no longer see those ads. Thanks for the help everyone. |
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