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Warmsignal
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Possible malicious pop-ups/page hijacking?
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April 06, 2017, 06:07:27 pm »
So I was just browsing through my collection page when all of a sudden I was forwarded to (what I think) is a bogus Microsoft webpage claiming my computer is infected with viruses and that I need to call a 1-800 number and contact them.
This is the page that I was taken to -
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April 06, 2017, 08:17:07 pm »
I'll give Jason a heads up! In the meantime, probably best that people don't click that link above.
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April 06, 2017, 09:05:53 pm »
I did notice most pages, my web browser was warning me that it detected malicious scripts and blocked them from running.
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April 07, 2017, 10:31:07 am »
If one of you can send me the link in PM, as well as a link on VGC where this happens, I would like to see it for myself.
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April 07, 2017, 12:44:19 pm »
Any actual item page.
Such as.
https://vgcollect.com/item/9791
Mine blocks the scripts from running so I don't know the links.
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April 07, 2017, 01:29:35 pm »
FYI, I messaged Jason about this yesterday night, so hopefully he'll get a chance to look into this soon if he hasn't already!
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Re: Possible malicious pop-ups/page hijacking?
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April 08, 2017, 10:05:21 pm »
I'm really sorry about this. It looks like one of the ads that was displayed through the advertising network we use likely did that. In response, I have disabled ads for the time being. If you have any further issues, please let us know.
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