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Title: Possible malicious pop-ups/page hijacking?
Post by: Warmsignal on 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 -

[link redacted by admin]

Title: Re: Possible malicious pop-ups/page hijacking?
Post by: desocietas on 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.

Title: Re: Possible malicious pop-ups/page hijacking?
Post by: ignition365 on 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.

Title: Re: Possible malicious pop-ups/page hijacking?
Post by: tripredacus on 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.

Title: Re: Possible malicious pop-ups/page hijacking?
Post by: ignition365 on 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.

Title: Re: Possible malicious pop-ups/page hijacking?
Post by: desocietas on 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!

Title: Re: Possible malicious pop-ups/page hijacking?
Post by: jason on 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.