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Malware google ads
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2015 9:48 pm
by Ian_C
FYI
My antivirus on my home PC is going mad when I open new RS246 pages, suggesting malware, and I think its the google ads, because the virus checker is blocking them from appearing?
url something along the lines of
http://www.pool.admedo.com
Anyone else finding similar?
Re: Malware google ads
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2015 11:27 pm
by geordie jay
Yeah i used to get them so did a deep scan with norton power erasure and did the trick..
Re: Malware google ads
Posted: Sat Aug 01, 2015 11:58 pm
by Ian_C
Ahhhh, so the problem I likely to be now ON my PC, rather than the antivirus blanking suspect pop up ads?!
Re: Malware google ads
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2015 12:10 am
by RossDagley
I never even see ads - Adblock for chrome when using the desktop was the best thing I ever installed.
Re: Malware google ads
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2015 11:16 am
by PhilT
Ian_C wrote:Ahhhh, so the problem I likely to be now ON my PC, rather than the antivirus blanking suspect pop up ads?!
Can you post the log from your antivirus please or email it to
Crew@RS246.com?
My guess is that it's unlikely to be viruses from Google ads, but we'll see.
Re: Malware google ads
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2015 11:56 am
by Ian_C
Will have a look tonight Phil - stuck in the office atm. Suspect its just my virus checker erring on the side of caution and flagging the link on the googleads is 'suspect'
(googleads blocked via work brower, no issues or warnings at work)
Reminds me of this weird issue a while back - again not RS246 at fault I hasten to add - seemed to be googlead connected
viewtopic.php?f=13&t=113250
Re: Malware google ads
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2015 5:59 pm
by Ian_C
Ian_C wrote:Will have a look tonight Phil - stuck in the office atm. Suspect its just my virus checker erring on the side of caution and flagging the link on the googleads is 'suspect'....
Re: Malware google ads
Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 4:41 pm
by PhilT
I had a read and it seems inconclusive. Avast seem to be unique in classifying this as malware and there is a suggestion that the latest update results in no more alerts...
Could you do a full scan of your machine and let me know if anything fishy pops up?
Re: Malware google ads
Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 7:17 pm
by Ian_C
PhilT wrote:I had a read and it seems inconclusive. Avast seem to be unique in classifying this as malware and there is a suggestion that the latest update results in no more alerts...
Could you do a full scan of your machine and let me know if anything fishy pops up?
Already done, brought up absolutely nothing. I think you are spot on - just Avast just being over protective.
Re: Malware google ads
Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 7:25 pm
by PhilT
Ian_C wrote:PhilT wrote:I had a read and it seems inconclusive. Avast seem to be unique in classifying this as malware and there is a suggestion that the latest update results in no more alerts...
Could you do a full scan of your machine and let me know if anything fishy pops up?
Already done, brought up absolutely nothing. I think you are spot on - just Avast just being over protective.
Good new Ian. Thank you
Re: Malware google ads
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 7:43 pm
by Shoppinit
Ok, so for the last couple of days, when I open a page on the forum with my iPhone my browser gets hijacked and I'm taken to an AppStore page for betting shops. WTF?!
Is this a malicious ad? Please tell me it's not a new forum policy!
Malware google ads
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 8:21 pm
by Jay_g
To be fair, whenever I click on this forum from Google, I get taken to adultfriendfinder on the first click...
This is on an iPhone.
Re: Malware google ads
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 8:49 pm
by PhilT
Hmm we aren't doing anything different. Must be the Google ads
Re: Malware google ads
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2015 8:59 pm
by PhilT
Re: Malware google ads
Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2015 12:17 pm
by Shoppinit
You'd think Google would filter this kind of invasive spamming on the ads they serve up. Unless they condone it? Can't be hard for them to check for the tags.