| Author | Message | ||
| hammer
Senior Member Username: hammer Post Number: 693 Registered: 9-2009 |
Starting today, I've been getting a slew of ads popping up whenever I attempt to access the site. This is not occurring with any other website only with this one. It doesn't occur when I access the main site only when I attempt to access one of the thread areas. Anyone else having this problem? | ||
| lembic76450
Advanced Member Username: lembic76450 Post Number: 396 Registered: 5-2002 |
No issues here... | ||
| growlypants
Intermediate Member Username: growlypants Post Number: 131 Registered: 3-2011 |
Nor here! | ||
| hammer
Senior Member Username: hammer Post Number: 694 Registered: 9-2009 |
Strange. It's only occurring on the Alembic site. Started when I first tried to get in and a I got pop-up asking me to take part in a survey about a web-hosting service that I was led to believe was the one Alembic used. I declined and that's when the ads started. Currently running a scan of my computer to determine if some adware somehow get in to the system. | ||
| keith_h
Senior Member Username: keith_h Post Number: 2211 Registered: 2-2005 |
No issues here. Sounds like your browser has been hijacked by a virus or malware. Keith | ||
| slawie
Senior Member Username: slawie Post Number: 778 Registered: 8-2002 |
All good here. What Keith said. I would say its local to your computer. | ||
| dead_head
Member Username: dead_head Post Number: 86 Registered: 5-2014 |
No issues here. | ||
| dtothec
Junior Username: dtothec Post Number: 35 Registered: 3-2015 |
None here | ||
| dtothec
Junior Username: dtothec Post Number: 36 Registered: 3-2015 |
None here | ||
| hankster
Senior Member Username: hankster Post Number: 406 Registered: 6-2004 |
None here | ||
| zomnius
Member Username: zomnius Post Number: 61 Registered: 9-2013 |
non here, must be your computer, infected.. | ||
| funkyjazzjunky
Senior Member Username: funkyjazzjunky Post Number: 977 Registered: 5-2007 |
What should be done to the person that invented internet spam? | ||
| dtothec
Junior Username: dtothec Post Number: 37 Registered: 3-2015 |
They should be el-ka-bonged with a long scaled neck thru Alembic made out of solid oak! | ||
| edwardofhuncote
Senior Member Username: edwardofhuncote Post Number: 324 Registered: 6-2014 |
It's really incredible how modern malware works. Just sat through an IT Dept. presentation on what links *not* to click. Freakin' amazing... even closing a pop-up unleashes a virus. I was thinking - of all the things in the world to fix with technology... and somehow we've achieved proficiency in... dirty tricks. +1 on el-kabong, but I'll donate a lesser bass to the cause, if you can ever find the paper-hangin' SOB that does this kinda' stuff. | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 11726 Registered: 5-2002 |
If your anti-virus program's scan doesn't find it, try Malwarebytes. | ||
| hammer
Senior Member Username: hammer Post Number: 696 Registered: 9-2009 |
Found the culprit after doing a full scan with bitdefender. It was attached to a invoice that came via email for a instrument cable I bought online from a very large, nationally known "center" that specializes in stringed instruments. | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 11730 Registered: 5-2002 |
Really??!!! I'm thinking that's not a good thing. | ||
| wideload
Advanced Member Username: wideload Post Number: 212 Registered: 6-2003 |
It's too bad that the malware creeps have discerned our particular definition of "porn". Alembics always get me excited!! |
