Thread: Extremely Invasive Advertisements!

Originally Posted by Texstar

Here is the url that I keep getting redirected to on Safari

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Thanks for checking on this, I didn't expect you to be able to correct it I just wanted to be sure you were aware of it.

I just killed the URL for safety reasons here. Leave it as is, until Bruno wakes up later tomorrow, then you can give a location without an active link.

New to SRP but I have not had any changes to my android phone or computers where I browse.

This may help: Stop those 'congratulations' pop up ads on phone - NBC26 WGBA-TV Green Bay, WI

I get that same pop up once in a while on my iPhone. After a couple retry's it's gone for another month or two.
Never get it on my Mac though

What I find most interesting is that the ONLY page where I get this redirect is SRP. I have been using this iPad for several years and never had this occur. Only on my Windows machines.

Thanks for the link. It describes the page exactly (even the comments on the page). I followed the proceedure again. No joy. I am not and have never been a member of Facebook or the other social media sites. Even forums, SRP is the only forum I have joined in the last 5 years. I have found most to populated by persons I do not wish to be associated with. I am trying Chrome on the iPad. So far so good. Twice this morning I tried Safari and both times got redirected.

There is a possibility the malicious code is being delivered via tracking pixels or some other innocuous image or JavaScript file embedded in the banner ads. I understand that SRP doesn't directly control them.

It should also be noted that I am using Google Chrome browser on my Samsung Galaxy S3 phone, and have never downloaded "untrusted third party apps" etc.

I had this too, using Google Chrome, cleared the cache and history, and it seemed to take care of it.