invasive ads (anti-virus scan message)

Thor Simpson · 09-04-09, 02:11 PM

I wish I could provide more info as I know these can be hard to track down,
But browsing the forum, I received a pop-up alert about scanning my drive for viruses. You close that alert and it immediately redirects to a page that imitates your harddrive folders and makes you think it is scanning.

I have seen these invade ad networks before... nothing you did wrong, but you need to track it down asap as it will likely effect a lot of users and some may be fooled and place spyware on their system.

Thor Simpson · 09-04-09, 02:19 PM

You know... I dont' even see any ads as I try to duplicate this. Maybe I had another window open for another site. I'll let you know if it happens again and we'll see if anyone else experiences it. Probably not worth looking into just yet.

D.Pham00 · 09-05-09, 09:10 AM

^i don't think it came from DVDTalk, but if it did, def. something to look into.

10-7 · 09-06-09, 01:13 PM

I had the same thing happen to me twice last week. I would have never guessed it was from DVDTalk if I hadn't seen this thread. I ran three different virus scans and a spyware scan. They all found nothing.

09-04-09, 02:11 PM	#1
Thor Simpson DVD Talk Hero Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: BWG's Mom Posts: 27,602	invasive ads (anti-virus scan message) I wish I could provide more info as I know these can be hard to track down, But browsing the forum, I received a pop-up alert about scanning my drive for viruses. You close that alert and it immediately redirects to a page that imitates your harddrive folders and makes you think it is scanning. I have seen these invade ad networks before... nothing you did wrong, but you need to track it down asap as it will likely effect a lot of users and some may be fooled and place spyware on their system. __________________ "So they got a warrant and moved in. " - JasonF

09-04-09, 02:19 PM	#2
Thor Simpson DVD Talk Hero Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: BWG's Mom Posts: 27,602	Re: invasive ads (anti-virus scan message) You know... I dont' even see any ads as I try to duplicate this. Maybe I had another window open for another site. I'll let you know if it happens again and we'll see if anyone else experiences it. Probably not worth looking into just yet. __________________ "So they got a warrant and moved in. " - JasonF

09-05-09, 09:10 AM	#3
D.Pham00 DVD Talk Hero Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Stick out your tongue! Posts: 32,302	Re: invasive ads (anti-virus scan message) ^i don't think it came from DVDTalk, but if it did, def. something to look into. __________________ abrg: *whine whine* suprmallet: *why so serious?*

09-06-09, 01:13 PM	#4
10-7 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: One horse short of being a one-horse town Posts: 742	Re: invasive ads (anti-virus scan message) I had the same thing happen to me twice last week. I would have never guessed it was from DVDTalk if I hadn't seen this thread. I ran three different virus scans and a spyware scan. They all found nothing.