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Malware
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 12:57 am
by _Quasimodo
I just received my third or forth "Congratulations, you won" message from the ads that are now appearing on this forum.
Just out of curiosity, I followed the link. It said I had won a $1000.00 gift card at Walmart. Again, out of curiosity, I clicked the "redeem" button. At that point my virus protection program warned me that it was a "dangerous page". Either a virus or malware.
I can live with advertisements (although I hate them), but dangerous pages go beyond what should be allowed. I hope someone checks into this and puts it to an end.
Re: Malware
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 1:40 am
by _Dr. Shades
You may e-mail your concerns to "Mav," our head honcho, by clicking on:
memberlist.php?mode=email&u=130
Re: Malware
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 1:44 am
by _Quasimodo
I just tried that. I get a "You are not permitted to send e-mail to this user." response.
Re: Malware
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 1:54 am
by _Dr. Shades
Quasimodo wrote:I just tried that. I get a "You are not permitted to send e-mail to this user." response.
I'll do it, then.
Re: Malware
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 2:00 am
by _Eric
Quasimodo wrote:I just received my third or forth "Congratulations, you won" message from the ads that are now appearing on this forum.
Damn. I thought I was a winner.
Re: Malware
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 2:00 am
by _Quasimodo
Dr. Shades wrote:Quasimodo wrote:I just tried that. I get a "You are not permitted to send e-mail to this user." response.
I'll do it, then.
Thanks Shades!
I'm worried about the members that don't have as good an anti-virus progarm as I have.
Re: Malware
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 2:05 am
by _Quasimodo
Eric wrote:Quasimodo wrote:I just received my third or forth "Congratulations, you won" message from the ads that are now appearing on this forum.
Damn. I thought I was a winner.
:)!!!
You could try it (I'm wincing). Hope you get that thousand dollars.
Re: Malware
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 9:58 pm
by _Dr. Shades
Here's what Mav had to say:
"Absolutely. I won't tolerate malicious ads. Please report them. As I'm working with a new advertising company I still am working out the bugs with my relationship to them it will definitely help if I know if they're putting malicious ads on the site. And then we can either move to a new company or fix the issue. Thank everyone for being patient while we work this out."
So there you have it.
Re: Malware
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2011 10:02 pm
by _Quasimodo
Thanks, Shades, for being on top of this. I'm glad you and Mav take this kind of stuff seriously.