Page 1 of 1

What's with all the ads?

Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 9:46 am
by ericbazinga
There's ads at the top of the page all of a sudden. They weren't there yesterday, and their placement above everything else is pretty annoying. They always pop up, and my ad blocker isn't blocking them. I get it if you want the site to pay for itself, but it would've been nice to let us know you were adding them.

Re: What's with all the ads?

Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 10:12 am
by Lordus
We didn't (and wouldn't) add any ads to this site and I don't see any.
Does anyone else see ads?

Re: What's with all the ads?

Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 10:15 am
by ericbazinga
Lordus wrote:We didn't (and wouldn't) add any ads to this site and I don't see any.
Does anyone else see ads?
Well I sure see ads.

Re: What's with all the ads?

Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 10:17 am
by TkSilver
Lordus wrote:We didn't (and wouldn't) add any ads to this site and I don't see any.
Does anyone else see ads?
Nope, turned off ad block and checked with a different browser.... no ads.


Looks like eric has some adware, or a virus, or something else up.

Edit:

Loaded up the site on ios, and windows as well ..... still no ads

Re: What's with all the ads?

Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 10:37 am
by ericbazinga
TkSilver wrote:
Lordus wrote:We didn't (and wouldn't) add any ads to this site and I don't see any.
Does anyone else see ads?
Nope, turned off ad block and checked with a different browser.... no ads.


Looks like eric has some adware, or a virus, or something else up.

Edit:

Loaded up the site on ios, and windows as well ..... still no ads
Googled it. Yup, I had a virus. Some shit called Wajam...

Uninstalled the program causing it, no more ads. :)

Re: What's with all the ads?

Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2016 3:08 am
by Jay Haru
ericbazinga wrote:
TkSilver wrote:
Lordus wrote:We didn't (and wouldn't) add any ads to this site and I don't see any.
Does anyone else see ads?
Nope, turned off ad block and checked with a different browser.... no ads.


Looks like eric has some adware, or a virus, or something else up.

Edit:

Loaded up the site on ios, and windows as well ..... still no ads
Googled it. Yup, I had a virus. Some shit called Wajam...

Uninstalled the program causing it, no more ads. :)
Image

Re: What's with all the ads?

Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2016 3:27 am
by kaikun97
Jay Haru wrote:
ericbazinga wrote:
Lordus wrote:We didn't (and wouldn't) add any ads to this site and I don't see any.
Does anyone else see ads?

Nope, turned off ad block and checked with a different browser.... no ads.


Looks like eric has some adware, or a virus, or something else up.

Edit:

Loaded up the site on ios, and windows as well ..... still no ads
Googled it. Yup, I had a virus. Some shit called Wajam...

Uninstalled the program causing it, no more ads. :)
Image
Likely adware or a PUA which adds AD code into page HTML client side. For some reason, some antiviruses don't detect those types. Use Avira or Avast! if you want protection agaisnt that with a realtime shield. Id say Avira as it's less intrusive when asking you to upgrade to premium. Or just use Windows 10 so you have windows defender antimalware built in.

Re: What's with all the ads?

Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2016 8:48 am
by huckleberrypie
If you really are paranoid you could do a run through Malwarebytes and Hitman Pro just to make sure that there aren't any more traces of the stuff left.

Re: What's with all the ads?

Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2016 2:53 pm
by ericbazinga
Jay Haru wrote: Image
Perfect. Your memes always make my day :)