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Random Redirects?
JarJar Away
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#1
02-26-2009, 12:47 PM
I noticed that sometimes when I click a topic I get redirected to a dating/porn site. Someone also told me they had the same problem. This only happens once in a while, but any link on the forum can redirect you.
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Adam Offline
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#2
02-26-2009, 12:50 PM
Yeah, it's happened to me.
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#3
02-26-2009, 12:55 PM
Same here.
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#4
02-26-2009, 12:59 PM
Dazz really needs to talk to the ad network. :/
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#5
02-26-2009, 03:07 PM
Doesn't happen to me.
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#6
02-26-2009, 03:58 PM
You need to record these things in more detail - record the URL they link to, etc.
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#7
02-26-2009, 04:53 PM (This post was last modified: 02-26-2009, 04:54 PM by PrettyNier.)
Happened to me a few times. I usually get redirected to an IQ test site. Twice it happened to a different tab I had open, so idk if its just the forum or if its something from the forum or what.

EDIT: Fuckin shit it just happened after I posted.
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#8
02-26-2009, 05:08 PM
PLEASE RECORD THE URL YOU ARE REDIRECTED TO AND TELL ME IT.
You're not listening to me.
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#9
02-26-2009, 06:00 PM
Dazz, the last thing we have on mind when we are dealing with a sudden trojan/link hijacker is taking a screenshot. We must react fast or endure hours of headaches later. Tongue
Until now, "Antivirus 2009" was already identified and confirmed as one of the problems, though.
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#10
02-26-2009, 06:41 PM (This post was last modified: 02-26-2009, 06:42 PM by DioShiba.)
Happened to me a few times, one time I was redirected to a site saying that my "account was terminated because of complaints".
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#11
02-26-2009, 08:55 PM (This post was last modified: 02-26-2009, 08:56 PM by Gaia.)
Random redirects DO happen, once and while the same ad repeats -X- number of times. If it happens to me, it'd be reccomended to ignore it (the redirection) and hit the <- Back button and leave it alone until it becomes a major problem (More than 15 people get it).
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#12
02-26-2009, 09:01 PM
^Sometimes you have to push it a couple times because the ad was redirected by a redirect, like when you push back on View News Posts page and it goes to Searching for new Posts which brings you back to View New Posts.
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#13
02-26-2009, 09:22 PM (This post was last modified: 02-26-2009, 09:31 PM by Sol.)
This has happened to me a few times just recently, and after reading this thread I remembered to grab the URL of the most recent redirect. I'm PMing it to you now, Dazz.

Edit: Nevermind, I was actually stupid enough to copy something else into the clipboard before pasting the URL into a PM. Embarassed Ahaha...I'll get the next one, sorry.
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#14
02-27-2009, 01:21 AM
Just get rid of the ads. They don't generate revenue or any things else in my point of view.
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#15
02-27-2009, 01:24 AM
It's happened to me, but not on my home computer. Only the one at my parents' house.
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