OxyKon Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 Anybody know how to disable this ad popup on a mac, it only just started happening tonight on my computer and now everything's running slow and i can't get rid of all these ads Quote
OxyKon Posted February 18, 2015 Author Posted February 18, 2015 never had a problem with ads before, sure there is usually 1 or 2 but they've never bothered me, so far this morning they have gone but literally just on the ADJF homepage there was about 6-7 up and down it, can't explain it Quote
LabRat Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 install adblock and that'll all go away. i think it's some mailware shit that pops all that up Quote
Cupe Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 I have recently coded some ads into the forums in the header and footer. Quote
OxyKon Posted February 19, 2015 Author Posted February 19, 2015 I've always seen those ads in the header and footer, but these were in between the sections of the forum, was so strange Quote
Cupe Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 I added new ads that will stand out more than the other ones.Not sure if that's what you're talking about or not.Do you have new ads on any other sites or just ADJF? Quote
Mitch Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 Sounds like malware. Can you post a screenshot?I can Prob help via teamviewerEdit: sounds similar to what someone from work was dealing with yesterday... Quote
OxyKon Posted February 19, 2015 Author Posted February 19, 2015 Sounds like malware. Can you post a screenshot?I can Prob help via teamviewerEdit: sounds similar to what someone from work was dealing with yesterday...yeah i kinda wish i did take a screen shot cause as of this morning it's been back to normal, can't explain it, i did do a system update 1 point last night so not sure if that helped, at the time of my OP i was like WTF, did the update, saw it still had ads then closed my net browser down for the night, next day, was fine Quote
Cupe Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 Sounds p weird, but good that it's fixed Quote
BeatLeSS Posted February 24, 2015 Posted February 24, 2015 Ye, it's like a Browser Hijacker. Scans the page for keywords and injects ads into them. We get calls about similar shit happening all the time.Do you have any way to view recently installed programs or go through a programs list and uninstall anything that looks/sounds dodgy. Quote
SolDios Posted February 25, 2015 Posted February 25, 2015 Check your chrome addons too, Google has no problem with addons that inject addware for some reason. Quote
OxyKon Posted March 4, 2015 Author Posted March 4, 2015 So that fucking ad shit has come back, this is just 1 section of the problem, it spread all the way down the page Quote
OxyKon Posted March 4, 2015 Author Posted March 4, 2015 what is a good adblock for mac, i'm getting fucking sick of this shit, it's happening on all browser platforms Quote
OxyKon Posted March 4, 2015 Author Posted March 4, 2015 ok i think i solved the problem, i found Adware Medic and within 1min of scanning it found the virus, removed it, everything seems to be find now Quote
BeatLeSS Posted March 4, 2015 Posted March 4, 2015 Yeah it's a hijack dude, it's injected into your browsers and scans the page for keywords then links ads to them. I see it all the time on windows pc's man. There's gotta be some kind of program installed that's associated with this and some kind of malware scanning program (quick google suggested clamxav) to remove it. Otherwise you're up for a format.EDIT: Just seen your post. Carry on then. Quote
OxyKon Posted March 4, 2015 Author Posted March 4, 2015 yeah i tried clamxav but it didn't seem to be doing anything, thanks for the help though Quote
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