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Connecting => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: hammer on April 25, 2015, 11:39:53 AM

Title: What's happened to the site???
Post by: hammer on April 25, 2015, 11:39:53 AM: Starting today, I've been getting a slew of ads popping up whenever I attempt to access the site. This is not occurring with any other website only with this one. It doesn't occur when I access the main site only when I attempt to access one of the thread areas. Anyone else having this problem?
Title: What's happened to the site???
Post by: lembic76450 on April 25, 2015, 01:05:12 PM: No issues here...
Title: What's happened to the site???
Post by: growlypants on April 25, 2015, 01:07:02 PM: Nor here!
Title: What's happened to the site???
Post by: hammer on April 25, 2015, 02:02:17 PM: Strange. It's only occurring on the Alembic site. Started when I first tried to get in and a I got pop-up asking me to take part in a survey about a web-hosting service that I was led to believe was the one Alembic used. I declined and that's when the ads started. Currently running a scan of my computer to determine if some adware somehow get in to the system.
Title: What's happened to the site???
Post by: keith_h on April 25, 2015, 02:54:51 PM: No issues here. Sounds like your browser has been hijacked by a virus or malware.

Keith
Title: What's happened to the site???
Post by: slawie on April 25, 2015, 03:04:57 PM: All good here.
What Keith said.
I would say its local to your computer.
Title: What's happened to the site???
Post by: dead_head on April 25, 2015, 06:26:08 PM: No issues here.
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Post by: dtothec on April 25, 2015, 07:09:49 PM: None here
Title: What's happened to the site???
Post by: dtothec on April 25, 2015, 07:10:02 PM: None here
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Post by: hankster on April 26, 2015, 06:28:38 PM: None here
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Post by: zomnius on April 27, 2015, 02:56:10 AM: non here, must be your computer, infected..
Title: What's happened to the site???
Post by: funkyjazzjunky on April 27, 2015, 06:02:01 AM: What should be done to the person that invented internet spam?
Title: What's happened to the site???
Post by: dtothec on April 27, 2015, 09:12:38 AM: They should be el-ka-bonged with a long scaled neck thru Alembic made out of solid oak!
Title: What's happened to the site???
Post by: edwardofhuncote on April 27, 2015, 01:15:53 PM: It's really incredible how modern malware works. Just sat through an IT Dept. presentation on what links *not* to click. Freakin' amazing... even closing a pop-up unleashes a virus. I was thinking - of all the things in the world to fix with technology... and somehow we've achieved proficiency in... dirty tricks.

+1 on el-kabong, but I'll donate a lesser bass to the cause, if you can ever find the paper-hangin' SOB that does this kinda' stuff.
Title: What's happened to the site???
Post by: David Houck on April 27, 2015, 03:09:16 PM: If your anti-virus program's scan doesn't find it, try Malwarebytes.
Title: What's happened to the site???
Post by: hammer on April 27, 2015, 06:24:21 PM: Found the culprit after doing a full scan with bitdefender. It was attached to a invoice that came via email for a instrument cable I bought online from a very large, nationally known center that specializes in stringed instruments.
Title: What's happened to the site???
Post by: David Houck on April 27, 2015, 07:17:57 PM: Really??!!! I'm thinking that's not a good thing.
Title: What's happened to the site???
Post by: wideload on April 30, 2015, 02:41:55 PM: It's too bad that the malware creeps have discerned our particular definition of porn. Alembics always get me excited!!