Author Topic: What's happened to the site??? (Read 453 times)

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?

lembic76450 · « **Reply #1 on:** April 25, 2015, 01:05:12 PM »

No issues here...

growlypants · « **Reply #2 on:** April 25, 2015, 01:07:02 PM »

Nor here!

hammer · « **Reply #3 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.

keith_h · « **Reply #4 on:** April 25, 2015, 02:54:51 PM »

No issues here. Sounds like your browser has been hijacked by a virus or malware.

Keith

slawie · « **Reply #5 on:** April 25, 2015, 03:04:57 PM »

All good here.
What Keith said.
I would say its local to your computer.

dead_head · « **Reply #6 on:** April 25, 2015, 06:26:08 PM »

No issues here.

dtothec · « **Reply #7 on:** April 25, 2015, 07:09:49 PM »

None here

dtothec · « **Reply #8 on:** April 25, 2015, 07:10:02 PM »

None here

hankster · « **Reply #9 on:** April 26, 2015, 06:28:38 PM »

None here

zomnius · « **Reply #10 on:** April 27, 2015, 02:56:10 AM »

non here, must be your computer, infected..

funkyjazzjunky · « **Reply #11 on:** April 27, 2015, 06:02:01 AM »

What should be done to the person that invented internet spam?

dtothec · « **Reply #12 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!

edwardofhuncote · « **Reply #13 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.

David Houck · « **Reply #14 on:** April 27, 2015, 03:09:16 PM »

If your anti-virus program's scan doesn't find it, try Malwarebytes.