Resolved: Redirection Problems

Quote from Pirin : It just happened to me again this morning (I didn't write down where I redirected to, as I didn't know this thread existed). As the others have stated, it only happens when I visit slickdeals. I am running Firefox 16.0.2 on 32-bit Windows 7.

Yeah. It has been happening to me again too. It must not like us. It is only this site that it does it on as well for me.

Quote from Princess Crunch : I have no idea if anyone else is having this problem but any link isn't redirecting correctly. I went here and when I clicked the link it redirected me here [jdoqocy.com] and then here [apmebf.com] before going to the actual link. Wot gave both sites a poor reputation. I do not know if it matters or not, but I am on Linux.

Quote from nothing2seehere : I'm having a problem with SD itself redirecting to junk sites saying I won something and sites like that. Its been happening for several days and only on SD. I'll come to SD and if I don't click something within a few seconds, I'll be taken to another junk site. I've been on tons of other sites, but no others do this but SD. I've run virus scans and nothing shows up.

Quote from SP33DFR34K : Can you provide for more information of when it started occurring, browser information, etc?

Quote from Princess Crunch : I have no idea if these are junk sites or not because I have ad blockers on, but mine started this morning.

Quote from SP33DFR34K : Take a look at our FAQ for advertisers that we use.

Quote from Princess Crunch : Thanks for the link. So it is normal for it to no longer redirect itself? I had to manually click "URL has been moved click here" only to be redirected to another site that said the same thing. Then finally getting to the URL.

Quote from nothing2seehere : I want to say Tuesday and I'm using Chrome. This last time it took me to testables.net and the time before was suveyorster.net.

Quote from cgrady : If those links are not redirecting you correctly, the problem is likely with your browser - what are you using?

Quote from Princess Crunch : I'm using Mozilla.

Quote from cgrady : Have you tried Chrome or Firefox?

Quote from implode : I've had problems with redirects in last hour or so...NOT taking me to odd sites, however server problems in resolving the redirection. The contests I go to hang up and I get 503 error.

Quote from Princess Crunch : I am using Mozilla Firefox. So far today I haven't had any problems.

Quote from nothing2seehere : Any ideas why this is happening? Still doing it today and only on SD. Never on any other sites.

Quote from Parker512 : This has been happening to me for a week or two on slickdeals only. I use ie.

Quote from Pirin : It just happened to me again this morning (I didn't write down where I redirected to, as I didn't know this thread existed). As the others have stated, it only happens when I visit slickdeals. I am running Firefox 16.0.2 on 32-bit Windows 7.

Quote from Princess Crunch : Yeah. It has been happening to me again too. It must not like us. It is only this site that it does it on as well for me.

If any of you are still experiencing the redirect issue, please share in here. (This is unrelated to the jdoqocy link, I'm just talking about hitting the site and immediately being taken elsewhere.) There was a change made on the 8th that hopefully addressed this.

It still directs me to a bunch of different sites. So I completely take slickdeals out of the link to go to another site. It only gives me this problem on this site and since it still isn't resolved I'll just keep taking the referral out.

There were some misquotes there - the redirects through jdoqcy.com and such are intended and will never be going away - only the redirects where you load slickdeals directly and get force-redirected to another site are the ones we need more info on

So I will forever have to manually put a link into my browser in order for it to work? I have no problem with the redirection when it actually works, but this goes to a white page and never actually redirects.

Quote from Princess Crunch : So I will forever have to manually put a link into my browser in order for it to work? I have no problem with the redirection when it actually works, but this goes to a white page and never actually redirects.

if you experience a white page, report it to us and we can fix it.

I want to give everyone a heads-up, a new member w/ the name "oxsupport" will be in this thread shortly with a handful of questions. They will be asking some questions to those of you who have been impacted (including IP, browser version, etc.) in an attempt to recreate the issue.

Hi everyone,

If you encounter a redirect or survey pop up, please try and collect the following details to help us troubleshoot further:

1. Identify the url
The url you were on prior to the redirect, or the url where you see the survey pop up.

2. Operating System, Browser and Version
Windows/Linux/MacOS/Other?

For Browser and version, please go to:
FireFox: Help >> About Firefox
Chrome: Setup icon >> About Google Chrome
IE: Setup icon >> About Internet Explorer
Safari: Safari >> About Safari

3. Logged Into SlickDeals?
Are you are logged into SlickDeals site, or just surfing as a guest user?

4. Your ip address
You can go to http://www.whatismyip.com or Google "what is my ip"

5. Virus Scanner
Are you actively using a virus scanner? If so, which one?
Did the scanner alert you of the issue?
Did you scan your machine after you encountered the issue to see if found any malware installed? If so, was anything found?

6. Timestamp of the issue
Please provide the approximate date/time and timezone of when you encountered the issue.

7. Cookie values

Please provide the content for the below 3 cookies:

Site: openx.net Cookie Name: i
Site: us-ads.openx.net Cookie Name: OX_u
Site: us-ads.openx.net Cookie Name: OX_pd

FireFox (Windows):
1. Go to Tools >> Options >> Privacy
2. Click on "remoe individual cookies"
3. Search for "openx"
4. Look for the above 3 cookies.
5. Click into each of them and copy the values under "Content:" field

FireFox (MacOS):
1. Go to Firefox > Preferences
2. Click on the Privacy icon
3. Click on Show Cookies...
4. Type in openx.net in the search field
5. Look for the above 3 cookies.
6. Click into each of them and copy the values under "Content:" field

Chrome:
1. Go to Setup icon >> Settings
2. Search for "cookies"
3. Click on "Content settings..." under Privacy
4. Click on "All cookies and site data..."
OR open up a new tab in Chrome and go to: chrome://chrome/settings/cookies#cookies
5. Type in openx.net in the search field
6. Look for the above 3 cookies.
7. Click into each of them and copy the values under "Content:" field

IE:
Viewing cookies
1. Go to Tools >> Internet Options.
2. Under "Browsing History", click Settings.
3. Click View Objects or View Files.
4. Looks for txt files that fit the naming convention:
cookie:username@openx.net/
cookie:username@us-ads.openx.net/
5. Drag those files into Notepad and copy the text.

Safari:

For retrieving cookie values in Safari 5.0.5 and 5.1, please check out this article:
http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/ar...safari_5.1

You can either post to the thread or private message this account.

Thank you for your time,
OpenX

I'm using firefox v.19 and everytime I click link to external website (i.e. staples deals, sears deals, etc), I get a blank page with url similar to this (no spacing in http).

Quote : h tt p://redirectingat.com/rewrite.php?id=355X561&test=off&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.officedepot.com%2Fa%2Fproducts%2F253222%2FToshiba-Satellite-C855D-S5340-Laptop-Computer%2F%3FChannel%3DGoogle%26mr%3AtrackingCode%3D7DFCBF03-FA15-E211-8AE9-001517B1882A%26mr%3AreferralID%3DNA%26mr%3AadType%3Dpla%26mr%3Aad%3D22395426956%26mr%3Akeyword%3D%26mr%3Amatch%3D%26mr%3Afilter%3D20224360076%26cm_mmc%3DMercent-_-Googlepla-_-Technology%2BComputers_Tablets-_-253222

Hi shikado,

Thanks for alerting us of the redirect. Some questions to help us troubleshoot further.

1. Can you provide the specific url you started on? I am checking out http://slickdeals.net/deals/ and do not see the specific links to Staples or Sears.

2. Can you answer the specific questions outlined in my earlier post: 11-16-2012, 11:21 AM

Any additional details will help us identify if it is coming from our network.

Thanks,
oxsupport