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Bad ad with forced site redirects..

1,238 540 December 5, 2023 at 07:38 PM
I tried to click the read the details on a Frount page deal

I was met with this full page forced add redirect




note the empty add box on top right





I clicked back... and was met with another forced redirect after a few seconds




its being launched from the ad box in the upper right hand corner. After getting the page to actuals page to load I'm get MacAfee ads

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KingUltra
01-02-2024 at 05:49 PM.
01-02-2024 at 05:49 PM.
Just got it now 5:49 PM PST while visiting the Tesla Y thread on Hot Deals, and again here while trying to report it.
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rjmatt
01-02-2024 at 06:52 PM.
01-02-2024 at 06:52 PM.
Quote from KingUltra :
Just got it now 5:49 PM PST while visiting the Tesla Y thread on Hot Deals, and again here while trying to report it.
These redirects are hitting hard! Makes the site nearly unusable for me!
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01-02-2024 at 07:43 PM.
01-02-2024 at 07:43 PM.
Quote from leefy20 :
Still getting these as of Jan 2 2024, nice work slickdeals.
Quote from KingUltra :
Just got it now 5:49 PM PST while visiting the Tesla Y thread on Hot Deals, and again here while trying to report it.
Quote from rjmatt :
These redirects are hitting hard! Makes the site nearly unusable for me!
thanks for the update and sorry to hear you're still experiencing this. i notified the ad team that it's still happening. please post here or email [email protected] if you have any additional info about what you are seeing that might help them track it down
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SeanD1497
01-03-2024 at 04:54 PM.
01-03-2024 at 04:54 PM.
I never had this happen before but I've been seeing a LOT of this the last few days. Forced redirects to a scam "McAfee" site. Just a couple minutes ago I got a different one, a redirect to a fake Norton AV site. Sometimes the site is usable, sometimes it is completely unusable because it happens on every page, either when I try to leave a comment or sometimes when I just scroll down. I have not experienced this on any other site so I think it is a Slickdeals problem. The landing site appears as pcupdateandsecure.live but I don't know more than that.

Not sure if this is related, but tonight there's a second issue. When I hover over the Like button, it disappears as soon as I move my cursor again. I can Like a post but can not click the buttons for funny, helpful, or not helpful. A restart of the broswer (and computer) did not change this. I normally use Chrome but verified that this issue is present with Edge, which I literally never use.
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iNICK20
01-03-2024 at 05:51 PM.
01-03-2024 at 05:51 PM.
Quote from leefy20 :
Still getting these as of Jan 2 2024, nice work slickdeals.
Yep! Just got it yesterday and just now. I thought my PC was infected, but I know I'm super careful and being in IT I know what to do usually.
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leefy20
01-03-2024 at 06:04 PM.
01-03-2024 at 06:04 PM.
Quote from iNICK20 :
Yep! Just got it yesterday and just now. I thought my PC was infected, but I know I'm super careful and being in IT I know what to do usually.
Yep, just got it again twice in two minutes when the ads on a page were refreshing. Pretty ridiculous, and with the amount of traffic and visitors you know some people are getting messed up by this ongoing problem.
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TheRealVassago
01-04-2024 at 08:34 AM.
01-04-2024 at 08:34 AM.
This is happening on every page for me. It's so frustrating when trying to read through comments.
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01-04-2024 at 11:01 AM.
01-04-2024 at 11:01 AM.
Quote from leefy20 :
Still getting these as of Jan 2 2024, nice work slickdeals.
Quote from KingUltra :
Just got it now 5:49 PM PST while visiting the Tesla Y thread on Hot Deals, and again here while trying to report it.
Quote from rjmatt :
These redirects are hitting hard! Makes the site nearly unusable for me!
Quote from SeanD1497 :
I never had this happen before but I've been seeing a LOT of this the last few days. Forced redirects to a scam "McAfee" site. Just a couple minutes ago I got a different one, a redirect to a fake Norton AV site. Sometimes the site is usable, sometimes it is completely unusable because it happens on every page, either when I try to leave a comment or sometimes when I just scroll down. I have not experienced this on any other site so I think it is a Slickdeals problem. The landing site appears as pcupdateandsecure.live but I don't know more than that.

Not sure if this is related, but tonight there's a second issue. When I hover over the Like button, it disappears as soon as I move my cursor again. I can Like a post but can not click the buttons for funny, helpful, or not helpful. A restart of the broswer (and computer) did not change this. I normally use Chrome but verified that this issue is present with Edge, which I literally never use.
Quote from iNICK20 :
Yep! Just got it yesterday and just now. I thought my PC was infected, but I know I'm super careful and being in IT I know what to do usually.
Quote from TheRealVassago :
This is happening on every page for me. It's so frustrating when trying to read through comments.
The ad team has made some additional changes this morning. If you see this ad after I post this comment, please let us know so that they can continue to try to track this issue down.
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01-04-2024 at 11:02 AM.
01-04-2024 at 11:02 AM.
Quote from SeanD1497 :
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Not sure if this is related, but tonight there's a second issue. When I hover over the Like button, it disappears as soon as I move my cursor again. I can Like a post but can not click the buttons for funny, helpful, or not helpful. A restart of the broswer (and computer) did not change this. I normally use Chrome but verified that this issue is present with Edge, which I literally never use.
Thank you for letting us know about the issue with comment reactions. It has been ticketed and should hopefully be fixed soon.
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SeanD1497
01-04-2024 at 02:50 PM.
01-04-2024 at 02:50 PM.
Quote from emceep :
Thank you for letting us know about the issue with comment reactions. It has been ticketed and should hopefully be fixed soon.
Thanks, this seems to be back to normal now. I also haven't seen any of the scam redirect ads that were plaguing the site either. Not sure how those slip through, but well done site admins.
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