Bad ad with forced site redirects..
Thread created 12-05-2023 by the_neon_cowboy
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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...
Bad ad with forced site redirects..
Thread created 12-05-2023 by the_neon_cowboy
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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.
Bad ad with forced site redirects..
Thread created 12-05-2023 by the_neon_cowboy
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thanks for the update. the ad team did make some tweaks but it seems things are still slipping through so i gave them a heads up.
Bad ad with forced site redirects..
Thread created 12-05-2023 by the_neon_cowboy
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Just happened to me again about 45seconds ago
Bad ad with forced site redirects..
Thread created 12-05-2023 by the_neon_cowboy
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This happened again 42 seconds ago (me counting to myself)
Bad ad with forced site redirects..
Thread created 12-05-2023 by the_neon_cowboy
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I tried to click the read the details on a Frount page deal
I was met with this full page forced add redirect
https://i.imgur.com/PMnzxoX.png
note the empty add box on top right...
Bad ad with forced site redirects..
Thread created 12-05-2023 by the_neon_cowboy
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Still getting these as of Jan 2 2024, nice work slickdeals.
Bad ad with forced site redirects..
Thread created 12-05-2023 by the_neon_cowboy
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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.
Bad ad with forced site redirects..
Thread created 12-05-2023 by the_neon_cowboy
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thanks for the report they did make some further tweaks yesterday afternoon. do you know approximately around what time you saw it?
Bad ad with forced site redirects..
Thread created 12-05-2023 by the_neon_cowboy
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LOL wtf , It just happened to me right now as I am reading this report.
I thought I got something installed while browsing some "questionable" websites.
Bad ad with forced site redirects..
Thread created 12-05-2023 by the_neon_cowboy
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thanks for the report. i shared it with the ad team so they can squash it.
Bad ad with forced site redirects..
Thread created 12-05-2023 by the_neon_cowboy
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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...
Bad ad with forced site redirects..
Thread created 12-05-2023 by the_neon_cowboy
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These redirects are hitting hard! Makes the site nearly unusable for me!
Bad ad with forced site redirects..
Thread created 12-05-2023 by the_neon_cowboy
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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.
Bad ad with forced site redirects..
Thread created 12-05-2023 by the_neon_cowboy
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This is happening on every page for me. It's so frustrating when trying to read through comments.
Bad ad with forced site redirects..
Thread created 12-05-2023 by the_neon_cowboy
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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.
Bad ad with forced site redirects..
Thread created 12-05-2023 by the_neon_cowboy
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Thank you for letting us know about the issue with comment reactions. It has been ticketed and should hopefully be fixed soon.
Bad ad with forced site redirects..
Thread created 12-05-2023 by the_neon_cowboy
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Me too. For the last 5 hours or so
Bad ad with forced site redirects..
Thread created 12-05-2023 by the_neon_cowboy
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Just got this forced popup ad at 8:55pm CST
Bad ad with forced site redirects..
Thread created 12-05-2023 by the_neon_cowboy
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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...
Bad ad with forced site redirects..
Thread created 12-05-2023 by the_neon_cowboy
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Thank you (repped)! This has been driving me crazy! It's happened three times always on slickdeals but I've been scanning my computer and router and locking down my browser trying to figure out where...
Bad ad with forced site redirects..
Thread created 12-05-2023 by the_neon_cowboy
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I'm getting the same thing today.
Here is the last one I got while on the front page:
pcsecurityrepair.live
Bad ad with forced site redirects..
Thread created 12-05-2023 by the_neon_cowboy
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Thank you for taking the time to report that this issue is still happening for you. I'm sorry that we haven't been able to fix this yet. The ad team is actively investigating this, has malware...
Bad ad with forced site redirects..
Thread created 12-05-2023 by the_neon_cowboy
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Got these yesterday and today, really bad look to be having people using this site getting redirected to dangerous stuff like this.
Bad ad with forced site redirects..
Thread created 12-05-2023 by the_neon_cowboy
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I got it again just now 9:45 PM PST
