AT bringing up full page ads on its own

[Craig234]

Is anyone else having AT since the last week or so bringing up full page ads on its own? Why is it doing that?

 

[BoomerD]

Ads? On Anandtech?

 

[Ryan Smith]

(Moving this to Technical Forum Issues)

Hey Craig, we've been having a run of malvertising this week from a bad programmatic ad supplier. Is what you're seeing similar to this thread, or is it something else?

 

[Craig234]

(Moving this to Technical Forum Issues)

Hey Craig, we've been having a run of malvertising this week from a bad programmatic ad supplier. Is what you're seeing similar to this thread, or is it something else?

Hi, this isn't ransomware, it's just ads, like a clothing seller (I did get that on another site recently).

I'll try running malware removal - it's probably my browser getting something.

 

[Craig234]

Malwarebytes found nothing - I can't remember the advertiser that's been popping up for days, but it's close to "Guiss" clothing.

 

[Craig234]

Came up again several times. It's "Gamiss".

 

[Craig234]

The reason I'd put the thread in OT instead of technical issues was that I'm not sure whether it's an intentional site design change (people could confirm), or a problem in my browser, or something else, so I wanted to start with seeing whether it's only in my browser or others are seeing it before bothering mods if it's malware in my browser.

 

[Ryan Smith]

Came up again several times. It's "Gamiss".

Could you please grab a screenshot? This doesn't sound like an ad unit we approved, but I'd need to see it to be sure.

 

[Craig234]

Could you please grab a screenshot? This doesn't sound like an ad unit we approved, but I'd need to see it to be sure.

Sure. That'll further help determine whether it's a general problem or malware, suspecting the latter despite Malwarebytes.

 

[Craig234]

Can I e-mail it somewhere to save the whole 'find a hosting site' thing? I have the .jpg ready, didn't take long.

 

[Ryan Smith]

Can I e-mail it somewhere to save the whole 'find a hosting site' thing? I have the .jpg ready, didn't take long.

Sure. ryan.smith@ you know the rest.

 

[Craig234]

Got another of the page changes to the same 'GAMiss' clothing store site today. Been a while.

 

[JSt0rm]

https://www.gamiss.com/?lkid=13275681


I just got kicked to this. find a better way.

 

[Craig234]

I just got kicked to this. find a better way.

I clicked on your post to read it, and that ad came up instead.

 

[JSt0rm]

info at 17:33,Apr 17
Thank you for choosing to chat with us. An agent will be with you shortly.

jeff at 17:30,Apr 17
hi daniel
Roque at 17:30,Apr 17
Hi, welcome to Gamiss's Live Chat. What can I do for you?
jeff at 17:30,Apr 17
are you aware your website uses advertising that forces people to look at this site coming from another?
jeff at 17:31,Apr 17
anandtech.forums.com redirects here seemingly randomly
jeff at 17:31,Apr 17
you look like you have a nice website
jeff at 17:31,Apr 17
and it seems someone doing advertising for you is cheating you.
Roque at 8:33,Apr 18
HI, thanks for your comment.
Roque at 8:34,Apr 18
Gamiss is your global online destination that delivers some of today’s most exciting and edgy fashion apparel.
jeff at 8:35,Apr 18
yeah but someone is using redirects to try and get you page views

 

[Craig234]

I'm still getting the site over and over. I sent a screenshot to Ryan but haven't seen any response from AT after that.

 

[Ryan Smith]

I'm still getting the site over and over. I sent a screenshot to Ryan but haven't seen any response from AT after that.

Ultimately I need you guys to file reports with logs. There's almost nothing we can do with just screenshots.

 

[Craig234]

Ultimately I need you guys to file reports with logs. There's almost nothing we can do with just screenshots.

That's fine - it's just when I reported this, you asked for a screenshot, and I didn't hear anything after that - seems the above would be better as the first response.

 

[Ryan Smith]

That's fine - it's just when I reported this, you asked for a screenshot, and I didn't hear anything after that - seems the above would be better as the first response.

Sorry. It's nothing personal. We're just extremely slammed right now. You can thank AMD and Intel for that.

 

[ElFenix]

thanks obama



(i got one of these things at home that took over chrome and spoofed ransomware, installed the proxy script thing but haven't had one since)