Spam Popups?

[Frogki]

Over the past few days on mobile I've been experiencing those popup "You won a prize!" messages where you have to close your tab tp resolve the issue. It's something I haven't experienced before and I didn't see any other threads about it so I thought I'd let you guys know...

 

[JoeCamel]

Over the past few days on mobile I've been experiencing those popup "You won a prize!" messages where you have to close your tab tp resolve the issue. It's something I haven't experienced before and I didn't see any other threads about it so I thought I'd let you guys know...

You run a malware checker?

 

[Parkscope Joe]

Also are you on home wifi? Someimes free public wifi inserts ads into pages.

 

[Frogki]

JoeCamel - for my phone I use Lookout security and it's not showing me anything at the moment. Not sure if it's the best program though, not really familiar with mobile antivirus software.

Joe - I've experienced it both at home and out and about, so it could be somewhat from public wifi but I've specifically noticed it around my house.

 

[Parkscope Joe]

I'll get @Brian G. to look into it

 

[RevFreako]

I wonder if it's connected to the problem I used to have on mobile where the ad would insert itself into the reply box, and I'd have to type blind.

 

[Brian G.]

It's not us. Try using another checker, but I have seen a few people mention the Facebook app could be also be source.

 

[JoeCamel]

JoeCamel - for my phone I use Lookout security and it's not showing me anything at the moment. Not sure if it's the best program though, not really familiar with mobile antivirus software.

Joe - I've experienced it both at home and out and about, so it could be somewhat from public wifi but I've specifically noticed it around my house.

I think Malware Bytes is about as good as you can get. It is free so don't pay

 

[Frogki]

That's certainly possible because the popup always takes me away from IU and onto a fake Facebook landing page. I'll look into a new malware checker as well.
Thanks guys!

 

[Teebin]

Is anyone else getting the amazon congratulations popup on here?

 

[Parkscope Joe]

Is anyone else getting the amazon congratulations popup on here?

Are you on mobile?

attn @Brian G.

 

[Doug A.]

Yes I was having the same issue on mobile and emailed @Brian G. The solution I found/figured out is to delete browser history and cache/website data. Worked for me so far :thumbsup:

 

[Teebin]

It happens on my iPad. I clear my browser history all the time but it keeps coming back. It doesn’t happen on other sites.

 

[Parkscope Joe]

It happens on my iPad. I clear my browser history all the time but it keeps coming back. It doesn’t happen on other sites.

We've had this issue before and we'll work on it again. There are several others sites I see this with on mobile (Slashfilm is one).

 

[Doug A.]

Which is odd because it only happened on my iPhone and my iPad was fine, so that’s why I thought it was device specific.
Edit: thanks for looking into the issue though!

 

[Teebin]

I think it might be one of your ad servers. It stopped when they were down for a time.

The site is setting a cookie called rewardcenteru.com

 

[Brian G.]

I think it might be one of your ad servers. It stopped when they were down for a time.

The site is setting a cookie called rewardcenteru.com

Odd. I blocked all games, gambling, and casino type ads. I’ll give a look see.

 

[Teebin]

This is being sent from my phone because iPad is a total bust on this website. Here is what I get on iPad.

Doesn’t happen on any other website

 

[JoeCamel]

This is being sent from my phone because iPad is a total bust on this website. Here is what I get on iPad.

Doesn’t happen on any other website

That looks like a flat out malware ploy.

 

[foodstampsFTW]

Yea this happened to me yesterday and again just right now.

Didn’t realize this was my 666th post, seems fitting.