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Help Discussion in 'BeerAdvocate Talk' started by IQBlue, Jan 17, 2018.

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  1. Samlover55

    Samlover55 Pooh-Bah (1,735) Oct 8, 2015 New York
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    #21 Samlover55, Jan 24, 2018
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  2. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    sedads.com has been added.
     
    #22 Todd, Jan 24, 2018
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  3. guinness77

    guinness77 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,554) Jan 6, 2014 New York
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    #23 guinness77, Jan 24, 2018
  4. prior2two

    prior2two Maven (1,490) Oct 18, 2013 Illinois
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    #24 prior2two, Jan 25, 2018
  5. Bluecrow

    Bluecrow Grand Pooh-Bah (3,501) Jul 16, 2012 New York
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    #25 Bluecrow, Jan 27, 2018
  6. BaseballNBeer

    BaseballNBeer Crusader (490) Apr 22, 2015 Michigan
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    #26 BaseballNBeer, Jan 27, 2018
  7. HoppyBeerisHappyBeer

    HoppyBeerisHappyBeer Crusader (477) Feb 3, 2015 Indiana

    #27 HoppyBeerisHappyBeer, Jan 27, 2018
  8. bbtkd

    bbtkd Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,790) Sep 20, 2015 South Dakota
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    Any thoughts on why this is happening to some, but not others? Is there some commonality as far as browser? I am using the latest Firefox with no issue. I have Malwarebytes installed, but it hasn't said it's blocking any redirects.
     
    #28 bbtkd, Jan 27, 2018
  9. HoppyBeerisHappyBeer

    HoppyBeerisHappyBeer Crusader (477) Feb 3, 2015 Indiana

    I can't find any useful info anywhere that solves the issue. Only thing I've found is saying it might be an app on my phone, but I've tried a bunch of malware apps and nothing shows up.
     
    #29 HoppyBeerisHappyBeer, Jan 27, 2018
  10. bbtkd

    bbtkd Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,790) Sep 20, 2015 South Dakota
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    Is this only happening on phones and tablets? Anyone getting this on a Windows PC?
     
    #30 bbtkd, Jan 28, 2018
  11. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    Update: frdads.com has been added to our block list, but our ad host can't seem to track the origin of these ads. So they're going to move us to a buyer whitelist soon, which should clear all of this up.
     
    #31 Todd, Jan 28, 2018
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  12. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    It's specifically targeting mobile.
     
    #32 Todd, Jan 28, 2018
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  13. guinness77

    guinness77 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,554) Jan 6, 2014 New York
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    #33 guinness77, Jan 28, 2018
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  14. bbtkd

    bbtkd Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,790) Sep 20, 2015 South Dakota
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    Then wondering why not all mobile. I'm running Chrome on the latest Android on Samsung Note 8, with Malwarebytes, and not seeing this issue. I see that at least one other person was running Android, and they are getting it.
     
    #34 bbtkd, Jan 28, 2018
  15. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    My guess: there are a ton of different platforms, browsers, and vulnerabilities. So they're targeting the ones they can. It's a very common exploit.
     
    #35 Todd, Jan 28, 2018
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  16. Giantspace

    Giantspace Grand Pooh-Bah (3,043) Dec 22, 2011 Pennsylvania
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    Running 9.3.2 on a 5S and have not seen any pop ups.

    Enjoy
     
    #36 Giantspace, Jan 28, 2018
  17. Bluecrow

    Bluecrow Grand Pooh-Bah (3,501) Jul 16, 2012 New York
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    #37 Bluecrow, Jan 28, 2018
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  18. HoppyBeerisHappyBeer

    HoppyBeerisHappyBeer Crusader (477) Feb 3, 2015 Indiana

    yep, that one just got me too. Running latest chrome on Samsung j3. It's happened to me on other regular websites like thefreedictionary.com, but that one seems to have gone away maybe due to site administrator like what you are working on here.
     
    #38 HoppyBeerisHappyBeer, Jan 28, 2018
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  19. Todd

    Todd Founder (13,518) Aug 23, 1996 Finland
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    Update: Our ad server tech report that they've been able to identify and block the culprit. If they get more reports, we'll then move to a whitelist.
     
    #39 Todd, Jan 31, 2018
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  20. nograz

    nograz Maven (1,424) Oct 30, 2013 Minnesota
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    #40 nograz, Feb 10, 2018
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