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Hackers and spammers Pop-ups on the forum?

M

Motormouse

SOH-CM-2025
Hi chaps,

Don't know if you are aware, but every forum click is generating unsavoury ad pop-ups; some of which are definitely not for minors.

ttfn

Pete
 
I'm seeing the same activity

IE11, WIN 7 Professional

OK writing this this my Blackberry.

Will try Googl Chrome next.
 
Chrome also shows the problem. It sometimes freezes on SOH with nothing happening when I click a link or forum menu. Most clicks will generate some external tab opening. Been happening since this afternoon.
 
The freezing issue seems to relate to right mouse click. I usually use that to open a link in a new tab, but that seems to be not currently working on SOH. A left click will usually open a new spam tab.

Mongrels!
 
I am encountering the pop-ups and spam pages with every attempt to navigate the site. I'm using Chrome on an android phone.
 
Reply...

Good morning,

This has been passed onto the Admins. Hang tight...
 
Disabled Java

I just tried an experiment. Turned Java off on my PC through Control Panel, and now the ads/spam "seem" to have disappeared. I still have the issue of the right mouse click not working some of the time. Usually I right click on a link, and open the link in a new tab. This will work sometimes, but it is not working very often. A left click on a link will send me to what I am clicking on, opening it in the same tab that was open.


Edit: Right mouse click seems to be working again now. Not sure how consistent it will be.


Edit 2: Right mouse click is still failing intermittently.

I still haven't had another ad pop up since disabling Java.
 
Not showing with me using Opera - but then I do have ad blocker enabled. Top bar showing 8 ads blocked. W8.1 pro.
Keith
 
Definitely a know problem. Those in the know are working on the problem as I type. Thanks for the heads up. Surf carefully.
 
I cleaned it from the server side for now. Clean out your browser cache completely ASAP.
 
No problem here.I do have symptoms of depression if i can't get in (when i get the server too busy come back later message) and have a panic attack too. :dizzy:
 
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