Redirected to Malware

[DisgruntledGoat]

Alright, I visited the Org today when suddenly I was redirected to a site that attempted to get me to install malware stating that I had picked up a virus. This has happened several times now and I have to be wonder what the heck is going on. Its only happened when I visit the org and moving to a new thread or forum. For instance clicking on a thread in the gameroom. Anyone else experiencing this.

[InsaneApache]

I had a threat warning from my virus guard earlier today. I'd just got on the org. so I might have picked something up when I was surfing previously. Not had any probs before.

[DisgruntledGoat]

Using google chrome and it has popped up warnings several times, again only when I visit the org. Its rather odd.

[Tratorix]

It happened to me while reading this very thread...

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Mozilla (SeaMonkey or Firefox) + AdBlock Plus
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[DisgruntledGoat]

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Mozilla (SeaMonkey or Firefox) + AdBlock Plus
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thats nice but I shouldn't have to be worrying about malware when I visit the org.

[drone]

thats nice but I shouldn't have to be worrying about malware when I visit the org.

No, you shouldn't, but it's the nature of online ads these days. IIRC, the Org itself does not control the ads, this is done by the host (AtomicGamer?). I would prefer to support the Org's host with ad views, but unfortunately respect does not flow both ways. Loud, annoying ads and occasional malware cross the line, so it's AdBlock ftw. I don't click on ads anyway, so they aren't losing click-throughs. It's amazing whenever I use someone else's browser, I can't imagine how people can surf with all that distraction.

If you don't mind the additional hassle, install the Firefox addon NoScript. You can probably set it up to get Org ads, but not have to worry about redirects and such. You have to enable scripts on pages manually though, but it's safe.

[Tellos Athenaios]

Using Opera, no need for any fancy additions: it's that good out of the box.

Anyways: it boils down to an iframe & script that injects a 3rd party script on this site.

<center>
<iframe border="0" width="728" height="90" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0" bordercolor="#000000" scrolling="no" src="http://banner.atomicgamer.com/strategy/forum.html"></iframe>

<SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript" LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
var random = Math.round(Math.random() * 100000000);
if (!pageNum) var pageNum = Math.round(Math.random() * 100000000);
document.write('<SCR');
document.write('IPT TYPE="text/javascript" LANGUAGE="JavaScript" SRC="http://cgm.adbureau.net/jserver/acc_random=' + random + '/SITE=TOTALWAR/AREA=PC/AAMSZ=600X400/pageid=' + pageNum + '">');
document.write('</SCR');
document.write('IPT>');
</SCRIPT>
</center>
</body>

This can probably be trivially killed if you can inject JavaScript of your own to modify the page before it is loaded. That is possible with Opera, but I don't know about other browsers.

[Adrian II]

thats nice but I shouldn't have to be worrying about malware when I visit the org.

Many ads are like malware these days. Like Mouzaphaerre wrote, Mozilla + AdblockPlus is the answer.

[Viking]

Alright, I visited the Org today when suddenly I was redirected to a site that attempted to get me to install malware stating that I had picked up a virus. This has happened several times now and I have to be wonder what the heck is going on. Its only happened when I visit the org and moving to a new thread or forum. For instance clicking on a thread in the gameroom. Anyone else experiencing this.

I just had it. Pretty disturbing that an ad has been given the power to redirect my browser altogether; here's hoping it does not set the trend for future advertisements.

[A1_Unit]

Using Opera, no need for any fancy additions: it's that good out of the box.

Anyways: it boils down to an iframe & script that injects a 3rd party script on this site.

<center>
<iframe border="0" width="728" height="90" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0" bordercolor="#000000" scrolling="no" src="http://banner.atomicgamer.com/strategy/forum.html"></iframe>

<SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript" LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
var random = Math.round(Math.random() * 100000000);
if (!pageNum) var pageNum = Math.round(Math.random() * 100000000);
document.write('<SCR');
document.write('IPT TYPE="text/javascript" LANGUAGE="JavaScript" SRC="http://cgm.adbureau.net/jserver/acc_random=' + random + '/SITE=TOTALWAR/AREA=PC/AAMSZ=600X400/pageid=' + pageNum + '">');
document.write('</SCR');
document.write('IPT>');
</SCRIPT>
</center>
</body>

This can probably be trivially killed if you can inject JavaScript of your own to modify the page before it is loaded. That is possible with Opera, but I don't know about other browsers.

I have Opera - how do I do this?

[Tellos Athenaios]

User JavaScript files from the JavaScript Options under Tools -> Preferences -> Advanced -> Content.

[A1_Unit]

I couldn't find "Content" but I found the Javascript console which should work for me I think.