Board 8 > Mobile browser hijacks are back.

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Leafeon13N 03/31/18 3:09:29 PM #1:	Ugh. <cite>Leafeon13N posted [p:898826981] in Mobile bro... [t:76471932]...</cite> <quote>Ugh.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Snrkiko 03/31/18 4:10:32 PM #2:	blokada --- ...Snrk. And theeen, we do stuff like, 'Persona!' with our Personas and beat the crap outta Shadows... <cite>Snrkiko posted [p:898829709] in Mobile bro... [t:76471932]...</cite> <quote>blokada</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Dark Young Link 03/31/18 4:26:22 PM #3:	Gamefaqs has been borderline unusable on mobile recently. Just to day I had a"Congratulations, you won a giftcard from Walmart" bullshit appear. 8 times. Within 20 minutes. --- http://i.imgur.com/gOGzcN4.gif <cite>Dark Young Link posted [p:898830374] in Mobile bro... [t:76471932]...</cite> <quote>Gamefaqs has been borderline unusable on mobile recently. Just to day I had a"Congratulations, you won a giftcard from Walmart" bullshit appear. 8 times. Within 20 minutes.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
red13n 03/31/18 4:27:13 PM #4:	yep I've been getting the Walmart one and a very generic even more malicious one that is designed to look like a page from google. --- "First thing that crosses my mind: I didn't get any GameFAQs Karma yesterday." Math Murderer after getting his appendix removed. <cite>red13n posted [p:898830411] in Mobile bro... [t:76471932]...</cite> <quote>yep I've been getting the Walmart one and a very generic even more malicious one that is designed to look like a page from google.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
banananor 03/31/18 4:41:30 PM #5:	Chiming in to agree. --- You did indeed stab me in the back. However, you are only level one, whilst I am level 50. That means I should remain uninjured. <cite>banananor posted [p:898831037] in Mobile bro... [t:76471932]...</cite> <quote>Chiming in to agree.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
NFUN 03/31/18 4:49:54 PM #6:	Adblock --- Thus is our treaty written, thus is our agreement made. Thought is the arrow of time; memory never fades. What was asked is given; the price is paid. ARF <cite>NFUN posted [p:898831388] in Mobile bro... [t:76471932]...</cite> <quote>Adblock</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BlueCrystalTear 03/31/18 5:21:20 PM #7:	NFUN posted... Adblock On mobile? Every ad blocker I've used on my Android is very unreliable. --- BlueCrystalTear \| GNT BB4 Winner, Winner Chicken Dinner 3DS 4356-4163-4781 \| (((FREE HUGS))) \| You're living your own life. You're you. <cite>BlueCrystalTear posted [p:898832812] in Mobile bro... [t:76471932]...</cite> <quote><cite>NFUN posted...</cite> <quote>Adblock</quote> On mobile? Every ad blocker I've used on my Android is very unreliable.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
NFUN 03/31/18 5:23:39 PM #8:	BlueCrystalTear posted... NFUN posted... Adblock On mobile? Every ad blocker I've used on my Android is very unreliable. You should try using one that's reliable then --- Thus is our treaty written, thus is our agreement made. Thought is the arrow of time; memory never fades. What was asked is given; the price is paid. ARF <cite>NFUN posted [p:898832936] in Mobile bro... [t:76471932]...</cite> <quote><cite>BlueCrystalTear posted...</cite> <quote><cite>NFUN posted...</cite> <quote>Adblock</quote> On mobile? Every ad blocker I've used on my Android is very unreliable.</quote> You should try using one that's reliable then</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
kevwaffles 03/31/18 5:36:46 PM #9:	Thanks for that, Luster. --- "One toot on this whistle will take you to a far away land." -Toad, SMB3 <cite>kevwaffles posted [p:898833565] in Mobile bro... [t:76471932]...</cite> <quote>Thanks for that, Luster.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Leafeon13N 03/31/18 5:51:06 PM #10:	Shouldn't have to download an adblocker to use gfaqs. <cite>Leafeon13N posted [p:898834252] in Mobile bro... [t:76471932]...</cite> <quote>Shouldn't have to download an adblocker to use gfaqs.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Reg 03/31/18 5:52:02 PM #11:	Adblockers are pretty much mandatory for the internet in general, as sad as it is. People need to operate on a whitelist model, not a blacklist. --- Congratulations to BKSheikah, winner of the BYIG Guru Contest <cite>Reg posted [p:898834299] in Mobile bro... [t:76471932]...</cite> <quote>Adblockers are pretty much mandatory for the internet in general, as sad as it is. People need to operate on a whitelist model, not a blacklist.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BlueCrystalTear 03/31/18 6:04:29 PM #12:	Leafeon13N posted... Shouldn't have to download an adblocker to use gfaqs. Yeah, I don't need to because GameFlux works around the ads. All this said, 85% of my Internet browsing is done on a PC so I haven't looked into dedicated ad-blockers in like two years now. Yikes, time flies... --- BlueCrystalTear \| GNT BB4 Winner, Winner Chicken Dinner 3DS 4356-4163-4781 \| (((FREE HUGS))) \| You're living your own life. You're you. <cite>BlueCrystalTear posted [p:898834852] in Mobile bro... [t:76471932]...</cite> <quote><cite>Leafeon13N posted...</cite> <quote>Shouldn't have to download an adblocker to use gfaqs.</quote> Yeah, I don't need to because GameFlux works around the ads. All this said, 85% of my Internet browsing is done on a PC so I haven't looked into dedicated ad-blockers in like two years now. Yikes, time flies...</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ChaosTonyV4 03/31/18 6:29:05 PM #13:	They went away? --- Phantom Dust. "I'll just wait for time to prove me right again." - Vlado <cite>ChaosTonyV4 posted [p:898835933] in Mobile bro... [t:76471932]...</cite> <quote>They went away?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FL81 03/31/18 6:55:29 PM #14:	BlueCrystalTear posted... NFUN posted... Adblock On mobile? Every ad blocker I've used on my Android is very unreliable. uBlock Origin for Firefox Mobile has worked wonders for me --- https://i.imgtc.com/C6jP02v.jpg https://i.imgtc.com/UAGNJFv.gif https://i.imgtc.com/cBTnWgf.png https://i.imgtc.com/wdjM3F8.png <cite>FL81 posted [p:898837128] in Mobile bro... [t:76471932]...</cite> <quote><cite>BlueCrystalTear posted...</cite> <quote><cite>NFUN posted...</cite> <quote>Adblock</quote> On mobile? Every ad blocker I've used on my Android is very unreliable.</quote> uBlock Origin for Firefox Mobile has worked wonders for me</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Heroic Bigpun 03/31/18 7:57:37 PM #15:	I saw this topic on my desktop earlier today As soon as I brought up b8 on mobile just now I got the walmart one --- pUnny at his phone. Expect tYpos <cite>Heroic Bigpun posted [p:898840070] in Mobile bro... [t:76471932]...</cite> <quote>I saw this topic on my desktop earlier today As soon as I brought up b8 on mobile just now I got the walmart one</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Forceful_Dragon 04/01/18 4:46:04 AM #16:	I just got the "congratulations you won a chance to win a phone" hijacking. @SBAllen fix it :/ --- ~C~ FD http://i.imgur.com/dGDfxaw.png <cite>Forceful_Dragon posted [p:898861053] in Mobile bro... [t:76471932]...</cite> <quote>I just got the "congratulations you won a chance to win a phone" hijacking. @SBAllen fix it :/</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
VintageGin 04/01/18 2:16:10 PM #17:	Had one appear on my phone last night and spent like half an hour trying to reproduce it so I could provide more info on what needed to be blocked, but no dice. --- Ginhyun http://i.imgur.com/t7G7uoU.gif <cite>VintageGin posted [p:898877671] in Mobile bro... [t:76471932]...</cite> <quote>Had one appear on my phone last night and spent like half an hour trying to reproduce it so I could provide more info on what needed to be blocked, but no dice.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SBAllen 04/02/18 9:49:55 AM #18:	There's a very noticeable red "Report Ad" link in the site footer (shows up on every page). If you get a malicious ad, please click it. It will send us every bit of info possible about the ads that are on the page when you clicked, which can help us get rid of the ad very quickly. --- "Um, let's face it, you'd be better off staying at the Hilton." http://facebook.com/GFAQS \| http://twitter.com/GameFAQs <cite>SBAllen posted [p:898918359] in Mobile bro... [t:76471932]...</cite> <quote>There's a very noticeable red "Report Ad" link in the site footer (shows up on every page). If you get a malicious ad, please click it. It will send us every bit of info possible about the ads that are on the page when you clicked, which can help us get rid of the ad very quickly.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Peace___Frog 04/02/18 10:06:07 AM #19:	I've never actually noticed that. Interesting --- ~Peaf~ <cite>Peace___Frog posted [p:898918926] in Mobile bro... [t:76471932]...</cite> <quote>I've never actually noticed that. Interesting</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ShatteredElysium 04/02/18 10:26:40 AM #20:	SBAllen posted... There's a very noticeable red "Report Ad" link in the site footer (shows up on every page). If you get a malicious ad, please click it. It will send us every bit of info possible about the ads that are on the page when you clicked, which can help us get rid of the ad very quickly. I don't understand why ads aren't pre-screened before appearing on the website? <cite>ShatteredElysium posted [p:898919663] in Mobile bro... [t:76471932]...</cite> <quote><cite>SBAllen posted...</cite> <quote>There's a very noticeable red "Report Ad" link in the site footer (shows up on every page). If you get a malicious ad, please click it. It will send us every bit of info possible about the ads that are on the page when you clicked, which can help us get rid of the ad very quickly.</quote> I don't understand why ads aren't pre-screened before appearing on the website?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
VintageGin 04/02/18 11:30:53 AM #21:	ShatteredElysium posted... SBAllen posted... There's a very noticeable red "Report Ad" link in the site footer (shows up on every page). If you get a malicious ad, please click it. It will send us every bit of info possible about the ads that are on the page when you clicked, which can help us get rid of the ad very quickly. I don't understand why ads aren't pre-screened before appearing on the website? Ads typically are. The problem is that because ads run on an auction model with a lot of new ads/advertisers coming in, it gets harder to stop people who are really dedicated conserving a bad ad. As an example, one of the common practices is to screen an ad by running it in a sandbox environment before it even reaches the page. But people running bad ads have gotten wise to this and will send info for a more innocuous ad to get past the sandbox sandbox, then send the bad ad once they get through. --- Ginhyun http://i.imgur.com/t7G7uoU.gif <cite>VintageGin posted [p:898922290] in Mobile bro... [t:76471932]...</cite> <quote><cite>ShatteredElysium posted...</cite> <quote><cite>SBAllen posted...</cite> <quote>There's a very noticeable red "Report Ad" link in the site footer (shows up on every page). If you get a malicious ad, please click it. It will send us every bit of info possible about the ads that are on the page when you clicked, which can help us get rid of the ad very quickly.</quote> I don't understand why ads aren't pre-screened before appearing on the website?</quote> Ads typically are. The problem is that because ads run on an auction model with a lot of new ads/advertisers coming in, it gets harder to stop people who are really dedicated conserving a bad ad. As an example, one of the common practices is to screen an ad by running it in a sandbox environment before it even reaches the page. But people running bad ads have gotten wise to this and will send info for a more innocuous ad to get past the sandbox sandbox, then send the bad ad once they get through.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Forceful_Dragon 04/02/18 2:08:55 PM #22:	SBAllen posted... There's a very noticeable red "Report Ad" link in the site footer (shows up on every page). If you get a malicious ad, please click it. It will send us every bit of info possible about the ads that are on the page when you clicked, which can help us get rid of the ad very quickly. Ah. I don't think I've ever scrolled down that far. --- ~C~ FD http://i.imgur.com/dGDfxaw.png <cite>Forceful_Dragon posted [p:898929958] in Mobile bro... [t:76471932]...</cite> <quote><cite>SBAllen posted...</cite> <quote>There's a very noticeable red "Report Ad" link in the site footer (shows up on every page). If you get a malicious ad, please click it. It will send us every bit of info possible about the ads that are on the page when you clicked, which can help us get rid of the ad very quickly.</quote> Ah. I don't think I've ever scrolled down that far.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
banananor 04/02/18 2:41:59 PM #23:	there is definitely one that redirects me away without me actually clicking on anything, or maybe trigger when i click on a normal topic link pretty much impossible to hit 'back' the correct number of times to get back to where i want to be, as they have their 5 link auto-forward /popup/whatever system going, have to just kill the window --- You did indeed stab me in the back. However, you are only level one, whilst I am level 50. That means I should remain uninjured. <cite>banananor posted [p:898931796] in Mobile bro... [t:76471932]...</cite> <quote>there is definitely one that redirects me away without me actually clicking on anything, or maybe trigger when i click on a normal topic link pretty much impossible to hit 'back' the correct number of times to get back to where i want to be, as they have their 5 link auto-forward /popup/whatever system going, have to just kill the window</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
red13n 04/02/18 2:56:22 PM #24:	I try to use the report ad link when I can(On mobile, sometimes I don't necessarily have the time). I did, in this case. --- "First thing that crosses my mind: I didn't get any GameFAQs Karma yesterday." Math Murderer after getting his appendix removed. <cite>red13n posted [p:898932564] in Mobile bro... [t:76471932]...</cite> <quote>I try to use the report ad link when I can(On mobile, sometimes I don't necessarily have the time). I did, in this case.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
VintageGin 04/02/18 3:01:18 PM #25:	SBAllen posted... There's a very noticeable red "Report Ad" link in the site footer (shows up on every page). If you get a malicious ad, please click it. It will send us every bit of info possible about the ads that are on the page when you clicked, which can help us get rid of the ad very quickly. Out of curiosity, how are you capturing this data? In the case of a mobile redirect, if the user navigates back to the page, the ad that's redirecting will likely have already refreshed, so I don't know if you'd be able to get any useful info on this. I can share the landing page, although that might have limited usefulness if the advertiser/buyer is chaining redirects or spoofing the landing page in some way. --- Ginhyun http://i.imgur.com/t7G7uoU.gif <cite>VintageGin posted [p:898932837] in Mobile bro... [t:76471932]...</cite> <quote><cite>SBAllen posted...</cite> <quote>There's a very noticeable red "Report Ad" link in the site footer (shows up on every page). If you get a malicious ad, please click it. It will send us every bit of info possible about the ads that are on the page when you clicked, which can help us get rid of the ad very quickly.</quote> Out of curiosity, how are you capturing this data? In the case of a mobile redirect, if the user navigates back to the page, the ad that's redirecting will likely have already refreshed, so I don't know if you'd be able to get any useful info on this. I can share the landing page, although that might have limited usefulness if the advertiser/buyer is chaining redirects or spoofing the landing page in some way.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
red13n 04/02/18 5:40:40 PM #26:	VintageGin posted... SBAllen posted... There's a very noticeable red "Report Ad" link in the site footer (shows up on every page). If you get a malicious ad, please click it. It will send us every bit of info possible about the ads that are on the page when you clicked, which can help us get rid of the ad very quickly. Out of curiosity, how are you capturing this data? In the case of a mobile redirect, if the user navigates back to the page, the ad that's redirecting will likely have already refreshed, so I don't know if you'd be able to get any useful info on this. I can share the landing page, although that might have limited usefulness if the advertiser/buyer is chaining redirects or spoofing the landing page in some way. I get the URL of the ad out of my browser history. I like to close the window because typically these pages are doing dumb things to my browser or phone(Like forced vibration). --- "First thing that crosses my mind: I didn't get any GameFAQs Karma yesterday." Math Murderer after getting his appendix removed. <cite>red13n posted [p:898940911] in Mobile bro... [t:76471932]...</cite> <quote><cite>VintageGin posted...</cite> <quote><cite>SBAllen posted...</cite> <quote>There's a very noticeable red "Report Ad" link in the site footer (shows up on every page). If you get a malicious ad, please click it. It will send us every bit of info possible about the ads that are on the page when you clicked, which can help us get rid of the ad very quickly.</quote> Out of curiosity, how are you capturing this data? In the case of a mobile redirect, if the user navigates back to the page, the ad that's redirecting will likely have already refreshed, so I don't know if you'd be able to get any useful info on this. I can share the landing page, although that might have limited usefulness if the advertiser/buyer is chaining redirects or spoofing the landing page in some way.</quote> I get the URL of the ad out of my browser history. I like to close the window because typically these pages are doing dumb things to my browser or phone(Like forced vibration).</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
neonreaper 04/02/18 5:59:41 PM #27:	Maybe write some automated tests for this stuff? --- Donny: Are they gonna hurt us, Walter? Walter: No, Donny. These men are cowards. <cite>neonreaper posted [p:898941897] in Mobile bro... [t:76471932]...</cite> <quote>Maybe write some automated tests for this stuff?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
OliviaTremor 04/02/18 8:44:53 PM #28:	'There's a very noticeable red 'Report Ad' link no one has noticed at the footer of every page, somewhere no one looks, so clearly our malicious ads are your fault' Also, turning off JavaScript is the only way to navigate this site on mobile. --- Notyou <cite>OliviaTremor posted [p:898951049] in Mobile bro... [t:76471932]...</cite> <quote>'There's a very noticeable red 'Report Ad' link no one has noticed at the footer of every page, somewhere no one looks, so clearly our malicious ads are your fault' Also, turning off JavaScript is the only way to navigate this site on mobile.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Board 8 > Mobile browser hijacks are back. (+) Yeah! (+)

Board 8 > Mobile browser hijacks are back.