My latest experience with Amazon popups, etc
12-22-2018, 08:17 PM
#41
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...6-malware.html
Also, the Flash update ad is well beyond CorvetteForum and has quite a bit of history. It is not specific or only for CorvetteForum visitors. A Google search will show quite a bit of discussion, warnings, etc., about how large of an issue it is. The team will work to isolate and resolve the issue based on the information provided in the aforementioned link to help narrow down the offenders.
Thanks.
12-26-2018, 01:58 PM
#44
My apologies that the ad issue bubbled back up already. We work with a company called Confiant to preemptively identify and block the ads, but clearly there's more to be done.
To help them more effectively filter out the rogue ads, Confiant asked for some additional assistance in identifying the ads' sources. If you're willing to help, there's a special browser app called HttpWatch that you can download from the iOS App Store to capture a log of where the redirect occurs and where it takes you. To be clear, this app will only log your activity when you're specifically using it. It won't track any activity from your regular browser.
I've attached a PDF with full instructions of how to generate the log and where to email it. We continue to collect data on our end as well, but the more we can send them collectively, the faster the issue can be resolved.
Thanks for your assistance, and sorry again for the inconvenience these ads are causing.
To help them more effectively filter out the rogue ads, Confiant asked for some additional assistance in identifying the ads' sources. If you're willing to help, there's a special browser app called HttpWatch that you can download from the iOS App Store to capture a log of where the redirect occurs and where it takes you. To be clear, this app will only log your activity when you're specifically using it. It won't track any activity from your regular browser.
I've attached a PDF with full instructions of how to generate the log and where to email it. We continue to collect data on our end as well, but the more we can send them collectively, the faster the issue can be resolved.
Thanks for your assistance, and sorry again for the inconvenience these ads are causing.
12-28-2018, 08:20 PM
#46
Melting Slicks
I’ve been dealing with this issue for a while now. Several different sites and when it starts it’s almost impossible to get it to stop. I’ve actually had pretty good luck the last few weeks... until I clicked the link to enter this thread and it instantly comes back 
12-28-2018, 08:53 PM
#47
Still a problem:
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12-29-2018, 10:13 AM
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My apologies for the continued inconvenience of these rogue ads. As J T noted, these ads are not exclusive to CorvetteForum, but we are working to minimize their impact as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, the issue isn't so much that it's just a single bad ad or provider. Instead, it's legitimate ads being injected with malicious code. This means that even when we block a single provider, the rogue ad code jumps to a different one almost immediately.
That said, we have implemented filtering software to help us better identify and preemptively block ads that may include the malicious code, and are working on further safeguards should rogue ads continue to slip through.
If you continue to experience the redirects, please keep sharing screenshots here. Thanks!
That said, we have implemented filtering software to help us better identify and preemptively block ads that may include the malicious code, and are working on further safeguards should rogue ads continue to slip through.
If you continue to experience the redirects, please keep sharing screenshots here. Thanks!
12-29-2018, 12:28 PM
#53
In the meantime, the nice thing to do for customer experience would be to turn off ads in production until they get it sorted.
Many of us are NOT using the site in the meantime, so what’s really the difference? :-)
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12-29-2018, 01:42 PM
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Our home computer is Windows 10/IE11 and we never get the popups.
My iPhone started getting them several weeks ago, to the point that it was unusable for CF. Then about a week ago, they suddenly stopped. It would be interesting to know why my problem has stopped and others continue. Could it be related to what sections of CF or threads we watch, that makes the difference? Or something else?
My iPhone started getting them several weeks ago, to the point that it was unusable for CF. Then about a week ago, they suddenly stopped. It would be interesting to know why my problem has stopped and others continue. Could it be related to what sections of CF or threads we watch, that makes the difference? Or something else?
12-29-2018, 02:00 PM
#55
Our home computer is Windows 10/IE11 and we never get the popups.
My iPhone started getting them several weeks ago, to the point that it was unusable for CF. Then about a week ago, they suddenly stopped. It would be interesting to know why my problem has stopped and others continue. Could it be related to what sections of CF or threads we watch, that makes the difference? Or something else?
My iPhone started getting them several weeks ago, to the point that it was unusable for CF. Then about a week ago, they suddenly stopped. It would be interesting to know why my problem has stopped and others continue. Could it be related to what sections of CF or threads we watch, that makes the difference? Or something else?
It’s not a stretch to think that the jackals who exert enough energy to create fake ad companies to use as Trojan horses for these popups would spend the extra time to maximize how often their toxic ads are presented.
So yes... they have probably done their research and optimized their ads to primarily display on the most popular topics... like C8.
12-29-2018, 02:32 PM
#56
My apologies that the ad issue bubbled back up already. We work with a company called Confiant to preemptively identify and block the ads, but clearly there's more to be done.
To help them more effectively filter out the rogue ads, Confiant asked for some additional assistance in identifying the ads' sources. If you're willing to help, there's a special browser app called HttpWatch that you can download from the iOS App Store to capture a log of where the redirect occurs and where it takes you. To be clear, this app will only log your activity when you're specifically using it. It won't track any activity from your regular browser.
I've attached a PDF with full instructions of how to generate the log and where to email it. We continue to collect data on our end as well, but the more we can send them collectively, the faster the issue can be resolved.
Thanks for your assistance, and sorry again for the inconvenience these ads are causing.
To help them more effectively filter out the rogue ads, Confiant asked for some additional assistance in identifying the ads' sources. If you're willing to help, there's a special browser app called HttpWatch that you can download from the iOS App Store to capture a log of where the redirect occurs and where it takes you. To be clear, this app will only log your activity when you're specifically using it. It won't track any activity from your regular browser.
I've attached a PDF with full instructions of how to generate the log and where to email it. We continue to collect data on our end as well, but the more we can send them collectively, the faster the issue can be resolved.
Thanks for your assistance, and sorry again for the inconvenience these ads are causing.
12-29-2018, 02:37 PM
#57
IB QA & Devs should be using this “special browser” to figure it out. They want me to do their work, let me know the address of their accounts receivable department and i’m happy to work at my hourly billable rate.
I reply here because I get email alerts as a result of being subscribed to this thread. I have stopped using the site unless an interesting email notification prompts me to click to view latest responses on a subscribed thread.
When I do so, I’m often immediately met with a popup, so I close and don’t return.
I reply here because I get email alerts as a result of being subscribed to this thread. I have stopped using the site unless an interesting email notification prompts me to click to view latest responses on a subscribed thread.
When I do so, I’m often immediately met with a popup, so I close and don’t return.
Last edited by SoCalC7; 12-29-2018 at 02:42 PM.
12-29-2018, 02:43 PM
#58
Those who do want to help, I think it's best to follow Jason's information as I don't think posting screen captures is enough information.
My apologies that the ad issue bubbled back up already. We work with a company called Confiant to preemptively identify and block the ads, but clearly there's more to be done.
To help them more effectively filter out the rogue ads, Confiant asked for some additional assistance in identifying the ads' sources. If you're willing to help, there's a special browser app called HttpWatch that you can download from the iOS App Store to capture a log of where the redirect occurs and where it takes you. To be clear, this app will only log your activity when you're specifically using it. It won't track any activity from your regular browser.
I've attached a PDF with full instructions of how to generate the log and where to email it. We continue to collect data on our end as well, but the more we can send them collectively, the faster the issue can be resolved.
Thanks for your assistance, and sorry again for the inconvenience these ads are causing.
To help them more effectively filter out the rogue ads, Confiant asked for some additional assistance in identifying the ads' sources. If you're willing to help, there's a special browser app called HttpWatch that you can download from the iOS App Store to capture a log of where the redirect occurs and where it takes you. To be clear, this app will only log your activity when you're specifically using it. It won't track any activity from your regular browser.
I've attached a PDF with full instructions of how to generate the log and where to email it. We continue to collect data on our end as well, but the more we can send them collectively, the faster the issue can be resolved.
Thanks for your assistance, and sorry again for the inconvenience these ads are causing.
12-29-2018, 04:42 PM
#60
To be clear, they have been on this. As some have previously stated and understand the issue, this issue is well larger than CorvetteForum and is very well known to be a cat and mouse game. Internet Brands is simply asking assistance from those who are willing to provide it. Some have done so by posting some screen captures as requested. Now the request is the tool, as previously discussed, because that provides more information into the source of the issue rather than the result. This is for helping the community that has been freely available to access and use. If members want to help the community by participating with the request of gathering more data via the tool, that's great and will help more quickly resolve the issue as Internet Brands has stated. Those who do not wish to help, that's fine too but let's not continue to clutter this thread with defiant comments and/or ones that don't directly help the community with the issue at hand so those who do want to help the community can do so.