Ads causing redirects/Fake McAfee Ads/Large Ads (Sept 2024)

[Willtar59]

17 minutes ago, Testsubject276 said:

I'm seeing these too, it's infuriating. I can't even leave a nexus tab open in the background. Thankfully, my mouse has a back button I can spam to back out. 

The domain I keep seeing is "ak.itponytaa" if anyone smarter than me can figure that out. 

I would not go on their main site with the mods i got a virus from it i put the name and what file it tried to inject in an earlier post. If you do not know how to look out for virus i would recommend getting an anti-virus and keep in mind i had to scan mine before it got detected it was well hidden mine did not auto detect it. {I did not click on anything, or anything bad just want to say that, so it is possible to get one even if you just keep backing out of them}.

Edited September 20 by Willtar59

[Testsubject276]

2 hours ago, Willtar59 said:

I would not go on their main site with the mods i got a virus from it i put the name and what file it tried to inject in an earlier post. If you do not know how to look out for virus i would recommend getting an anti-virus and keep in mind i had to scan mine before it got detected it was well hidden mine did not auto detect it. {I did not click on anything, or anything bad just want to say that, so it is possible to get one even if you just keep backing out of them}.

I'm familiar with malwarebytes on past computers, would that suffice? 

[PippaPoops]

On 9/17/2024 at 6:16 AM, Pickysaurus said:

@MrsBigBrain69 I've merged your thread with this one as it's about the same thing. Please see my response above your post. 

Screenshot of very large white adding taking up lower half of the screen.

[Willtar59]

To be honest im not sure maybe i pay for a service and i also do my own pc cleaning. From what i know malwarebytes is good but im not sure. It is a new version of a existing virus. That is probably why mine did not pick it up right away. 

[fachrizaltofu]

Look man the old UI for ads was good. it's not too in the way but also not too obscure. but this is just annoying dude. also there's no button to close it

[Iluviel]

Thanks for the reports everyone.

Our ad provider has taken some steps over the weekend to remove/reduce the malicious ads that are redirecting to other sites. This was a global problem that would have been affecting many other sites that display ads. Hopefully this should be resolved and the ads have stopped appearing.

I've also sent examples of the large white ads at the bottom of the screen, as those should not be appearing. We'll get those removed asap.

 

[Willtar59]

Can anyone confirm this was fixed? 

[Pickysaurus]

10 hours ago, Willtar59 said:

Can anyone confirm this was fixed? 

Please see the post immediately above yours (although it's now on the previous page). 

We believe the issue is fixed, but we're keeping the thread open in case users are still seeing it. 

[Willtar59]

Thank you and i just like to make sure as you never know.

[AndyPandyW]

On 9/18/2024 at 8:26 AM, Iluviel said:

The ads have been in this format and layout for some time now, so this is not a new change we've implemented.

That being said... we're looking at removing the left and right adverts (on your example the HSBC and Bupa ones) as we agree that there are too many ads.

Would it be possible to programme the site at least to scale with the ads rather than allowing the bottom ad to sit on top of the content? It makes a lot of the screenshots etc... unusable as they cover up the descriptions and bottom of the screenshot with no way to move it out of the way.