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3 minutes ago, grhqofb5 said:

Getting it on my phone and desktop at work. At work was getting an audio message saying that pornographic malware was trying to infection my computer.

Dang, that could be embarrassing. My suggestion is to use Tapatalk on mobile, and use uBlock Origin as a chrome extension, or adblock on any other browser on your computer. 

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Received a couple different versions as well when not logged on.  Norton blocked nearly all the popups.  Received a similar notification when I tried to view from work today and was not logged on.  My Co has a very robust Infosec dept, which is very sensitive to attempts to infiltrate our network, but is even more secure for any attempt to exfil data.  We call it the Hotel California syndrome.  If your a hacker you may be able to get in, but you'll never be able to leave. 

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Still getting it on my home PC (both Firefox and IE). No problems so far on my phone. The one I'm getting is an audio version, blue screen, telling me my PC is infected and will crash. It pops up in a new tab, and cannot be closed except by shutting down and restarting the computer.

I've run scans and there are no viruses or malware on the PC, so it's not infecting anything, but it's annoying as hell, and for now, the only way to view and post here is via my phone...

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8 minutes ago, Voyager said:

Still getting it on my home PC (both Firefox and IE). No problems so far on my phone. The one I'm getting is an audio version, blue screen, telling me my PC is infected and will crash. It pops up in a new tab, and cannot be closed except by shutting down and restarting the computer.

I've run scans and there are no viruses or malware on the PC, so it's not infecting anything, but it's annoying as hell, and for now, the only way to view and post here is via my phone...

You shouldn't have to reboot your computer. Chrome now has a means of closing these type of pages, but regardless of what browser you are using, use ALT-F4 to close your browser or even task manager and you shouldn't have to reboot. 

 

There is now a thread in the help forum where I should have posted in the first place. Sorry about that. The management is aware of the issue. 

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2 minutes ago, stormtracker said:

Guys, we're aware of the issue.  The problem is only one staff member here knows how to address the issue and he, sadly, isn't around as much as he needs to be.   If you can tell I'm a little peeved, I am.   This is as frustrating for us as it is to you all.  

I think we all deserve Amazon gift cards

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5 hours ago, stormtracker said:

Guys, we're aware of the issue.  The problem is only one staff member here knows how to address the issue and he, sadly, isn't around as much as he needs to be.   If you can tell I'm a little peeved, I am.   This is as frustrating for us as it is to you all.  

You do a lot of work to make this place run. I ,and I'm sore most others, really appreciate it. 

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As many may be aware, our site was hacked a few days ago and had inserted code into our site that created pop-ups and malware notices upon clicking links.  We have since found the code and removed it permanently.   If anyone comes across these pop-ups again, please sent a contact email or post in the Forum Info forum.

We apologize for this and have taken steps to make sure this doesn't happen again.

 

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As many may be aware, our site was hacked a few days ago and had inserted code into our site that created pop-ups and malware notices upon clicking links.  We have since found the code and removed it permanently.   If anyone comes across these pop-ups again, please sent a contact email or post in the Forum Info forum.

We apologize for this and have taken steps to make sure this doesn't happen again.

 

Happened to me! Thought it was my iPhone!! So I tried to go around it w Tap talk! Glad fixed!


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On 12/27/2017 at 4:15 PM, MN Transplant said:

Odd thing - I've had the mobile redirect (usually a "you've won something") on a bunch of different websites, but I don't remember it happening on here.

It’s happened to me on this and quite a few others.

The e-mail to members was a classy move. Really good stuff.

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I keep getting messenger popping up asking all sorts of things, but the weird part of it, it's DT messenger on FB sending them to me. I told him about his account being hacked and it stopped for a couple of days, but it is back now and getting worse. I keep putting a block on and an ignore, but it still manages to come through!

 

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