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Clarity;2286055; said:
That's pretty common, and it's almost certainly going to be something in your computer. If it doesn't happen in other browsers, than it's going to be limited to MSIE (good news). You might hit the computer forum about it, there are people far more knowledgeable than I am.
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aaand its back... ugh
 
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BusNative;2286097; said:
aaand its back... ugh
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I had this google redirect problem a couple months back. You definitely have the google redirect virus or a similar malware problem. I don't remember what I used to get rid of it then, because it took several different malware tools to fix it, and I eventually did a fresh install of Windows due to what I think was an unrelated problem.

Do a search for "google redirect" from a different browser or computer to get some tips on how to get rid of it. Also, buckeyplanet ctrl+enter will help you avoid using google to find BP :p
 
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IT remoted in and dropped some fresh scans on the computer (need 'admin rights' to do stuff like this on my work computer... Elitist pr icks). Better now, had a large handful of Trojans and some other junk. Just wish I knew which site(s) they came from. Didn't go to one 'sketchy' site yesterday, though I suppose they can come from anywhere.
 
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BusNative;2286349; said:
IT remoted in and dropped some fresh scans on the computer (need 'admin rights' to do stuff like this on my work computer... Elitist pr icks). Better now, had a large handful of Trojans and some other junk. Just wish I knew which site(s) they came from. Didn't go to one 'sketchy' site yesterday, though I suppose they can come from anywhere.
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They really can come from anywhere, including (but not limited to) legit websites, Facebook links, email, really any source. It's all a question of how closely the site monitors itself, and I test and check us daily. Doesn't mean nothing can slip through, but we try and stay right on top of it.

Glad you got cleaned up.
 
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National Car Rental video playing & not able to pause or mute it. Usual Ad Monkey spot viewed from a laptop.
 
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MD Buckeye;2289444; said:
National Car Rental video playing & not able to pause or mute it. Usual Ad Monkey spot viewed from a laptop.
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I haven't been able to reproduce it yet, so I'll need to know whether you saw it on the left or the right side (of the two 300x250 ads there). Different providers for each.

And just to be clear, it autoplays audio without any interaction (even a stray mouseover), correct?

Thanks!
 
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Clarity;2289578; said:
I haven't been able to reproduce it yet, so I'll need to know whether you saw it on the left or the right side (of the two 300x250 ads there). Different providers for each.

And just to be clear, it autoplays audio without any interaction (even a stray mouseover), correct?

Thanks!
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It was on the right & I was scrolling down the page when it started. Not sure if my mouse went over it or not lol.
 
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I'm not sure if it's an ad problem, but I'm getting regular malware warning as I move between threads. Chrome gave me this:

Content from cm.netseer.com, a known malware distributor, has been inserted into this web page. Visiting this page now is very likely to infect your computer with malware.
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Bucky Katt;2300250; said:
I'm not sure if it's an ad problem, but I'm getting regular malware warning as I move between threads. Chrome gave me this:
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I think that's one of the adware spiders that looks at your cookies and then builds ads on webpages, but I could be wrong.
 
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Bucky Katt;2300250; said:
I'm not sure if it's an ad problem, but I'm getting regular malware warning as I move between threads. Chrome gave me this:
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Mike is right, Netseer is an ad company. Not someone we work with directly, but they're one of the tech firms that advertisers use which means their code ends up all over the place.

I've done some Googling, and people are getting the same warning all over the place. I see reports for imdb.com, operationsports.com, verizon.net, gamefaqs.com, wunderground.com, CBS News, overclock.com, boston.com, TMZ, washingtonpost, reuters, newyorktimes, etc. I mean the bottom line is that it's going to be popping warnings intermittently *almost* everywhere Google's own Doubleclick is used, which is everywhere -- clearly that isn't just super.

The good news is all of those sites in question (including our own) are clear, the warning is about Netseer's domain itself, and it remains to be seen whether or not it's legitimate or an error on Google's end. When I have Sucuri do a remote scan of Netseer's web domain and ad servers, it comes up clean excapt for a blacklist entry by Google (which is what triggers that behavior in Chrome) -- I imagine this is going to get sorted out quickly one way or another, because it's so massively widespread, without regard to who is at fault.

Anyway, it's not us. :) I've gone through a few dozen pages in Chrome and didn't get the warning myself, so it could be that I got lucky (Netseer isn't going to get loaded regularly) or it could be that our ad partners have started to block it, or it could be that it's been fixed. You may continue to see the warning here and elsewhere until it's been resolved if it hasn't already.

I'm monitoring the situation.
 
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Okay. Netseer's website was hacked. Their representative says that their ad network was not compromised.

So this is an awkward case where Google flagging a web compromise blanket covered ad serving domains, which meant that it spread far and wide as (apparently) an unrelated false positive.

The funny thing here is that Netseer is used by Google... So when you're getting that warning, it's Google warning you get about something delivered by Google. I'd laugh, but I really just want to set things on fire at the moment.

http://www.zdnet.com/netseer-suffers-hack-triggers-google-anti-malware-warnings-7000010776/

from that article said:
A spokesperson for the company confirmed the successful hacking attempt at around 5:30 a.m. PT, but noted that it did not affect its advertising network infrastructure.

The company is currently working with Google to rectify the situation.

A NetSeer spokesperson confirmed that its corporate etwork had been infected with malware, and Google subsequently added its domain to a list of malware-affected Websites. Because NetSeer's corporate site has the same domain name as its advertising network, Google triggered warnings on end-user machines warning users to avoid any NetSeer ad-supported Web site.

But, visitors to these Web sites no point at risk from being served up malware from the NetSeer advertising network, the company said.

"Our operations team went into all-hands-on-deck mode and we have successfully cleaned the site of the malware issue. We are also working with Google to do an expedited review of the site and remove the site from the malware impacted site-list so that browsing behavior can be restored for all users," a NetSeer spokesperson said.
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Anyway, it should all be resolved shortly now that it's a known issue. If you get the warning, just reload the page fresh. You shouldn't be seeing Netseer on very many loads and you can just get a page without them that way.

I've put blocks in for Netseer where I can (again, we don't use them, but they can (and clearly still are) coming in through points downstream), so whether it's when those blocks kick in or when Netseer and Google unscrew themselves, a remedy is coming either way.

Sorry for the headache, all. The good news is it's not us. The bad news is it's basically the entire interwebs. The other good news is because it's so massive it should be gone shortly.
 
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