Re-Direct Ads Taking Me to Scam Sites

CharlieAus on 13/08/2024 - 09:19

Hi all,

Last day or so if I leave ozbargain open on Edge when I come back it's re-directed to a site "blessedbreakthroughs dot cc" that serves up a bunch of different scams from Telstra to Aldi etc. I've got a bunch of other tabs open and it's only been the ozbargain tabs where I've see this happen so assume it's coming from an ad served here?

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  • soan papdi on 13/08/2024 - 09:21

    Disable ads in your account: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/user/-/edit

    • CharlieAus on 13/08/2024 - 09:32
      +1

      Thanks, will try that, but thought it'd be good to alert the site that one of its advertisers seems to be doing it.

      • c64 on 13/08/2024 - 09:35
        +6

        firefox + ublock origin will make your general browsing experience much more pleasurable

  • rompastompa on 13/08/2024 - 09:38
    +2

    For any dodgy ads, mods may be able to block certain dodgy/unsupported ads from the upstream provider. See @hamza23's comment below:

    If you (or any other member) could report the landing page to us, if it happens again in the future, then we can send it to the upstream provider so they can block/remove the rogue ad.

    Feel free to use Twam or email to contact us with those details. - Source

  • bargaino on 13/08/2024 - 09:52
    +1

    The web has adverts? Oh yeah ,… just checking my logs and ozbargain is trying to do popup notifications. Are those ads?

  • DingoBilly on 13/08/2024 - 09:53
    +5

    Are you sure your browser isn't infected with malware?

    I'm not sure how an ad could redirect the page from ozbargain to another in the way you're describing without you clicking anything. Unless you mean a popup? The tab itself should remain on ozbargain.

    • CharlieAus on 13/08/2024 - 10:06
      +1

      Yep, it's a forced redirect from an ad (have a google, it's a thing), not a pop-up, has happened 3 times on ozbargain in the last 24 hours, nothing on my other 10 open tabs.

      • Banana3 on 13/08/2024 - 12:28
        +3

        If that is true, this sounds like a massive vulnerability. Imagine what someone could do with this.

        • CharlieAus on 13/08/2024 - 15:01

          Generally the good ad providers don't allow the ads, sometimes one slips through though. Happens a lot more on dodgier sites like torrent ones etc. With browsers as they are nowdays, they can't really do much other than open a page, you'd need to click to accept/open/download something to do real damage (or fall for the scam info it's displaying).

  • kyle on 13/08/2024 - 10:34
    +1

    Yes I'm getting those too.

    • Agarwal on 13/08/2024 - 11:51
      +1

      Same, got one yesterday but Avast picked it up

      • OutOfTime on 13/08/2024 - 15:05

        Also happened to me on mobile a few days ago, got directed to a scam website without being aware I clicked anything.
        (I assumed I accidentally clicked something until seeing this thread)

        I took a screenshot because I was going to ask if anyone else had it happen…

  • Moderatorscotty on 15/08/2024 - 17:54

    Getting the reply from the upstream supplier

    • The rogue ad might be coming from Confiant, which has been reported
    • SafeFrame has been implemented and deployed to majority of the traffic, and they'll continue to monitor

    Hopefully that would resolve the issue.

  • [Deactivated] on 16/08/2024 - 05:33

    Just got redirected to scam website, whatever causing it is still alive, this is the second occurrence this week. It is definitely not looking good for Ozb.

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