john_wilson10 Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 I'm getting a bogus javascript dialog box when I view this page: http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00Ov1V&unified_p=1 I'm assuming it's from an ad. It looks like a Javascript alert box and says "NOTICE: If your computer has been running slower than normal, it may be stored with Adwares, Spywares or Malwares. AntiSpywareDeluxe can perform a quick and completely FREE scan of your system for malicious software. Download AntiSpywareDeluxe FREE now!" If I click cancel, it pops up a CSS frame over top of the photo.net page, and starts either scanning or pretending to scan a mess of DLLs on my system. If I click back, I get the pop up dialog box again. Same thing happens if I close the alert box without clicking cancel. Again, I hit the back button and the CSS frame pops up over the page (I can only see this because of the resolution I'm running on my monitor.) I have not clicked "yes" to download, but I can't quit Internet Explorer without clicking yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User_1172872 Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Happened to me also. I hit ALT+CTR+DEL and clicked "end task" for IE in the task manager. Recommend you run a current version of Norton or equivalent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
._._z Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Nothing shows up on my Mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
think27 Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 I just got the same message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_stemberg Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Methinks you need a spyware/adware scan...but of your own choosing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constance_cook Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 I just got it. Conni Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshroot Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Errr, That is odd. I'll see if I can make it happen to me. But I can tell you that it SHOULDN'T be happening. There should never be any pop-ups or crap ads like that on photo.net. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles_Webster Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 I got it twice this morning. Even with pop-ups blocked in Firefox. Also the adserver is slower than molasses on a cold day today. I'm getting time outs on most forum messages this AM. <Chas> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshroot Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 I was able to make it happen on Windows IE. But not on my Mac with Firefox. I have the ad people chasing the issue down. Oddly enough, I haven't seen the adserver loading problems this morning myself. At least not the ones where the adserver causes the page to not load. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobatkins Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Me too.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelkh Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 http://blog.wired.com/business/2007/11/doubleclick-red.html This is a concerted attack on the ad networks themselves, unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelkh Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 I've seen this before on a mac with safari, incidentally - though not on the page mentioned here. The download wouldn't do anything, but it'll still absolutely interrupt browsing (even with popup blocking on). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshroot Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 The ad gurus are tracking this down, it was as much of a surprise to them as it was to all of us. Thanks to everyone who brought it to our attention. Also, I do highly suggest that everyone give their machines a run through Adaware and Spybot to make sure that nothing more than annoyance was passed along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emre Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 While we are awaiting a resolution, I encourage people with ad-blockers to block the domain antispywaredeluxe.com This is a good anyway, since nothing good is going to come out of that domain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Kahn Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 I got the same thing a few days ago, but on a different site. The pop-up was identical to the one in Bob's screen shot, but the header read "Windows XP Explorer". McAfee scan found nothing..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franklin_polk Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 I didn't get anything. Is it gone now? (I'm running Firefox) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lex_jenkins Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Not seeing this particular problem on my PC. PIII running WinME. Firefox 2.0.0.12 No problems running an IE tab within Firefox or IE ver. 6x either. I might be running some blocking or spyware/malware utility in the background that I've forgotten about but when I disable the utilities I'm aware of I'm still not seeing this particular problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constance_cook Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 I got the javascript on Firefox on a PC The Adserver problem happened 3 times this morning and I gave up. Conni Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
think27 Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Just got it on Firefox (most recent) on PC - again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samn Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Just got it for the first time in Firefox/Vista Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshroot Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 FRUSTRATING. I promise we're trying to remove the offending ad. But I guess it's proving to be a larger issue than originally thought. I have no idea why, but then again, I'm not an ad guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reprint Posted March 25, 2008 Share Posted March 25, 2008 Josh, If you read the Wired article linked above, you are in good company .. meaning many major sites have had this issue. It is hard to detect because "The malware is apparently being disguised as a Flash file that has a redirect function encrypted in the file, so that when publishers upload the ad file the malware is not detectable. Once deployed on a site, the Flash file launches the malicious redirects, perhaps triggered at certain times or in certain locations." good luck nailing it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter_daalder Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 For what it is worth, Josh. It just popped up on my screen in the last five minutes.<br>Using Windoze XP and Firefox browser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
think27 Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 Just an update - Happened again at 10:15 am today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshroot Posted March 26, 2008 Share Posted March 26, 2008 okay. The damn thing SHOULD be gone. Please tell me if you are still seeing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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