OT...Flight Simulator sponsored ads popping up here?

[Duckie]

I guess a better title for this thread might be Flight Simulator related ads are popping up he Really!


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I just started getting FS type ad banners popping up on the bottom of my screen. It happens every time I click on a new topic or thread. This is on my iPad which doesn't allow random pop ups in browser. This is only happening with SOH.

Has my, iPad OS been had or is SOH now doing this. Honest question here, not an accusation, so please, no snide remarks.

Thanks

[vortex]

Same for me on my iPad. It just started tonight and, whilst you can temporarily cancel them, they come back every time you move around the forum. Very annoying and, if deliberate, a bad idea as far as I'm concerned.

[PhantomP]

Also now encountering this problem win 7 64 IE 11.

[Duckie]

Thanks for the responses guys. My started just before I posted above and it is only affecting this web site. I hope the SOH is not doing this. It may have been infected by someones link in a thread. I clicked on a couple of sale links f on threads today. According to my search so far it appears to be some kind business spam that has been associated with Yahoo.

I hope someone comes up with a way get rid of it!

[Duckie]

Well, I've changed to Firefox for iPad and I've changed my password here but still get this extremely annoying pop up banner at bottom of page. It can be turned off but returns immediately when you change pages or forums or anything that requires a button push within the SOH site. It followed me here to this response page.

SOH is the only site doing this and, so far, all the pop adds are flight sim related.

Would love to see an admin comment re this problem

[Mach3DS]

I'm getting it now too. Very annoying. Using Android Chrome on my phone Galaxy Note 5.

[Portia911]

Same here on my iPad since the last couple of hours. :-(

[jankees]

No such probs on my android tablet, nor on my desktop...

[pfflyers]

I'm on a desktop pc and I'm not seeing this.

[Astoroth]

Not seeing it on desktop pc either. Must be particular to mobile browsers.

[huub vink]

Duckie,

It might be malware which causes this at your side, as I don't have any similar pop-ups (I've checked both, my desktop and smart phone). If you are unable to remove them, you perhaps can suppress them with add blocker.

Success, as I know it can be very annoying to sort things like this out.

Huub

[PhantomP]

Also now encountering this problem win 7 64 IE 11.OK it seems to have gone away on my laptop,but still on my IPhone.

[Dutcheeseblend]

Might be an idea to check the latest installations on the device, even if you haven't done any. I had a similar problem with FSDeveloper 2 years back, then I encountered some unwanted software being installed just before I opened my browser, something like that. Uninstalled it and it's gone.

[Montie]

Nothing on my iPhone, iPad or Windows 10 desktop pc.

[scotth6]

I had a similar ad/malware occurrence a while back, which somehow affected Chrome. The only solution was to do a full uninstall and reinstall. The one I encountered was slightly different, ads would show up when you hovered over certain words in a forum's normal text. Strange thing was that only occurred in certain forums also. I discovered it using the FS Developer forum, and it was only there and on Avsim from memory. I uninstalled Chrome on my PC and phone, cleared everything with CCleaner, and then reinstalled. It was fine after that.

I have not yet noticed anything regarding this latest trouble.

Here is the post I started at FS Developer at the time:


http://www.fsdeveloper.com/forum/threads/ads.435299/#post-723943


Cheers,

[flaviossa]

No issues here either. Nor in Android tablet and smartphone, nor in PC :encouragement:
http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshotsv2/images/2016/12/17/WhatsAppImage2016-12-17at08.56.21.md.jpg (http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshotsv2/image/G8Vp)

Maybe a malware for ipads? (Just guessing)

[Quicksand]

I left the home page to view this thread. Now I've got it. Chrome on Android phone. 🤔

[Ickie]

I checked with 3 browsers and do not get any, must be at your end.

[Ickie]

just tried my surface 2 pro M$, lol and no issues here either

[Duckie]

Thanks for all the replies. My iPad still has it this AM. If any body comes up with a solution please post it here. I will also be looking for one and do the same if I find one.

Steve

[Ickie]

right click the ad and copy the info on it and pm me the details

[Ickie]

when i run the right click code pm to me I get this


Not Found

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[Ickie]

I PM dangerousdave and told him to also look into this as well

[Duckie]

when i run the right click code pm to me I get this

Unfortunately, according to what I've found on the web, this malware constantly changes its address so no one has been able to open its location. Also according to the web it is associated with a site called media.net and is distributed by Yahoo and Bing which I don't use and no accounts with either. It has a reputation for being a particularly nasty app that makes $$ for the pushers each time the banner appears.

As I stated earlier, it is only appearing on SOH. So far, it seems to have only infected some of us who use mobile devices to access SOH from time to time. I'm no PC guru, but I believe I got this by clicking on a link in the sale thread. That, of course, is no fault of SOH. And the person posting the link probably didn't know it was infected. And, so far, my PC has not been affected. As a precaution I will not click any 3rd party links here going forward until its been determined where this came from and how to get rid of it.

Still researching. Any and all help in resolving this is very much appreciated.

Thanks,

Steve

[Tim-HH]

I'm having the exact same problem. But only on my iPhone. PC and iPad are fine. I asked my brother to open SOH with his iPhone. He never before visited this site and also sees the ads. So it's really weird.

https://abload.de/img/soh_iosp5uqk.jpg

I've send you the link, Ickie :)


Gretings
Tim

[Ickie]

see if it is still there
I found a file uploaded today 2 am my time and i renamed it

[Ickie]

I deleted it :running:

here is it's name
zdberr52963fc1c9ac77b914788c6fcece68f2.dat

[Mach3DS]

That did it for me! Although the mobile version of the site still has it...I still use the desktop version even in my note 5 phone.

[Ickie]

I am changing the soh main pw now

[Ickie]

give me some feedback:dizzy:

[Tim-HH]

I still see it on my iPhone.

Greetings
Tim

[therealjambo]

Still here too, Android, Google Chrome

Thanks

[Ickie]

I went back again and it is the only thing uploaded in weeks to the forums whats gets me is it was uploaded today 2 am and if you seen it before that then it is at your end
maybe it is a googler thing

[flaviossa]

Strange, if it was a server side "infection" than everybody would see the same thing. Won´t they? I see that the majority of people with the issue is using iOS too. Maybe a hint?
Another thing: i use AdBlocker here in all my browsers. People can test it too if it helps to make this thing go away.

[Ickie]

I just had M$ do a safty site scan here is the results

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[Mach3DS]

Here's what I did:

1.Uninstalled Google Chrome from my phone.
2.DL an anti malware and Antivirus program (Avira free) from Google play store.

3. Ran the scanner. Found 2 malware. Deleted them.
4. Reinstated chrome v 55 on my android smart phone.
5. Turned my phone completely off -- power off then power back on after about 30 seconds.

[Duckie]

Thanks Ickie.

Thanks Rick.

I changed last night to Mozilla Firefox but was no help. I've been unable to find a freeware or payware malware tool for iPad IOS.

If anyone can suggest a trustworthy malware tool for iPad IOS (9.3.5 latest for iPad 3) I'm open to suggestions.

Love this community. Most helpful I've ever been involved with.

Steve

[PhantomP]

I think this might be the culprit,but,I honestly don't know 165420519.keyword blocks.com/Top_Flight_Simulators but don't click on the link to be safe.


I "unlinked" the link. It does look like a spam site/link. Like double-click, sort of. If you've ever got that one you know what I mean! -- PRB

[Duckie]

I think this might be the culprit,but,I honestly don't know. 165420519.keyword blocks.com/Top_Flight_Simulators but don't click on the link to be safe.

I agree................

[Lawman]

I got it too on iOS (only on SOH). It seems to be some Javascript, because when I go to "Settings > Safari > Advanced" and disable Javascript, I don't have the pop-up. Enable Javascript again and it returns.

[Duckie]

I got it too on iOS (only on SOH). It seems to be some Javascript, because when I go to "Settings > Safari > Advanced" and disable Javascript, I don't have the pop-up. Enable Javascript again and it returns.

Thanks Lawman, but, unfortunately, that doesn't work for me. I keep java script turned off with my iPad and just verified it is still off but the pup-ups are still on!

It's looking more and more like I will have to do a total reset since Apple is in denial about their systems being vulnerable to malware, and my search online so far has turned up nada about how to deal with this. It is recognized to exist. Found several iPad users requesting help from Apple support and forum, but they were met with scepticism and sarcasm because iPads DON'T GET VIRUSES OR MALWARE!

[glennc]

Not seeing it on my W10 laptop but my Ipad has it.

Glenn

[Sundog]

Seeing it on my iPad as well.Edit: I turned off JavaScript as Lawman recommended and that actually fixed it on my end after I restarted Safari.

[Moses03]

https://abload.de/img/soh_iosp5uqk.jpg




Seeing this exact banner ad but only on my Android phone. Annoying yet, I could not "x" it away.

[Duckie]

Seeing it on my iPad as well.Edit: I turned off JavaScript as Lawman recommended and that actually fixed it on my end after I restarted Safari.


OK, Lawman, and Sundog, I revisited your fix and it worked. I had to recycled my java button on-off and restarted Safari and the banners were gone. Turned Java back on and the banners were back. Now if Java will issue an update to address this hack it will be good.

If this changes I'll post it here.

Steve

[Dangerousdave26]

Go into your Java s settings and delete the temporary java files. Then turn off Java's ability to save cached files on your device.

[Duckie]

Go into your Java s settings and delete the temporary java files. Then turn off Java's ability to save cached files on your device.

Thanks, Dave. I'm not sure that can be done with iPad iOS. According to what I've read on the Apple support forum Apple has to issue an iOS update with the pertinent Java updates.

Steve

[Dimus]

Now I get it too on the IPhone. Didn't have it yesterday. PC is fine.

[scotth6]

Just opened simouthouse via google chrome on my android phone and I am also seeing tha ads now.

[scotth6]

I tried uninstalling Chrome, but I could only uninstall updates, not the whole thing. I downloaded an anti malware app and scanned my phone, but nothing was found. I then reinstalled Chrome updates and turned my phone off then on, but the ads were still there. I then went to settings and disabled java script and that got rid of the ads but also changed the way google searched. I am happy with that method though as I can still use Chrome and the ads are gone.

PC hasn't been affected at all.

[therealjambo]

Disabled java script in Chrome browser settings and the ads are gone. Thanks

[Dimus]

I use Safari and turning off JavaScript in advanced options seems to work. I don't know what it affects but I don't do much browsing on the phone anyway.

[sonicsolutions]

Adblock plus...free ad blocking extension for most browsers and devices. I haven't seen hardly any ads in several years on the net.

[jankees]

Mmm, have it now on my phone. Most annoying..adblocker does not help.
How I hate this commercial ****
Blocking java does help though.

Grrr, tablet has it now too. Bastards!
And they are not even really fs related either

[Montie]

I started receiving the ads on my iPhone yesterday.

[dhasdell]

I've started getting it in Chrome on my Samsung Android tablet, which doesn't run Java, but not on my Windows 10 PC.

[huub vink]

The adds have arrived at my android phone as well. However only on the SOH pages and when I open the SOH and the add pops-up it starts with a general add. After switching pages it only shows Flightsim related adds.
There are a few things weird. In my experience malware pops-up at any site once your infected. In this case it is one stuck to the SOH. It is also a bit weird that it can't "remember" previously visited sites and that it starts with a general one and only switches to Flight sim related add after the first page.

Haven't been able to find how the clear Java on my android phone....

Cheers,
Huub

[Ickie]

today i will get to the bottom of this as soon as the smart ones answer my request this morning

[Rami]

Duckie,

I get this too when I check SOH on the go using my IPhone. Typically I use Safari when I check whilst on the move.

[Duckie]

Duckie,

I get this too when I check SOH on the go using my IPhone. Typically I use Safari when I check whilst on the move.

Hi Rami,

I have iPhine too but I don't do any web surfing on it. My inflection exists on my iPad which is essentially the same in this respect to iPhone. For a work around you can go into Settings, Safari, Advanced, and turn JavaScript to OFF. That should work for SOH. However, if you visit other sites that require JavaScript they may not work properly or even open. I've had this happen to me on my iPad.

I sure hope the brain trust here can figure this out.

Steve

[dhasdell]

For a work around you can go into Settings, Safari, Advanced, and turn JavaScript to OFF. That should work for SOH.
Not for me - my Chrome on Android tablet doesn't use Java.

[Ickie]

I just spent the past 5 hours going over every file on the site which was dated 12-17 to now and locked it away in a folder READ ONLY, lol:banghead:
now the smart ones are running another scan

[Duckie]

Not for me - my Chrome on Android tablet doesn't use Java.

According to want I've read Android does not use pure Java coding but rather a derivative of Java which may be close enough to allow this bug to infect devices of a certain version of this derivative. Obviously Androids are also susceptible to this critter that's taken hold of us.

[ChipShop]

Same here since 2 days ago; but, only on my ipad!
ChipShop:encouragement:

[PhantomP]

It seems to have gone away on my end,thanks Ickie.

[huub vink]

You are definitely searching in the right direction Ickie, as it has disappeared from my android phone as well.

Thanks for your efforts!

Huub

[Duckie]

GONE now from my iPad! Go Ickie, go!

[Tim-HH]

Yes, it's gone from my iPhone as well. Great work, Ickie :applause:

Greetings
Tim

[dhasdell]

According to want I've read Android does not use pure Java coding but rather a derivative of Java which may be close enough to allow this bug to infect devices of a certain version of this derivative. Obviously Androids are also susceptible to this critter that's taken hold of us.

Thanks Duckie. Whatever it is, it seems to have gone now. Well done that man!

[b52bob]

Funny, the ads disappeared on my IPad this morning. Everything was hunky dory until I opened the first post in the library thread. Maybe something in there?

[Dimus]

AOK here too:encouragement:

[Ickie]

i gotta go lay down, i am beat.:dizzy:

[glennc]

Ickie,

when you you wake up: looks like success here too. They are gone.

Merry Christmas a few days early.

[Montie]

Gone from my iPhone as well:encouragement:

[Ickie]

tomorrow at 2:15 am Eastern I will check to make sure, if it aint I will kick a$$ again

[Duckie]

tomorrow at 2:15 am Eastern I will check to make sure, if it aint I will kick a$$ again

You Da Man, Ickie!

Once you have recharged I would be interested know if there is an explanation (in lay-terminology) for what it was.

Thanks again for the KO.

[Ickie]

there is no ex...... these are hackers, criminals with a who gives a shet life, if they were caught they would cry like a baby

[ChipShop]

It's gone from my iPad too!
Thank you Ickie, for your determination to rid our SOH from these ******* activities!
ChipShop:applause:

[Ickie]

I set my alarm for 2:10 eastern and tonight we will see if they return ............................ I will be waittin :p87:

[Portia911]

Pop-up free here today - thanks Ickie! :encouragement:

[Ickie]

here kitty, here kitty kitty

[Ickie]

looks like they are gone, kaboom

[JensOle]

I also had it on my iPhone, but it is all gone now.

[Duckie]

Here we go again...

Tonight, 18:55 EST, 12/28/16, started getting the same pop-up banner in the Warbirds Library. When I open a category, click on any Addon, then click on "discussion thread", the blue flight sim related banner pops up at the bottom of the page. It seems to have the same characteristics as before. You can turn it off by clicking the X on the banner but it returns the next time you click on a discussion thread. I tried several catagories and subjects at random and got the same response with the banners.

So, far this only happens with my iPad.

Steve

[Rami]

Duckie,

Any other device? I use PCs at home.

[Duckie]

Rami,

It wasn't doing it on my PC, only the iPad, and I don't surf with my iPhone. Last time it seemed to only affect mobile devices, both Apple/iOS and Android. The culprit or back door seemed to be using JavaScript.

Steve

EDIT: Like last time, in Safari, I can turn off JavaScript and it stops.