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I don't know if it pops up for everybody, but I am getting some kind of Urgent Massage ad that want's you to download a piece of code. Generally this isn't a good thing. They sort of back-door make it look like you have a private message from the site.
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rmmagow wrote:
I don't know if it pops up for everybody, but I am getting some kind of Urgent Massage ad that want's you to download a piece of code. Generally this isn't a good thing. They sort of back-door make it look like you have a private message from the site.
For awhile I was getting ad-ware it seems. Clicking links on MVS would get routed to Southern Volvo and or other websites. This happened regardless of whether I was on my Desktop, Laptops or iPad. It has not happened for a month or two so I am assuming the Host Server or Computer was able to rid of those issues.

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rmmagow wrote:... I am getting some kind of Urgent Massage ad that want's you to download a piece of code...
I think you already have some rogue 'piece', I say disconnect the machine from the local network now and scan everything that you have on that network as soon as you can. :)

Clicking links is never a good practice, it is best to inspect the link before following it, even if you trust the source.
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If anyone knows more about this ad, please post back to this topic.

(MVS displays ads using Google's ad network. Things like this are rare, but I don't like to hear about it and I can block the ad if I know its specifics.)
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Found it and blocked the ad/advertiser. (If you don't know what this is all about, don't worry about it.)
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Post by MoVolvos »

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Hi Matt. Is this Cookie suppose to pop up from time to time when you use the link to a Post? Thanks.

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Yes, that's the routine Google Ad network cookie.

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I just saw the ad again. I'll look at this again today.
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Post by matthew1 »

"Solved" it by making logins go directly to the desired page, or forum index.

Which, to be honest, is something that I wanted to do and didn't ever actually sit down to do, but during this work I stumbled on it.

(There used to be an "interstitial" page that would sit between clicking "Log In" and your destination. That interstitial page is where this ad would appear.)
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I found the "real" way to block it, and did so. I also wrote to Google about how this is very deceptive when displayed on a forum.

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Post by regent »

Nice move, thanks a bunch!
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