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Anyone else getting the “Congratulations you are a winner” ad spam / malware which takes over the page and forces a redirect? I run into this on news sites sev
by zaroth 9y ago
Anyone else getting the “Congratulations you are a winner” ad spam / malware which takes over the page and forces a redirect?
I run into this on news sites several times a week. I assume these are ads which are sneaking by the ad networks filter and running scripts on the page, just not sure how they are so damn pervasive?
If these ads aren’t being paid for with stolen credit cards, then why aren’t they people buying them getting slammed with CFAA charges? Is it that hard to track these clowns down?
- namanyayg 9y agoAre you sure you don't have malware on your system? I haven't experienced a redirect ad in basically forever.
- dahdum 9y agoIt's super rare in Chrome for me, but I've seen it happen the first day on a new iPad / Safari just a few weeks ago.
- dahdum 9y agoI get these frequently too, especially on IOS devices. If you wipe your browser history it stops happening, so I assume they are doing some checks against Ad Network filters.
- zaroth 9y agoYes, this was on my iPhone. I always hav Safari set to Private mode so I think there is no history.