Author Topic: Has advertising killed the RTB forums? (Read 3698 times)

Ephialtes · July 10, 2008, 05:29:14 PM

Oh thats actually pretty weird. I'll check it out now.

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CapTMeaT · July 10, 2008, 06:02:14 PM

When I tried, it logged me out of MSN/Yahoo. owtf

ZeleX · July 10, 2008, 06:06:07 PM

Oh man, checked it and every button you press on the ad that appears sends you to download the virus.

This reminds me of WinFixer. Glad theres a WLAN switch on my laptop.

XD! · July 10, 2008, 06:08:49 PM

Quote from: ZeleX on July 10, 2008, 06:06:07 PM

Oh man, checked it and every button you press on the ad that appears sends you to download the virus.

This reminds me of WinFixer. Glad theres a WLAN switch on my laptop.

I was sent to the website, was I downloaded with a virus?

Wedge · July 10, 2008, 06:21:00 PM

Quote from: tails on July 10, 2008, 05:23:29 PM

Quote from: Reactor Worker on July 10, 2008, 03:59:30 PM
Firefox =� no ads

:3
not sure what you using then
Even with ad block plus on i still get it

Scriptblock blocks it, I think. Then again, it might have been because I disabled java. Try both.

Reactor Worker · July 10, 2008, 06:27:10 PM

The only plugins I have been using with FF are ad block and no script.

I was even able to enter the site (and the forums) using plain old internet explorer. Don't know what you guys are bitching about.

n0cturni · July 10, 2008, 06:28:43 PM

Oh, god. It's those friends again. I know what it is. See this thread, just don't post in it.

I also did some further reading about it, and it installs a harmless trojan that just puts stuff in your registry, and you have to buy their software to remove the "viruses" that it finds, which are the registry entries that you can just remove yourself.

I still wouldn't bother with any of it though. The best thing to do when you see this ad is open up the task manager and close your browser. Clicking cancel or whatever just brings you there.

tails · July 11, 2008, 04:22:07 AM

Oooh i remember scriptblock

i haven't used it for ages
*gets

still gets it

Game master pro · July 11, 2008, 04:34:35 AM

Antivirus2009-freescan? Seems legit.

Loz · July 11, 2008, 10:10:33 AM

This popped up after i closed the page and stuff :/

Skele · July 11, 2008, 11:57:38 AM

I don't get it.

Colten · July 11, 2008, 12:25:10 PM

Quote from: Loz on July 11, 2008, 10:10:33 AM

This popped up after i closed the page and stuff :/

Avast got something similar. Im having do a thorough scan on my whole computer. Its been almost a day and its still on 0% :P

Anyway, also, since I visited that page I have been getting little messages about my memory being low

Aphtonites · July 23, 2008, 02:48:40 PM

Bump.
It's still on there :(

Ephialtes · July 23, 2008, 04:16:53 PM

Yeah we're still trying to get to the bottom of this.

General Nick · July 23, 2008, 11:20:41 PM

Quote from: Ephialtes on July 23, 2008, 04:16:53 PM

Yeah we're still trying to get to the bottom of this.

Isn't it possible for the RTB team to sue the people behind this for rerouting their site from Google?