"Anti Virus" Fraud pop-up

[Tenko]

Either way this couldn't have originated from our site. We have literally nothing on our server except ads other than default vbulletin, and again google adsense does not allow popup ads.

SWF can open up URL pages and then knock out the current pages:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AS2LCR/F...=00000564.html

[Remilia Scarlet]

I mean google wouldn't allow an ad like that through their filters since they do have to approve every ad


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[Suzzie2]

Sometimes the pop up itself is from another website, it just appears on another to divert attention from the origin

[Teshno]

If you're getting pop-ups 'n shit without them coming from the site you're on, it's more than likely Adware.

It's like malware, but with ads instead of malicious intentions.

WinRAR fucks your computer sideways with adware, so if you have that, it'd be an explanation.

Some other shit uses adware too so they can make profit off of a free program.

[Cucoo5]

Ok question: if this pop-up thing could be from another site, can it survive through a shut-down and reboot?

the reason I ask is cause it happened again and this was the only site I went to when the computer started up.

If it can survive, then I think I know now...

[Katrix]

@Cucoo

If it's adware then it will survive.

[Cucoo5]

ok so then it must be from the tumblr blogs I found that had the good pics I've been using then because its the only site I went to yesterday and is the only other thing that ties this together..

[Katrix]

@Cucoo

Unlikely. When did it start? Remember that this don't have too much about what sites you visited in the last 24 hours. Instead it have to do with when it came to your computer in the first place.

[Cucoo5]

uh considering the fact I scrubbed my computer recently as of Tuesday due to corruption of the start-up

that leaves only 3 sites now

this, youtube, and yesterday when I visited the tumblr blog

And this only happened again just before I posted in this thread again.

So it's one of those three

Remi vehemently says it's impossible to be via this and I myself doubt it could be youtube, so it must be tumblr as tumblr is the only new variable to my usual browsing habit

[Katrix]

@Cucoo

Have you reinstalled any programs yet? Which ones?

[Cucoo5]

my antivirus
Microsoft office
minecraft
iTunes
Logitech software for my headphones
and yesterday: mumble and my screen capture program which I never had this issue before and this only started when I started visiting tumblr

knowing that it can survive a restart, i'll say it's tumblr that's causing me issues as it's the only new variable that I added

[Katrix]

@Cucoo

You could try to do a virus scan. What anti-virus do you have?

[Cucoo5]

Trend micro

I've done scans and cleared my temp folders every time it comes up.

[Remilia Scarlet]

Get spybot and malware-bytes as well. Malware is a bit overkill maybe, but it's still worth a shot. Also, remember that you're the only person who's ever reported popup issues which is one reason I highly doubt it's yukkuricraft's ads. Also remember that, as I've explained, google adsense does not allow popup ads to be approved and used under the google adsense system.