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The Ad Reporting Thread
- Thread starter Cerium
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All. See I finished for you after the ad took you away!
Adblock is on. This way I can browse
Same here, right to scammy "rewards" sites, got sent to one as I was typing this. Was one Chrome blocked so I could come back but there's an iPhone one or something that makes it impossible.
Phone is OnePlus6. Browser is Chrome. Ad type is the Walmart, Visa, and Google ads that redirect
Lol, another thread trying to explain the problem just got locked.
"Please post in this thread, which hasn't been responded to in a week."
Mess.
"Please post in this thread, which hasn't been responded to in a week."
Mess.
The topic is being investigated. While a response cannot be made to every post, the matter is serious and not being ignored.
Thanks for posting. I don't think anyone was asking for or expecting a response for EVERY post...but I think it's reasonable to expect a mod post after 40+ posts from today alone in this thread, especially with the multiple threads being locked, especially with the difficulty people are having even posting in the ad reporting thread because of malicious ads, and especially given there hasn't been a mod post in here in a week or so if I'm not mistaken.
This.
Edit: the issue seems to be fixed. Thank you to the staff who looked into this issue.
It's really bad for me too on mobile. On chrome on a samsung galaxy s8 if that makes any difference.
Got redirected a lot earlier this week which made the forums unusable for a few hours.
Browser: Safari
Platform: iOS 12.2
Offending Ad: Germany Survey Center (only have the name)
Browser: Safari
Platform: iOS 12.2
Offending Ad: Germany Survey Center (only have the name)
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We've urgently contacted our ad agency about this latest outbreak. Thank you for the reports; the detail and links should help us get a grip on it as soon as possible.
Since the issue seems unusually severe I have temporarily suspended displaying all ads on mobile for now.
Since the issue seems unusually severe I have temporarily suspended displaying all ads on mobile for now.
Thank you for looking into this and keeping us updated. Much appreciated!
Anyone else have an issue where the webpage constantly moves due to I guess the ads changing size? Very annoying. Using latest version of Chrome.
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Update: Our ad agency has purged all providers they believe these issues could possibly be coming from. They will now restore ads one provider at a time to ensure a lasting resolution. They will be monitoring this thread closely and if the issues return (which we hope they will not), that will mean they can identify which provider is responsible. Towards this end please keep posting and reporting if you see the redirects crop up again like they were before. Thank you!
The issue is happenening now. Got 3 redirects in the last 5 minutes, of the same URLs mentioned above.
I realize that this is likely a substantial ask, but are there alternative ad agencies out there that might be able to provide a higher / more proactive level of service around malicious ad detection and removal? Completely eliminating the bad actors is impossible, but I can't personally remember a time in the last decade where I've been hit by this sort of hijack on any of the other sites that I frequent.
Thanks for all you do here. If there's anything us regular users can do above and beyond reporting the issues when we see them, let us know.
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We do believe that our agency is better than most; one of the main reasons we partnered with them was because we were impressed by the tools they have to deal with bad providers. This sort of severe breakdown is unusual, and they were very responsive (on a weekend no less) in addressing it once the alarm was raised. Many, many agencies would do worse.
That said, we won't rule anything out if this kind of thing becomes a little too frequent. Thank you for the kind words and polite concern.
This is beyond old. I want to support this site, I really really do but I'm sick and tired of the constant redirects, my mobile keyboard being pulled away mid way through typing a post just to click a fucked up add and be redirected. I'm done. I'll use an add blocker I don't care. This has been a reoccurring issue for awhile now and I'm fucking over it. I love this site but guys get your shit together.
Chrome
Android
https://www.buscape.com.br/lenovo-ideapad-330-81fe0000br-intel-core-i7-8550u-1-8-ghz-8192-mb-1024-gb
This ad has a text field within it, and as im browsing era it automatically takes me there to that field at the bottom of thr page, sometimes once every 3 to 5 minutes. It makes reading a thread inpossible.
Thanks for any help
Android
https://www.buscape.com.br/lenovo-ideapad-330-81fe0000br-intel-core-i7-8550u-1-8-ghz-8192-mb-1024-gb
This ad has a text field within it, and as im browsing era it automatically takes me there to that field at the bottom of thr page, sometimes once every 3 to 5 minutes. It makes reading a thread inpossible.
Thanks for any help
So me and others have been complaining about the ad issue for at least 2 weeks now.
Something has to be done on new ads loading in and removing focus from the comment/reply box, which leads to inadvertent clicking of the ad, which brings you to the ads site, which counts as a click for the ad partner.
That's 100% against the rules of whatever ad partner you're working with. Now, I'm sure it's accidental (I don't believe the owners of the site are nefarious enough to do this intentionally) but it's been happening for weeks, it's reported by multiple users, and it's happened TWICE TO ME since writing this reply. Since editing this post it just happened again. A tremendous amount of your ad clicks are happening because you're forcing people to click ads accidentally, and this is definitely against the rules of whatever ad partner you're working with.
I'm going to give it a couple days and report the site to the ad partner for manipulating user behavior to "accidentally" click ads unless it's fixed.
Please quote my post or @ reply me with the steps being taken to resolve this issue.
Something has to be done on new ads loading in and removing focus from the comment/reply box, which leads to inadvertent clicking of the ad, which brings you to the ads site, which counts as a click for the ad partner.
That's 100% against the rules of whatever ad partner you're working with. Now, I'm sure it's accidental (I don't believe the owners of the site are nefarious enough to do this intentionally) but it's been happening for weeks, it's reported by multiple users, and it's happened TWICE TO ME since writing this reply. Since editing this post it just happened again. A tremendous amount of your ad clicks are happening because you're forcing people to click ads accidentally, and this is definitely against the rules of whatever ad partner you're working with.
I'm going to give it a couple days and report the site to the ad partner for manipulating user behavior to "accidentally" click ads unless it's fixed.
Please quote my post or @ reply me with the steps being taken to resolve this issue.
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Chrome Android.
Can someone please nuke the Lili Gal ad from orbit. When I try to respond this ad keeps pulling me away from my post over and over, sending me to an obviously fake page.
I don't even know why I'm getting bombarded with this ad for the past several days. I'm a guy.
When typing this I was sent to the fake page three times.
Can someone please nuke the Lili Gal ad from orbit. When I try to respond this ad keeps pulling me away from my post over and over, sending me to an obviously fake page.
I don't even know why I'm getting bombarded with this ad for the past several days. I'm a guy.
When typing this I was sent to the fake page three times.
Same happened to me just now on Chrome (Android), loading Watched threads.
Also still having issues with ads dismissing the onscreen keyboard.
Chrome
Android
https://www4.co-aa35.stream/claim/y...=completehatch.com&brand=Samsung&model=Galaxy S9%2B&cep=1gCEB-MYRkxYpKG82vJ5iWJ1PDKAlf_6bHwvGg2kSAtuActkuhGQ8tQn7WCnE7T9t02g_alsh0CD8tktpRbEjMY8ShbUljYX3tsKmxprXJM_fhepjS2qRq1ZCil5_mrWP2nh-UfxokJ8v8wI-j-GiKMXI9sH1r1dlpjphRZCw3svFgE-9SMcLtDRWIchpwI4gRWktnTxysZs93Oaa0qME2G0ZRaS4w0sKi95Hw7CPwBJuh-gZGRXVwHHP_jrfTpuddHJadPiG_hpCPYjZx8-hs-PjW-4Va_AtVUa5Yw2qIQ&2=1230&3=1230-e05ca98z&1=6691206413189906589#
Been getting this one a lot recently. Really frustrating.
Android
https://www4.co-aa35.stream/claim/y...=completehatch.com&brand=Samsung&model=Galaxy S9%2B&cep=1gCEB-MYRkxYpKG82vJ5iWJ1PDKAlf_6bHwvGg2kSAtuActkuhGQ8tQn7WCnE7T9t02g_alsh0CD8tktpRbEjMY8ShbUljYX3tsKmxprXJM_fhepjS2qRq1ZCil5_mrWP2nh-UfxokJ8v8wI-j-GiKMXI9sH1r1dlpjphRZCw3svFgE-9SMcLtDRWIchpwI4gRWktnTxysZs93Oaa0qME2G0ZRaS4w0sKi95Hw7CPwBJuh-gZGRXVwHHP_jrfTpuddHJadPiG_hpCPYjZx8-hs-PjW-4Va_AtVUa5Yw2qIQ&2=1230&3=1230-e05ca98z&1=6691206413189906589#
Been getting this one a lot recently. Really frustrating.
Yup, had this happen a few times today. In the US if that makes a difference.
Browser: Safari mobile
Platform: iOS
Offending Ad: http://us.balked101nc.online/nt_xs_...7459&sizeid=32050&ref={ref}&mediaid=no Media#
Platform: iOS
Offending Ad: http://us.balked101nc.online/nt_xs_...7459&sizeid=32050&ref={ref}&mediaid=no Media#
The site is completely unusable on ios safari today due to exactly the same issue I had last friday: Constant redirects (Every 10 seconds or so) to us.defensed870wz.online/cor_xs
It seems to be some garbage scamming site pretending to be Correos (The spanish postal service).
It seems to be some garbage scamming site pretending to be Correos (The spanish postal service).
I keep getting redirected to this on mobile:
https://tezetx2488fr00ptpath.formen...php?lpkey=157e5840365e804f47&uclick=rnj2syvc#
https://tezetx2488fr00ptpath.formen...php?lpkey=157e5840365e804f47&uclick=rnj2syvc#
Same here in France. I get redirected to a site that's obviously phishing through postal service disguise.
This is happening to me too in the US. I got redirected to a paypal gift card giveaway and again to some video that I clicked away from immediately.
I have ERA whitelisted in uBlock Origin and I get the occasional auto-redirect when entering threads too:
OS: Windows 10 x64
Browser: Firefox Quantum 66.0.5 (64-bit)
Country: Germany
OS: Windows 10 x64
Browser: Firefox Quantum 66.0.5 (64-bit)
Country: Germany
Once again I'm getting redirects. I love how we keep insisting this is a good ad partner and it's the only site I frequent with the most issues of hijacking ads.