[ONLY TOPIC] Ads redirection (Mobile & PC)

Hello

Thanks for your help. I've just reported the problem. I'll let you know when I've more information.

In order to help us, could you please provide:

- Url of your forum
- Ads displayed on PC, on tablet, on mobile (android, apple,...)
- Image location (copy and then past here)

Spoiler:

- The link location (copy and then past here)

Spoiler:

- Link on the ads and copy-past the final link


Thanks for your patience.

Regards

Edit The Godfather 21/03/2017

Additional information to be provided in case of redirections

1. Open Google Chrome and clean the cache and history.
2. Open a new tab.
3. Inspect the item, go into Network and verify that Record netwok log is active.



4. Fill in the URL http://toto.forumactif.org/h125- and validate to load the page content.
5. All page requests are saved in Network tab.
6. If a forced redirection has not occurred, click Clear and try again.



7. If a forced redirection has occurred, right-click any log line > Copy > Copy all as HAR.



8. Paste into a text file and joint it tou your post in this topic

Note: This can be used in case of redirection on PC as on mobile or tablet. The only difference is that you can not do the indicated operations on mobile devices. So you must simulate a mobile device on Chrome via Toogle Device ToolBar and start from step 4.

New Ads tab appeared when I click anything on my page? Is it normal? e.g: adk2x.com, alibaba...etc

SarkZKalie wrote:New Ads tab appeared when I click anything on my page? Is it normal? e.g: adk2x.com, alibaba...etc

What do you mean by ads tab?

On PC, on all forums where this ad is shown:



Image location:

Code:

http://ee8f928b71ed0dc6033231fa0943d9f5.adsk2.co/ee8f928b71ed0dc6033231fa0943d9f5/creatives/65871184

When I click on any part of forum (for example: to enter username), this ads pop-up:

Spoiler:

All 4 pop-up ads have same design.

This topic is about ads redirecting you from your forums.  Are these ads doing that?

Site: http://nerdlounge.canadian-forum.com

This problem occurred previously and was resolved a month ago, but has now returned (see thread https://help.forumotion.com/t145332-ads-forcing-redirect-on-mobile)

Users on mobile report that some ads on the forum auto-redirect them to the ad's website (as if they clicked on the ad, but they didn't). It's occurred on multiple mobile devices, and has happened in both mobile and classic version of the site. The most recent report is in the mobile version.

The most recent URL that a member has been redirected to is: http://zeroredirect1.com

Help me please.

My site look like have an automatic spam of advertising.
When we are reading a topic, It is redirecting automatic to advertising site.

Example, It is redirecting to..

http://offer.alibaba.com/exclusive.html?alpsm=true&dmplable=ul_null&match=rule&prior=medium&ruleid=50&rank=solelp&tv=3&imp=5bjqp91ac3albtvp54f&xp=vBGyhwZnj-7MxYrtjP-C9RaP5fiTX1MtnzODiEtGAbY47Ym0WMObSynwIsE8A5ilSOZ7xlbCi09KWdY45wjiTtuPeVsNlBrp7u5AsZzPkkY&pid=521534&td=Propellerads&cv=694915&aff_id=182463618&ct=1&size=000_000&cn=TH&an=1000000046001&bm=cpa&tp1=168465328463&src=saf

and other website...


It happen to all of us. so I'm fairly sure it was not caused by a virus on my computer
because It does not happen with other sites.

My site is
http://qcommu.board.st/

Thank you very much and sorry for my bad english.

http://bipolar.swedishforum.se/

on the mobile version a really annoying ad tells the users that they have surfed too much porn and have a virus while sounding like a fire-alarm, please tell me that this is not something forumotion wants to encourage in ads.

Edit: it looks like this:

and the url is: http://online-fluid-group.xyz/ovbytgt/grongtios/?country=DE&isp=Leaseweb%20Deutschland%20Gmbh&model=iPhone&brand=Apple&x=a1b2c3&ts=visits&voluumdata=vid..00000002-ba76-410e-8000-000000000000__vpid..a8580000-db0f-11e5-8e6c-b94d22da413e__caid..0693a874-3350-43b3-a44e-13ae4b535314__rt..R__lid..62b89bfb-3fa4-4fba-bd90-1b532ef6ebc7__oid1..7b83ef57-22ec-413b-bd73-63db0af02896__var1..1101041__var2..DE__var3..1456333039__rd..www%5C.%5Cventuread%5C.%5Ccom__aid..__sid..&zone=1101041&time=1456333039&cid=29970166061456333039

I got this info using chromes device viewer so it needs to be replicated with a mobile or like that.

Hello, this happens to me when I visit the following sites for both myself and its members.
URL to Sites:
1. www.fairytailonline-rp.com
2. www.superfantasy-rp.forumotion.com
3. www.magiworld.forumotion.com

Images:
1. https://imgur.com/kPD7NqV
2. https://i.imgur.com/Gd0pLYn.jpg

Redirects to:
1. Both these 'ads' redirect us to an app called "PSafe Total" and "Kiper Saga"

Image Location:
1. http://doublepsafe.com/QXudEj/QsEock?ss=J01IK-K7_110030#
2. http://surveyourbrands.com/7/UnitedStates-noPOP.php?&c1=PAUSISP&c2=&t202kw=LP2506559

I have been sent to this thread to report a problem on my site as per my original post below

Original Post

I am having a similar problem with my forum ungendered.forumotion.co.uk.
I see this thread was started in January and has not been resolved. I do not feel comfortable asking people to join a forum where they are redirected to spam websites against their wishes. I have spent a lot of time invested in my forumotion forum, I will be very disappointed if I have to cease using forumotion because of this problem.

Hello,

At present time, since we dont have a permanent pro admin other then @The Godfather who is extremelly busy, but we will do our best to see if we can update on this for you and see where work stands on this.

In the meantime, please be patient, provide us all the information asked above so that our techs have something to work with and a staff member will let you know as soon as we have more information on this.

-Brandon

A user is reporting this problem again on my forum.

Site: http://nerdlounge.canadian-forum.com

The ad is redirecting to play.king.com

User is using an iPhone and the mobile version of the site.

Hello everyone,

I just wanted to remind everyone that when make your report about this problem to us, to please provide all the info that Buttercup asked for in the original post, for without this info our techicians and our ads center can not correct the problem.

Buttercup wrote:
In order to help us, could you please provide:

- Url of your forum
- Ads displayed on PC, on tablet, on mobile (android, apple,...)
- Image location (copy and then past here)

- The link location (copy and then past here)


- Link on the ads and copy-past the final link

To make it easier for you guys, I will post the format you should try to follow when reporting a problem in code tags below:

Code:


[b]- Url of your forum[/b]
[b]- Ads displayed on PC, on tablet, on mobile (android, apple,...)[/b]:
[b]- Image location (copy and then past here)[/b]:
[b]- The link location (copy and then past here)[/b]:
[b]- Link on the ads and copy-past the final link[/b]:

In particular our tech team and ads center needs this information in order to fix this problem: source code of the ads + your forum url + country .

Without all this information, our tech team and ads center can not correct this problem.

Please include all this information in your reports about this issue.

Regards
-Brandon and the forumotion team

I'm afraid I'm not able to get an image location for the ad, as the user who encountered the redirect was not able to save it. I'm also a little unclear on what you mean by the 'link location' and how it differs from the 'final link,' could you clarify that for me? Apologies for not having the correct format in my previous post and for my confusion.

Link location is the link to the ad before clicking it I believe, you can get it by right clicking and hitting 'copy link location', look at Buttercup's screenshots in the first post for more info. The final link destination might be helpful as well, so you guys can keep giving us that still.

-Brandon

Thanks very much, I'll try and see if my users can provide that.

User says the redirect happens too quickly to be able to get link location and image location. Especially since it is unpredictable when they will encounter the redirecting ads, it seems unrealistic that they will be able to get that information in most cases. Is there anything else we can do to get this problem resolved?

Tell your user to try looking at the ads displayed on the forum every time he views a page on the forum, when a re direct happens, try to catch a glimpse of it each time to see if it is the same ad, then if you spot it again, you can take screenshots and try to get the location as well if it doesnt cause a re direct.

-Brandon

Okay, thank you.

The Awakened wrote:Hello, this happens to me when I visit the following sites for both myself and its members.
URL to Sites:
1. www.fairytailonline-rp.com
2. www.superfantasy-rp.forumotion.com
3. www.magiworld.forumotion.com

Images:
1. https://imgur.com/kPD7NqV
2. https://i.imgur.com/Gd0pLYn.jpg

Redirects to:
1. Both these 'ads' redirect us to an app called "PSafe Total" and "Kiper Saga"

Image Location:
1. http://doublepsafe.com/QXudEj/QsEock?ss=J01IK-K7_110030#
2. http://surveyourbrands.com/7/UnitedStates-noPOP.php?&c1=PAUSISP&c2=&t202kw=LP2506559

www.fairytailhaven.forumotion.com can be added in as well. Also, random 'You Won This' ads appear as well as 'one click' ads as soon as you click on the site

1. http://psafesecurity.com/kToaKe/fSiNnj?ss=AB-IK-K7_2881313#

2. https://i.imgur.com/UqvjNpt.png

This is becoming a nuisance, members are getting re-directed to other pages, or they are constantly getting the "Flash Player is ready to install" page? It's really becoming a problem, which is frustrating the members.

The ad redirection also became an anoying problem on our forum a few days ago http://daekspark.danskforum.net . I have a very strong suspicion that it came together with the registration of a new user on the forum named "AntonGirdlesto". I'm very sure this new unknown user profile have no actual interest in the things the regular users share on our little forum. Hackers seems to have found an open backdoor into the forumotion sites.

Hello,

Just to be clear this ad re direction problem has nothing to do with hacking even remotelly. Forumotion forums are secure, the only way for a forum to be hacked is for a hacker to hack an account, such as the founder account or an admin account etc by somehow managing to guess the password.

The user who registered on your forum either is just a regular user or maybe just a spambot or spammer. Users register that dont post or become active all the time, that does not mean it is a hacker.

Anyway, as far as this issue with ad re direction. We have no new update or news on this currently. If you experience this problem. Please provide us with the information asked for in the original post, because without all of that info, the techs and our ad provider can not correct the problem.

-Brandon

SarkZKalie wrote:New Ads tab appeared when I click anything on my page? Is it normal? e.g: adk2x.com, alibaba...etc

It's the same were getting, a new tab is opening up asking to up date Flash or some other Ad.

^ Sounds like a malvertisement; This is why people use ad blockers, because the ads these days are completely deceptive and out of control. I usually block ads on Forumotion, because I got tired of these redirections whenever I clicked something on some Forumotion forums. Forumotion needs to do a serious review of their ad services for the safety and satisfaction of their clients. It's sad that these days ANYONE would sell out their clients to malicious advertisers, just to make a few extra bucks.

Sorry "hacker" may be the wrong name, I have only very basic knowledge about it and computers. I just tried to say there seems to be a connection between this new user on our forum and the redirections. It's a little "secret" forum with very few users that all know each other from the real world. This is the first unknown user on the forum and he activated the profile one evening. Early the next morning I had a user complaining that he got redirected twice to ads in a locked window when he tried to make a new post in the forum. The new "user" hasn't been loged-in since he activated his profile that evening.

Here is a screen shot of what we mean a new tab:


This is after i click login from the forum page, it seems to do the same on other forums i run.

Here is my currently closed forum, i go to log in and i get the same AD
GoKart Bazaar



Link to AD:

Code:

http://whenupdate.ready4live.xyz/jikyluu?fgtyhe=ojRwAVJsFKHqW2ybGpZ6k6FLjb0q-dFu2yNuWELSw5I.&cid=192909553392&sid=506559&v_id=dO-ByxtvSDMusWhV1A-rv420FUAh1w3S-DtGKHq-_zc.


:

Same thing on my Test Forum

Code:

http://whenupdate.ready4live.xyz/jikyluu?fgtyhe=ojRwAVJsFKHqW2ybGpZ6k6FLjb0q-dFu2yNuWELSw5I.&cid=178179440124&sid=506559&v_id=ljgyGnyUnvOd-lEMApugApZmVW5wEUpvwyu2eBHbViY.

Hello,

If the forums are inactive ( 0 point of activity) it is normal to have a pop under ad when you're logging on it. Normally, pop unders are displayed once per day and per IP.

Leviosa wrote:Hello,

If the forums are inactive ( 0 point of activity) it is normal to have a pop under ad when you're logging on it. Normally, pop unders are displayed once per day and per IP.

I'll have to keep an eye on it, i think it does it more then just one time.