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#32
#32
OK, this one may be legit. A simple question is this webpage now telling you to update to Java 25 to be viewed properly?

That is the message I get before being sent to what looks like a offical java page. The reason I ask is Freak has said not to download stuff like\similar to that.
 
#33
#33
orangeblooded2 said:
OK, this one may be legit. A simple question is this webpage now telling you to update to Java 25 to be viewed properly?

That is the message I get before being sent to what looks like a offical java page. The reason I ask is Freak has said not to download stuff like\similar to that.
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I got that this morning too.
 
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#34
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vollygirl said:
I got that this morning too.
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There has been a lot of problems caused by Java over the years, security loopholes, functionality issues and multi mega problems in general. And they are not a company that gets in a hurry to fix their problems.
 
#35
#35
If you need to update Java, go to the Java website directly. Don't update from any website popup. :hi:
 
#36
#36
Got this last night and again today. Didnt grab a screenshot because my AV redirected before I could, will try again but it looks like it may be one of the ads thats causing it.

I have the latest Java 7_55 so 7_25 would be going backwards.
 
#39
#39
orangeblooded2 said:
There has been a lot of problems caused by Java over the years, security loopholes, functionality issues and multi mega problems in general. And they are not a company that gets in a hurry to fix their problems.
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This!

Over the years Java has become more of a problem than an asset. Hackers are exploiting loopholes within the Java program and it's allowing malware into your computer through websites and popup ads and a lot of the time you don't even know you got it.

Unless you're going to specific sites that require you to have Java it's recommended to just uninstall it altogether. I don't have it on my laptops and have yet to go to webpage that required me to have Java. There are exceptions though.
 
#42
#42
It's clearly an ad trying to get you to download something. I'm still trying to pin down which one is causing it. Obviously don't download or install any java updates from here.
 
#43
#43
Ap89.com is definitely the domain it's trying to redirect to, I just need to pinpoint the ad.
 
#44
#44
I keep getting this pop up. Please help.

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#46
#46
I got this after I loaded the 'My Posts' page
 

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#48
My laptop has been hijacked, apparently by a firm acting for the Republican party. This has now happened 6 times in the last half hour or so. I'm on Windows 7 Professional, using IE. I'm on the Football Forum, and after clicking 5-6 threads and then the link to go back to the FF home page, I go elsewhere.

It won't let me screenshot, but it's a white screen with a dark grey box with white letters saying "FIND OUT WHERE TO VOTE."

When I hover over the box, the URL shows an adclickg.doublecick.net followed by a nearly infinite series of characters. When I click on the box, it goes briefly to adclick and then https://gotv.nrsc.org/nc/early-vote...-12537_cox&utm_content=NRSC-IE(NM)-12537&zip=

Meanwhile the original VN page, hijacked by adclick, has the spinner going up in the toolbar.

When I Google nrsc, it comes up as National Republican Senatorial Committee. The page itself has something about Target Victory.

I am beyond irate. I now have to shut down and run AdAware and Malwarebytes in hopes of getting rid of this crap. Had I been considering voting Republican, his would most certainly have ended that idea.

eta: background anti-virus is McAfee LiveSafe (I know, I know), plus Windows security is current.
 
#49
#49
VolNExile said:
My laptop has been hijacked, apparently by a firm acting for the Republican party. This has now happened 6 times in the last half hour or so. I'm on Windows 7 Professional, using IE. I'm on the Football Forum, and after clicking 5-6 threads and then the link to go back to the FF home page, I go elsewhere.

It won't let me screenshot, but it's a white screen with a dark grey box with white letters saying "FIND OUT WHERE TO VOTE."

When I hover over the box, the URL shows an adclickg.doublecick.net followed by a nearly infinite series of characters. When I click on the box, it goes briefly to adclick and then https://gotv.nrsc.org/nc/early-vote...-12537_cox&utm_content=NRSC-IE(NM)-12537&zip=

Meanwhile the original VN page, hijacked by adclick, has the spinner going up in the toolbar.

When I Google nrsc, it comes up as National Republican Senatorial Committee. The page itself has something about Target Victory.

I am beyond irate. I now have to shut down and run AdAware and Malwarebytes in hopes of getting rid of this crap. Had I been considering voting Republican, his would most certainly have ended that idea.

eta: background anti-virus is McAfee LiveSafe (I know, I know), plus Windows security is current.
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