[RESOLVED] Dodgy advert forcing download of spam/viruses

[R E S T E C P]

The advert for "STARLET BUILDING" downloads "Your_mortgage_payments.rar" automatically on each page load.

[Mr Happy]

And this is the #1 reason why people should run some form of ad blocker.

[R E S T E C P]

Mr Happy said:

And this is the #1 reason why people should run some form of ad blocker.

I do at home, I can't at work

[James Drake]

Thanks for the feedback guys - we'll get the advertising dudes on it immediately!

JD

[Vaud]

Mr Happy said:

And this is the #1 reason why people should run some form of ad blocker.

Shocking that the ad company isn't checking for malware...

[crmcatee]

The ad company not checking for anything is one of the main reasons people use adblockers.

[James Drake]

Just a brief update - the as ops team are working on this as we speak. The ad will be removed (permanently) from the site and the host / provider will get more than a strongly worded email!

Apologies for any issues caused - this hasn't happened for a little while and we thought that we'd come up with a way to permanently prevent it happening... Sadly this is clearly not the case!

If I get any further updates I'll share them here.

Thanks again for the speedy feedback,

JD

Edited by James Drake on Tuesday 9th August 20:26

[James Drake]

The advert has now been stopped at its source - thanks again for the feedback and please do let us know if you see any reoccurrences of this advert (or anything similar).

JD