Fake virus redirects

[Sixpackpert]

Dick Dastardly said:

Not had these before but getting them frequently today. The site is pretty unusable on a mobile.

Ditto. Unreadable site now on my iphone. Weirdly it hasn’t happened on this thread but every thread on Formula 1 I cannot read thanks to the redirects...

[emicen]

AdGuard for your phone. Best thing to come out the whole debacle was me installing that. Only downside is I need to remember to turn it off for browsing racecarsdirect.

[Alucidnation]

Agreed about adguard etc but this just should not be allowed to happen.

Makes you wonder how lax the rest of this place is with regards to security.

[f1_dragon]

Sixpackpert said:

Dick Dastardly said:

Not had these before but getting them frequently today. The site is pretty unusable on a mobile.

Ditto. Unreadable site now on my iphone. Weirdly it hasn’t happened on this thread but every thread on Formula 1 I cannot read thanks to the redirects...

Same here.

[38911]

PH utterly unusable again on mobile. Continual redirects to a spammy Amazon advert. Never known any other forum/site suffer these problems to this extent for such a long period of time so it’s something PH is doing that is allowing/encouraging/attracting this bullst.

[Pica-Pica]

38911 said:

PH utterly unusable again on mobile. Continual redirects to a spammy Amazon advert. Never known any other forum/site suffer these problems to this extent for such a long period of time so it’s something PH is doing that is allowing/encouraging/attracting this bullst.

PH is getting unusable on an iPad using home WiFi broadband, due to these ‘Congratulations’ break-ins. It does not happen on other sites at all. PITA.

[kiethton]

Again! On this very fking thread

If you can’t find out the cause maybe just turn off all advertising until it’s sorted?

[38911]

Utterly unusable on tablet and phone, both iOS and Android. Not tried laptop.

I try to avoid using ad block on free sites like this as it’s only fair to “pay” for use/upkeep of the site with background ads that generate revenue for PH..... But if you’re going to let these kind of ads run then I’m afraid ALL ads are being blocked from now on.

[Nigel_O]

Firstly, I can’t believe that PH is knowingly allowing ads that are so massively disruptive - the negativity from forum users far outweighs any benefits

So, if the re-directs aren’t allowed, then PH must be being hacked or manipulated - AGAIN.

This is the worrying bit - we had this issue a few weeks ago, but now it’s back - why didn’t PH take steps to prevent unscrupulous advertisers hiding their viruses in otherwise innocent-looking ads?

Edited by Nigel_O on Sunday 30th September 10:56

[zetec]

Been getting this a lot today, making the forums utterly unusable

[vantara]

Changed both PH and FB passwords and seems to have fixed it for me.

[Mr E]

Currently estimate 1/5 ph threads are causing me to redirect.
That’s beyond irritating.

[Scobblelotcher]

Pi-Hole is brilliant for home networks, you can use any browser and never see an ad and it works for any internet connected device I.e. mobile phones, TVs, computers

https://pi-hole.net/

[kiethton]

Got so bad I’ve installed Adblock plus on the work phone

[Nutter99]

Same here, it’s extremely annoying.

[h0b0]

Alucidnation said:

Makes you wonder how lax the rest of this place is with regards to security.

Assuming this isn’t sarcasm then I will give you an indication of how seriously PH take data security. Until recently, your password was communicated as plain text. That meant it was very easy for people to see it. PH knew this issue for years and didn’t do anything about it. And, for those of us a little knowledgable, it was very obvious the second you got on the site this was the case.

[Downward]

Yep winning an Amazon voucher.

[juggsy]

I’ve received this several times today, insanely annoying. Be even more annoyed if I don’t win the gift card now that I’ve entered...

[wombleh]

Yea just tried to read a few threads and got that same spam . Using phone with no ad blockers. Site is basically unusable now.

[WinstonWolf]

I've just had this on the mobile, had to close Safari completely to get rid of it.

Any comments from PH?