Flight Rising Discussion

I just got an auto-play ad on the front page.

From my other post: [quote name="Pyroclastic" date=2015-05-02 09:33:23] To a porn site. How lovely. }:( It was a gen one hoarders ping from cooneyms. Quote: Alerts Important notices about your friends and account. 05/02/2015 06:29 cooneyms has mentioned you in a forum post I did not screen shot this. But yeah. Full on naked woman etc etc. On my laptop using Google chrome [/quote] Adding: Clicking back on that same link sends me to the correct dragon sale ad. After being sent to a porn type site (woman on the front was nude and asked "Are you 18 and over?") I immediately closed it, reopened Chrome and cleared my cache etc. No way in the planet I was going try and replicate it OR get the sites link etc like I was asked in my original post [url=http://www1.flightrising.com/forums/bug/1423002/1#post_10710336]HERE[/url] . I don't need that trash on my computer.

My friend @songofsilence is having an issue with ads. So much so that she couldn't even navigate the site to get here to report it herself. She's unsure what ad it is causing her problems, as her anti-virus program prevents the page from actually loading, but not from it messing up her site navigation. She does know of one that loaded called "Good Game Empire" but others are blocked by her anti-virus. She also sent me this screenshot of what is happening before the ads "go crazy" and start popping up and loading [img]http://i.imgur.com/RdHsSkq.jpg[/img]

@Jaffa That means your friend has malware. That's not the site. Have her look at this: [quote name="Itsy" date=2015-05-01 19:24:03] [b]> Check your browser's plug-ins, scripts, and attachments.[/b] Sometimes websites/ads can download things unknowingly into your browser or computer. Most of those kinds of malware would typically only display extra ads that will show up even though you're using Adblocker. They're pretty easy to find because most of them will be "shopping helper" ads/downloads. Make sure to delete any suspicious scripts, plug-ins, or attachments to your browser. If you do find them and delete them, make sure to go through your programs on your computer as well because the only way they're able to be on your browser is because a program or file is putting it there, permanently. Even despite you deleting it from your browser, as soon as you launch it again it will show back up. Find it's source. [b]> Check your program list for any unfamiliar programs that you're sure you didn't download.[/b] These programs are typically downloaded when you're installing something you've been intending to install. Sometimes people will just keep clicking through the installation program for whatever they're download and won't notice the tabs that ask you if you'd like to download certain programs with your installation. This will probably, more than likely, download a malicious program that is intended to badger you all day and night. All of the programs will probably be named like such anti-virus, shopping guide, or toolbar. Make sure to purge your programs list every once in a while if you think you might have any of those issues. [b]> Download a good anti-malware/virus program.[/b] I personally don't know A LOT of these programs because I typically don't get any viruses or malware. Don't go to Google and download a random one. Chances are, you're going to download one that will do the complete opposite of what you'd want. If you're afraid of any malware, I'd suggest MalwareBytes. It's a legit program that will delete any malicious files it can find and it also detects them when they're active on your computer. Ask around. People will give you suggestions on these kinds of programs to use! [/quote] This can help her. Those are ads created by an extension being added to her browser by force.

For antivirus, I like Avast or AVG.

For anti-malware my absolute favorite is Malwarebytes, but Spybot S&D is a close second. AdAware (if they're even still around) is a distant third.

I use HitmanPro as a backup method of anti-malware. It's meant to work with another anti-malware and not replace it. This is something useful to consider, as you can't expect any given anti-malware to be 100% perfect all the time.

Was just clicking through the familiars in my lair and when I had finally reached the last hatchling at the end and clicked on to the next dragon (Which should be Mirxail, the first one)

I only got a glimpse of the dragon's page before suddenly being redirected to a porn site (adultfriendfinder). Clicking on the browser's back button returned me to the hatchling's page. When I went back to the same page again, the redirection did not happen again. Thank goodness.