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anyone else getting phishing popups ?

Anyone else getting popups browsing in this forum? I am posting here in the cables forum because this is the place I have received this phishing popup. I have not seen them in any other forum, or website. 

My AVG stops the popup from happening, but one of my laptops on Malwarebytes does not, and the cable forum webpage becomes a fake McAfee anti virus popup (ironically) which states you are infected "click here" . I have had one before which said I won a prize also in this cable forum. 

Since I cannot post a picture of this screen shot of this fake popup I have a link to the image via dropbox if you are curious to see what this looks like

Please respond if this has also happened to you, as when I reported this to Audiogon admin they state I have been the only one to do so.

Mcafee phishing

128x128mclinnguy
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barts
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I always use Brave browser for the web, McAfee antivirus scans and removes all cookies, temp files etc once a week.  Amazing how much crap accumulates in a week.

Also this computer is for email and web only.  So if it really gets slammed hard, I just wipe it out and reload.

Second computer is for "important" stuff...hahahahaha.

Regards,

barts

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stereo5
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Even with Ad Aware Pro on my computer, I am all of a sudden getting pop ups only on this site.  My web browser deletes the cache whenever I close it out so it isn’t that.  Did Audiogon go to a new algorithm to force the advertisements down our throats?

digsmithd
913 posts
 

YES

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mclinnguy OP
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I always use Brave browser for the web, McAfee antivirus scans and removes all cookies, temp files etc once a week. Amazing how much crap accumulates in a week.

Also this computer is for email and web only. So if it really gets slammed hard, I just wipe it out and reload.

Some good info there

Did Audiogon go to a new algorithm to force the advertisements down our throats?

I don’t believe these are legitimate ads, they seem to be malicious hijacks from code unknowingly embedded in the host website- if they are indeed paid "ads" and the website owner is knowingly permitting it, that is one webpage I will never visit again!

No popups, just an endless stream of inappropriate lingerie and sex toy ads from TEMU

You are the lucky one

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asvjerry
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...I get email bs near daily of this sort....one, two a day, various iterations of my e/m names...easy to pick off into the spam bucket, from lengthy addresses to bizarre typography....

If anyone can materialize a 'counter-bot' to go fry their drives, I'm your test crash dummy test pilot.... ;)

(...the fear being that 90% of the 'net might go with it....

....but the damn nest mess would simply re-appear and be worse in 24....

😖😬

Haven't had any here...yet....🤞

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