Last several days, only while browsing rimfirecentral.com I have been getting random redirects, mostly to a site that is obviously not microsoft's site. Address is microsyscare dot com, get a popup saying windows has been blocked due to suspicious activity. It tells me to call an 800 number for help.
Usually I can just hit the back button and get away, but today computer froze up and I had to restart it to do anything.
Windows 10, chrome browser. Currently posting using firefox browser, seems ok so far.
Scanning for bad stuff right now, will update if anything shows.
Using Vipre business anti-virus software, 7.5.5839
OP, anti-virus software is mostly useless against malware... most of them are similar to applying penicillin after trolling in dirty bars.
Prevention is the key.
I use "SandboxIE" for all my client machines.
This is a condom for your computer.
It prevents infection, rather than treating it after you have one.
You can use the free tools to get rid of infection in most cases. www.malwarebytes.org
Be SURE to not check the "free offer".
Pay attention so it does not install some Google Chrome add-on baloney.
This has happened to me, as well - several times, and only on this site. I do have malwarebytes. Every time, it freezes my browser causing me to have to close Chrome thru Task Manager (nothing else works). It is something connected to this site, specifically.
It's part of whatever ad network RFC is using. I've had it happen on my iPhone a couple times. If it keeps happening I'll have to un-whitelist the site in my ad blocker.
Just had it happen right now when I clicked on this thread to read it. Norton caught it and I was able to use the back arrow to get out of it on Firefox.
Unfortunately, this happened often enough that I had to re-enable my ad blocker. This breaks the enhanced mobile version of the site, so I'm on the desktop version now. Not as convenient on my iPhone, but way better then getting redirected to the App Store every visit (don't know how they found a way to bypass Apple's blocker, but they did).
I have malwarebytes and bitdefender but the popups are really bad. Never seen them this bad and they are only on this web site. It took 4 times to finally get this message out. Looking at my bitdefender's virus history shows lots of bad stuff is getting blocked here...too much to be comfortable with because no software blocks 100%.
Rimfire Central, I really enjoy your site but this is too much.
Me too. Been getting re-directed to nonsense via quizzitch.net
I thought I had a browser hijack but this is with my Chromebook, with Chrome OS, which cannot be written to.
Anyway, it is definitely THIS site as I have not experienced the problem anywhere else. Sorry to say this but I'll just stop visiting RFC until it's fixed.
When I am on this forum using my cell phone a warning comes up trying to send me to download some app and it won't let me back out back on to the Forum .I have to restart my phone .This started happening about a week ago I thought it was just me
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