I have been getting warnings that my phone has been hacked and notices that I’m the 1,000,000 user with a google logo and all sorts of stuff when I get on RFC. This also happened when I was a member over on the Marlin Owners forum. It got so bad that I deleted Marlin Owners. The problem went away but seems to come up ONLY on RFC and no other website. I have all of the security in place on my iPhone but the problem still persists. Help please or I’ll have to leave RFC as well.
Sorry, got nothing. That stuff usually comes from hacked ads ("malvertising"), but I only access the site from a regular computer (Mac and Chrome) and have all of that blocked.
You might try a different browser on your phone to see if that makes a difference. If you're not using Chrome, I suggest that.
Thanks for the advice. I’m using the cure safari browser on a newer iPhone. Like I said, I only get the garbage when on RFC. It was the same on Marlin Owners site. When I deleted that site the junk went away until I came on to RFC.
At the suggestion of RFC members, I installed AdBlockPlus on my Windows laptop. That only helped a little bit, so I started blocking ad websites by putting redirects into my "hosts" file. In the end, it has 15 blocked sites. 8 of those are for popup junk from RFC. I have no more ad problems on my laptop.
I'm very new to smart phones, and I don't access RFC from my android. But I've read that apple and android phones do have a "hosts" file buried in the operating systems that can be edited the same way. I just don't know where they are, so you'd have to do the research to find out.
On windows, the hosts file is located in this folder:
"c:/windows/system32/drivers/etc/"
Here's one of my 8 RFC entries:
"0.0.0.0 deployads.com # Stupid RFC ad crap"
No quotes, the # and after is a comment so I know why it's there.
(I run "notepad.exe" as "administrator" so the edits are saved.)
I just spent time flipping thru pages on a burner virtual machine with no protection and couldn't find anything. Perhaps the ad hosts found and deleted them?
I just got the junk again. It’ll happen again. I deleted the RFC site for a few days to test and see if the problem continued. It did not happen when not on RFC. I’ll send the info WHEN it happens again.
This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.
Related Threads
?
?
?
?
?
Rimfire Central Firearm Forum
6.4M posts
194.4K members
Since 2002
A family friendly forum community dedicated to rimfire firearm owners and enthusiasts. Come join the discussion of all manner of rimfire pistols, rifles, optics, ammo, gunsmithing, customization, reviews, hunting, accessories, classifieds, and more!