Ad Problem: PF Page Hijacked, Block It Now!

[AlephZero]

Twice in the last 24 hours, clicking a link to open a thread on PF has produced a full-screen wnidow claiming to be http://testables.net/d/juicyru.com with a message like "congratulations, click here to win an ipad" or similar.

NOTE: THE ABOVE LINK IS MERELY TO REPORT THE PROBLEM - CLICK IT AT YOUR OWN RISK!

Whatever this is, it appears to be hijacking the actual PF page completely. If it's coming from your sponsored advertising software, please block!

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

You are logged in when this happens? The only ad you should see is a banner above the nav bar.

 

[AlephZero]

You are logged in when this happens?

Yes.

The only ad you should see is a banner above the nav bar.

That's what I do see normally, except when this takes over the entire tab in my browser (IE). The only way to kill it seems to be to close the tab. Re-clicking the same PF link works fine, with a different "normal sized" banner ad.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

That's what I do see normally, except when this takes over the entire tab in my browser (IE). The only way to kill it seems to be to close the tab. Re-clicking the same PF link works fine, with a different "normal sized" banner ad.

Could it have been a flash ad that you hovered over and it popped out?

 

[AlephZero]

I suppose that's possible, but the IE/MS popup blocker is on, and I sometimes get messages from other sites saying a popup was blocked. But I don't think I clicked on anything.

Whatever it was, it was intrusive enough to replace https://www.physicsforums ... in the browser address bar with its own address.

FWIW, googling "juicyru.com" suggests it's not specific to PF.