Spekulatius Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 I am having the problem recently that accessing the CoBaF website consistently directs me to some malware website for an Amazon Gift card. This is when accessing the CoBaF website with and iPad Pro. I tried removing all the website data from Safari via the setting menu followed by a restart, but this does not solve the issue. I know that turning off JavaScript for Safari gets rid of the redirect, but then many websites don’t work correctly any more. I am wondering - could this malware be server site or is it malware on my iPad? I never had such and issue before, except on a Windows PC, where a malware removal tool got rid of the issue. With that malware attack on my PC, the redirect occurred with all websites, not a specific one, so this one is different. do, far, I only got the malware redirect when trying to access the CoBaF website. Any ideas from resident experts what is going on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubsfan Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 i had the same type of problem on saturday on my macair - almost exact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boilermaker75 Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 I access CoBaF with a MacBook Air and have not experienced that symptom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepydragon Posted March 12, 2018 Share Posted March 12, 2018 yes, same here, accessing using iPhone. I googled this. It's called "deep ip" method. Can't be fixed from user side. The fix has to be done by the maintainer of the web server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spekulatius Posted March 13, 2018 Author Share Posted March 13, 2018 yes, same here, accessing using iPhone. I googled this. It's called "deep ip" method. Can't be fixed from user side. The fix has to be done by the maintainer of the web server. I think the redirects come from ads on this website. Since the ads are targeted, some users get it and others don’t. They are a hell of a nuisance and make this website unusable. I do get them on my iPad, but not on my iPhone so far. I am contacting our host regarding this issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelagic Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 A lot of forums have been having trouble with this. It's server side and from my understanding is related to the ad service provider many forums use. A popup blocker will work to filter it. I downloaded the content blocker+ app on my iPhone (it was free) and it worked to eliminate it on another forum that had it pretty bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spekulatius Posted March 13, 2018 Author Share Posted March 13, 2018 A lot of forums have been having trouble with this. It's server side and from my understanding is related to the ad service provider many forums use. A popup blocker will work to filter it. I downloaded the content blocker+ app on my iPhone (it was free) and it worked to eliminate it on another forum that had it pretty bad. Thanks, I installed the Free StopAd app and the problem seems to be gone for now. Very annoying and quite honestly self defeating to allow ads like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjam Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 On my Macbook, I use an up-to-date Google Chrome with the Ublock Origin extension, which seems to be the best of the ad blockers these days. (Note that there are several different ublocks listed in the Chrome extension store, it's "Ublock Origin by Raymond Hill (gorhill)".) On Android, I use the Brave browser which is a google chrome variant with built in adblocking. I haven't had any problem with malware redirection. Having said that, it obviously would be better if Parsad banned malware ads from his site... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardboard Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Lot's of Russian and Ukrainian dating ads on the site. The girls look good and I can see why one would be tempted to click 8) Cardboard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfp Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Those ads are custom for you Cardboard... from your browsing patterns Lot's of Russian and Ukrainian dating ads on the site. The girls look good and I can see why one would be tempted to click 8) Cardboard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villainx Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 I get more of the amazon pop up malware on my phone when I'm signed on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelagic Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 On my Macbook, I use an up-to-date Google Chrome with the Ublock Origin extension, which seems to be the best of the ad blockers these days. (Note that there are several different ublocks listed in the Chrome extension store, it's "Ublock Origin by Raymond Hill (gorhill)".) On Android, I use the Brave browser which is a google chrome variant with built in adblocking. I haven't had any problem with malware redirection. Having said that, it obviously would be better if Parsad banned malware ads from his site... The problem as I understand it from other forum's that have dealt with it is that is malware that has infected the ad service provider so it's not something the site administrator can easily fix aside from turning off ads completely or finding a new ad service provider. I've never experienced the issue on my Mac but it was terrible on my iPhone before I installed an ad blocker app, making a couple sites completely unusable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munger_Disciple Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Can someone suggest a good (if possible free) adblocker app for ipad? TIA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjam Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 @Munger_Disciple writes: Can someone suggest a good (if possible free) adblocker app for ipad? TIA. I haven't tested Brave on ios but I've used it on Android and it's good. It's available for ipod in the app store... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spekulatius Posted March 13, 2018 Author Share Posted March 13, 2018 Can someone suggest a good (if possible free) adblocker app for ipad? TIA. I use StopAd. It’s free and seems to work (no issues for at least one day now) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munger_Disciple Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 Thanks Spekulatius and jimjam. I have installed StopAd and it works well with Safari but there seems to be no way to enable on Chrome browser on ipad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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