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Mobile site hacked?

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Hi:

I frequently check the forums with my mobile device using chrome.  As of yesterday, when I try to open the forums, I'm directed to some fishing/pop-up sight.

I have to completely clear my browsing history and reset chrome because I can't access ANY site after I'm forced to this odd website.

Thanks

A. Ortega

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Processor, MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk MAX WiFi Motherboard, Samsung 980 Pro 2TB SSD, Samsung 870 4TB SATA, Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition Video Card, Rosewill VMG 1000W 80+ Gold Power Supply, Phanteks XT Pro Ultra Mid-Tower Gaming Chassis, Windows 11 x64 Home, 2.5gb fiber ISP. 

 
 

 

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There is some funkiness going on with the site.  AVSIM tech has been contacted. 😳

Charlie Aron

AVSIM Board of Directors-ADMIN/Moderator-Registrar

Just going to run a Chromebook and not upgrade to a Windows computer. Too many problems with the new Sims! 😱
Trying to keep peace and harmony and the will of Landru on the site seems to be a full time job!

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1 hour ago, charliearon said:

There is some funkiness going on with the site.  AVSIM tech has been contacted. 😳

Thanks for the feedback.  Hope they are able to resolve.

A. Ortega

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Processor, MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk MAX WiFi Motherboard, Samsung 980 Pro 2TB SSD, Samsung 870 4TB SATA, Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition Video Card, Rosewill VMG 1000W 80+ Gold Power Supply, Phanteks XT Pro Ultra Mid-Tower Gaming Chassis, Windows 11 x64 Home, 2.5gb fiber ISP. 

 
 

 

  • 2 months later...

I'm also getting immediate redirects to fishing sites. The ads on mobile have gotten really bad. Admin needs to take a look at whatever company they're using to deliver them.

 

Aorus Master X570 / 5800x3d w/ Arctic Freezer ii 280 / Asus TUF 3090 w/ gigabyte BIOS / 2x16GB b-die @ 3600Mhz 

True story.  It's the advertiser Avsim uses.

Same here, on a Macbook with Chrome

16 hours ago, bbsmitz said:

I'm also getting immediate redirects to fishing sites. The ads on mobile have gotten really bad. Admin needs to take a look at whatever company they're using to deliver them.

 

Same here... immediate redirects. Unable to use avsim.

Spent the last hour resetting my browser settings and network settings on my iPhone thinking I got some nasty malware.
I understand the need for ads but they should never make it impossible to use the site offering them advert space...

Cheers,
S.

Download my repaints at AVSIM.

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D - Radeon RX 7800 XT 16Gb - 2x16Gb DDR5 - Asus Prime B650-Plus - W11 - MSFS2020 & MSFS2024

I just logged on with my IPAD...no issues at all, looks the same as it does on my desktop PC.

Sherm

3 hours ago, shermank said:

I just logged on with my IPAD...no issues at all, looks the same as it does on my desktop PC.

Sherm

I am getting redirected to a “you have won a prize site” as soon as I select the forums, can’t access the forum. Only on iphone.  iPad and pc is fine 

3080rtx  on a i7 12700k with 32 Gig ddr5. 2gig Ssd

Quest 2

Windows 11

If you will use a good ad blocker you won't have these problems. I use Adblock Browser and don't experience this.

Thank you.

Rick

 $Silver Donor

EAA 1317610   I7-7700K @ 4.5ghz, MSI Z270 Gaming MB,  32gb 3200,  Geforce RTX2080 Super O/C,  28" Samsung 4k Monitor,  Various SSD, HD, and peripherals

 

 

Posted too soon … thought I had deleted my pot… obviously not… also getting hammered… bummer 

I wonder why, when there are so many topics and posts about this intrusive behaviour, which is then explained as being necessary to fund the forums, that the Avsim staff are all recommending an adblocker, which then undermines the income received from the intrusive advertising.
I posted this into the other topic but it fits here too, the forum is rendered virtually invisible.

EDIT: I see from the other, now locked topic, that action is to be taken.

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