Have you seen THIS while browsing FFR?

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  • passivegirl
    FFR Player
    • Mar 2008
    • 93
    #1

    Have you seen THIS while browsing FFR?



    I get this very often while browsing FFR. The text is annoying enough, but it's one of those things that, unless you end it via a method like Task Manager, will never go away and eventually force you to download a fake Virus Prevention Program.

    My computer is acting kind of funky now, by the way. Perhaps it's paranoia, or perhaps I caught something malicious from FFR...
    Gah.
    Member for under a year and already over 400 AAAs! Yay for FFR ^_^

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    • Freehander
      .-*{[JVibe]}*-.
      • Mar 2008
      • 35
      #2
      Re: Have you seen THIS while browsing FFR?

      For starters, your not logged in, so you will get pop-up ads like that .
      Other than that, it's not really a bug, it's an ad that everyone probably has at least seen once, I have a pop-up blocker, so even if I did not have Elite Supporter and ads came to me, I wouldn't catch it.

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        • foilman8805
          smoke wheat hail satin
          FFR Simfile Author
          • Sep 2006
          • 5704
          #3
          Re: Have you seen THIS while browsing FFR?

          Whenever I get those kind of pernicious pop-ups, I just close the browser ASAP.

          Maybe ads are getting really sophisticated...but I doubt you caught a virus unless you yourself OK'd the install of a 'Virus Prevention Program'.

          And uhh yeah, why aren't you logged in? o_O

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            • BigBoss37
              Veteran Member
              • Mar 2007
              • 1099
              #4
              Re: Have you seen THIS while browsing FFR?

              xp-police-av.com? xD

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                • passivegirl
                  FFR Player
                  • Mar 2008
                  • 93
                  #5
                  Re: Have you seen THIS while browsing FFR?

                  I probably didn't catch anything, but it's just annoying that it could be a possibility if you don't respond appropriately to a would-be deceptive ad for lots of people. I just feel you shouldn't have to be logged in as a subscriber to avoid these types of ads.


                  Originally posted by BigBoss37
                  xp-police-av.com? xD
                  Indeed. xD
                  Last edited by passivegirl; 02-20-2009, 09:49 PM.
                  Member for under a year and already over 400 AAAs! Yay for FFR ^_^

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                    • tangomango
                      FFR Player
                      • May 2007
                      • 1134
                      #6
                      Re: Have you seen THIS while browsing FFR?

                      I was browsing the top 1000 overall ranks on FFR a couple weeks back(before subby) and something similar popped out, my browser started to become extremely slow and the annoying popup would keep coming. I did a virus check with Malwarebyte (Passive, you should use it if you think you caught something), it said my computer had a browser-hijacker/trojen virus and it deleted it. I'm not sure if it came from an ad on FFR or something, but that's my tale :P

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                        • ShAiOnEi
                          FFR Player
                          • May 2007
                          • 1110
                          #7
                          Re: Have you seen THIS while browsing FFR?

                          It's because you don't have adblock plus that blocks every ad on the internet.
                          I love my son Auron

                          Epic thread killer

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                            • TC_llama499
                              Resident Rock Climber
                              • Feb 2008
                              • 1573
                              #8
                              Re: Have you seen THIS while browsing FFR?

                              i have had my AVG pop up many times saying potential threat when im on my alts.

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