BigRedBuster Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Three times today a page on here has tried to download something on my computer. 1 Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted September 22, 2020 Author Share Posted September 22, 2020 It just did it again when I clicked on the back button to leave this page. Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Have you ran a virus scan on your device? Quote Link to comment
Enhance Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 I haven't experienced this problem before and haven't received any other reports. Have you ruled out a local issue by running a virus scan like @knapplc suggested? May also not hurt to do a complete history/cookies cleansing of your browsing history, and if you have something like CC Cleaner installed your PC, doing that as well. Not sure if @BigRedMax would have any other insight. Quote Link to comment
Mavric Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 I've had several warnings from my antivirus on my home computer over the last couple weeks. They always seem to pop up when a page is loading on HuskerBoard. I'll try to grab the address next time. 1 Quote Link to comment
JJ Husker Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 It just happened to me for the first time. I simply clicked the tab for loading the home page and got a pop up box asking if I wanted to download the file t.something. Seems a little sketchy. 1 Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Gotta be a new ad insert. Trust in god, but tie your antivirus tight! Quote Link to comment
admo Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Confirmed. It's alive. 1 Quote Link to comment
BigRedMax Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 It has been reported to our ad ops. Screen shots would be helpful. Quote Link to comment
BigRedMax Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Also, we will be doing a migration to a new faster server and will be upgrading the BBS software as well. Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted September 23, 2020 Author Share Posted September 23, 2020 19 hours ago, knapplc said: Have you ran a virus scan on your device? Yes, it's ran every night. I haven't seen anything. @BigRedMax It's impossible to do a screen shot because it's so fast. But, the file is. f.txt-6.js It just happened again. It was f.txt-7.js 1 Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 4 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said: Yes, it's ran every night. I haven't seen anything. @BigRedMax It's impossible to do a screen shot because it's so fast. But, the file is. f.txt-6.js It just happened again. It was f.txt-7.js Are you on an Apple device? That seems to be a Mac-specific issue. Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted September 23, 2020 Author Share Posted September 23, 2020 1 minute ago, knapplc said: Are you on an Apple device? That seems to be a Mac-specific issue. yes Quote Link to comment
BigRedBuster Posted September 23, 2020 Author Share Posted September 23, 2020 3 hours ago, knapplc said: Are you on an Apple device? That seems to be a Mac-specific issue. I've done parts of what is in that video but some is assuming I'm running Chrome and I'm not. I cleared my history. It just happened again. I'm sure if the board admin knows about it, it will get cleaned up. Quote Link to comment
BigRedMax Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Got this information from our ad ops. ---------------- Google is experiencing a large scale glitch in ad creative rendering impacting Google DV360 and Adsense. This has been happening since Tuesday September 22 early morning. The issue manifests as a browser dialog box to confirm the download of a file. The file is -not- malicious, this does -not- contain malware, just ad serving code. Google ads are currently experiencing sporadic issues where the browser might display a dialog box (or “popup”) to indicate a pending download. This is not- a malware attack. Due to the nature of the issue, we are not currently able to block these dialog boxes. The issue has been escalated and is being investigated. -------------------- https://news.thewindowsclub.com/firefox-chrome-edge-safari-forced-to-download-mysterious-f-text-file-103254/ These f.txt is not malware according to this recent report/article that came out today. It is a glitch with Google ads that is being investigated. 1 Quote Link to comment
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