We identified the problem with that pop up window that kept coming up. It appeared to be a remnant ad server spitting out some malicious javascript. We shut it down the other day, but it has started happening again this morning.
The problem appears to have come from a small remnant ad provider, and that provider has been removed.
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MetaCosm (Diary) Thursday, January 8th at 11:08AM EST (link)If you still get the page hijack (virus scanner fake page) after 3:30 PM EST STD (January 8th, 2009), please post on this thread.
Thanks so much for your understanding.
~ MetaCosm
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MetaCosm (Diary) Thursday, January 8th at 11:22AM EST (link)If you can manage to save the source file or get any extended info when you see it, please pass that on to me.
~ MetaCosm
Just got it
hogiewan Thursday, January 8th at 11:13AM EST (link)I just got a popup for some fake Anitvirus
What page
MetaCosm (Diary) Thursday, January 8th at 11:23AM EST (link)Hoegiewan–
I am trying to recreated it, so any information you can give me on it would be terrific.
~ MetaCosm
Just got it
David_Kirby Thursday, January 8th at 11:53AM EST (link)MetaCosm, when I get it agian, I’ll provide details…
And statesmen at her council met
Who knew the seasons when to take
Occasion by the hand, and make
The bounds of freedom wider yet
- Tennyson, _To the Queen_
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jnsmith76 Thursday, January 8th at 11:53AM EST (link)11:52am Eastern
Popup sighted while loading main page. Redirected to link below:
(Link logged by management and removed — Thanks!)
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jnsmith76 Thursday, January 8th at 11:54AM EST (link)Not currently on my forensics machine so I did not try to isolate program.
Thanks
MetaCosm (Diary) Thursday, January 8th at 12:22PM EST (link)Thank you very much jnsmith!
~ MetaCosm
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crousehold (Diary) Thursday, January 8th at 2:03PM EST (link)Just got the popup when I was loading the front page. 1:08 Central Time. I didn’t get the link though. Sorry!
No problems here although
woodsman (Diary) Thursday, January 8th at 2:20PM EST (link)something similar is going on over at Human Events.
Got it
mediumcool Thursday, January 8th at 3:07PM EST (link)3:07 pm eastern time
Didn't get it here at work but got it this morning...
JadedByPolitics (Diary) Thursday, January 8th at 3:12PM EST (link)maybe the virus detector is better here
which means I need what they have at home!
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Just got it
hoosierteacher (Diary) Thursday, January 8th at 3:30PM EST (link)about 3pm est, 1-8-09. My page was redirected, but at least I didn’t get a message from my anti-virus program that a virus had to be moved to a vault.
“Greater is an army of sheep led by a lion, than an army of lions led by a sheep” – Defoe