Amnesiac
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Post by Amnesiac on Oct 13, 2022 15:17:47 GMT -5
Over the past couple weeks, my browser has been redirected to questionable websites while browsing or posting on Pulse, and only on Pulse.
Today it was this fake McAfee website that I was redirected to while I was typing a post in the Live Shows subforum. https://quick-inspect [dot] com/mcafee-safe-browsing
I didn't click on anything there, and Malwarebytes and Windows Security said my device was clean, but it was very difficult to back out of that website. I also do not have any McAfee product installed on my device.
What's going on? I'm going to turn on my Adblock here for a little while to see if it's some ad the forum is running.
Has anyone else had this happen to them?
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SabrinaFan
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Post by SabrinaFan on Oct 14, 2022 8:06:29 GMT -5
This happened to me last year but it hasn't happened in a while. It's nothing specific to this website; it's a ProBoards issue. I reached out to ProBoards at the time and got a generic "maybe you should get a stronger antivirus!" response, but the issue went away on its own (at least for me) within a couple weeks.
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Amnesiac
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Post by Amnesiac on Oct 14, 2022 12:14:50 GMT -5
Good to know, I had a feeling it was a ProBoards thing because it is probably from one of the ads.
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Disco🌶️📖
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Post by Disco🌶️📖 on Oct 16, 2022 20:47:11 GMT -5
Proboards is considered a 'harmful site' on my company's wifi so I can't view it on their networks anymore.
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bboat11
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Post by bboat11 on Oct 20, 2022 0:27:13 GMT -5
Proboards is considered a 'harmful site' on my company's wifi so I can't view it on their networks anymore. Judging by all the sketchy characters around here, I'm not surprised!
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