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Anyone else being asked to save a file called seg.js?

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InkySkink · 14/08/2013 20:19

Anyone else being repeatedly asked to save a file called seg.js from ib.adnxs.com?
I've run a virus scan and it was clean, and this is ONLY happening on mumsnet.
No way I'm downloading anything I didn't directly click on by the way.

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YoniBottsBumgina · 14/08/2013 21:27

It seems like the ads are getting worse on here :( I currently have adblocker installed and I usually whitelist mumsnet since so much of their revenue comes from ads, but I had to activate it again when there was a creepy ad which would start playing music about 5 minutes after I'd loaded a page! I was going to deactivate it again but now I've seen this I think I'll hold off.

YoniBottsBumgina · 14/08/2013 21:25

It sounds like a javascript file. I wouldn't download or install it. Sounds like it's a plugin for an ad, but it could be sneaky malware.

You may want to report your OP asap so that tech sees it!

pipsqueak · 14/08/2013 21:24

me too

MissFenella · 14/08/2013 21:17

me too

nothruroad · 14/08/2013 21:14

I'm getting that too - only on MN.

Original poster
InkySkink · 14/08/2013 20:21

I think it may be a virus in the ads.
From what I saw when I Google it.

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27cats · 14/08/2013 20:20

Me too, whats going on?