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Keep getting advertorials popping up

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WiseKneeHair · 09/01/2015 10:03

Hi MN towers.
Ive been reading a long thread on here this morning and every minute or so, when I scroll down, the page suddenly goes to an advertorial site. One was a health and well being site, the other had some ad about doctors and then weight loss ads. I'm not clicking on anything to make this happen and it seems to be getting more frequent.
I'm on my iPad, if that matters.
Anyone else having this problem?
Hope it can be stopped as it's making the site almost unusable!

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IonaMumsnet · 09/01/2015 13:02

We're really sorry about this. It does sound a bit annoying! We'll get someone to look into it and get back to you as soon as we can. Is anyone else having the same problem on an iPad? Could anyone who is having issues also tell us which browser you're using, please? Thank you.

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ColetteTech · 09/01/2015 16:13

Hi all,

SO sorry this is happening, we've been blocking like crazy and I think that we might have found the cause of all this.

We'll have to give it a bit of time to sync but if it's happening after 4:45pm then we'll go back to the drawing board.

Thanks for your patience Flowers

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DawnMumsnet · 11/01/2015 17:01

Hi VirtuallyThere,

We'll ask our Tech folk to come back on the thread with an update. Watch this space. Smile

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ColetteTech · 12/01/2015 10:42

@VirtuallyThere

Can we have an explanation please as to what the problem was. I for one would like to know if my phone/laptop is now vulnerable to future attacks.

Hi VirtuallyThere,

So, the problem was with a rogue ad within Google's advertising network which redirected everyone to some poor quality advertising. Mumsnet doesn't allow this type of advertising but sometimes these ads slip through Google's net, it has now been blocked on Mumsnet but may still be running on other websites. From what I've seen/heard you shouldn't be worried about your devices being vulnerable, this was nothing more than an annoying ad rather than anything malicious or harmful to your devices.

The only thing we'd say is that, as always, we recommend everyone to be careful about giving out mobile phone numbers, bank details or any other personal info via the internet to people you don't know.

Thanks

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DawnMumsnet · 19/01/2015 19:03

@SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius

It has started happening again - a Fit Mum advertorial this time!

Oh no, not again!

Are you still on iPad/Safari?

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RowanMumsnet · 21/01/2015 10:40

Thanks for flagging - we'll ask Colette and her team to try to track it down

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RowanMumsnet · 21/01/2015 10:54

If anyone gets this (or any other annoying pop-up ad), could you please screen grab it and upload it here - it really helps the ad team to track them down. Ta.

(You'll probably get it now you've said that, SoupDragon)

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