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Constant spam pop ups

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GetOffTheRoof · 07/05/2019 15:03

I'm getting a lot of sudden spam pop ups, and Google Safe Browsing warnings.

The pages they've been on are:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3579365-Teen-Stepdaughter?msgid=86878689#86878689

www.mumsnet.com/Talk

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/Site_stuff

Screenshots of the warnings attached.

Any ideas?

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DecomposingComposers · 07/05/2019 18:50

Android chrome.

No idea of the url stuff

Location London/South East

SheilaTakeABow · 07/05/2019 18:52

URL is just of whatever page I'm on.
Android on Samsung.
North East

TillyTheTiger · 07/05/2019 18:53

Me too, same red screens as the OP. Happened on about five different threads in Active.
Samsung, android, chrome. Cheshire.

AlunWynsKnee · 07/05/2019 18:56

I was on this thread using chrome on a Sony Android.
The URL was www.mumsnet.com/Talk/site_stuff/3579572-Constant-spam-pop-ups?pg=2&order=
But it was red and the s of https was crossed out.

Poundlandkate · 07/05/2019 18:57

Mine too. Mobile site using a Huawei. It was on a thread about MLM bots and active.

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SanFranBear · 07/05/2019 18:58

Me too (red screen warning!)... Samsung Android S9, Chrome and in the South

bizzey · 07/05/2019 18:59

And me .. more so if i try to click onto what i am on.
Not the red page ..the other one pp showed

dementedpixie · 07/05/2019 19:00

Samsung internet
I was on this thread
Scotland
Android

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Poundlandkate · 07/05/2019 19:01

Just had this too. www.mumsnet.com/Talk

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bizzey · 07/05/2019 19:02

Why does phone and area matter?

Herland · 07/05/2019 19:03

Me too. Came on to ask about it.
Android. Chrome.

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BertieBotts · 07/05/2019 19:12

Getting this too. Sony ZX3 android, chrome browser. I'm in Germany. It seems to be linked to an ad on the page rather than the page itself?

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/threads-im-on

I'm just clicking back to safety every time rather than letting it redirect me.

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MonaChopsis · 07/05/2019 19:14

And me, same red screen as OP, across multiple threads. Samsung S7, Android, North Wales.

MrsMozartMkII · 07/05/2019 19:15

I've had the same as GetOffTheRoof

BertieBotts · 07/05/2019 19:16

If you look at the text on the Screenshots it seems to be a misleading ad which attempts to trick you into clicking on stuff - surely just blocking ads with the keywords Samsung and iPhone would work then.

BertieBotts · 07/05/2019 19:18

If it happens again I'll try and click on details

SparklyMagpie · 07/05/2019 19:21

Samsung s10+
Google Chrome
North west

Pretty much after every 2/3 threads I go on. Been happening all day and doing my head right in

BertieBotts · 07/05/2019 19:22

Literally just had it again! Details just explains what Phishing is. It loaded the thread (trending one about lifting your child) and a few seconds later as though the ad had just loaded this suddenly came up on the screen.

You can see its a normal mumsnet URL by the bit at the top of the screenshot.

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StealthPolarBear · 07/05/2019 19:37

Hasn't happened to me in a while now

DecomposingComposers · 07/05/2019 20:07

It seems to have stopped now.

LizzieMumsnet · 07/05/2019 20:10

Thank you for all for the information you have provided. We are looking into this. Has anyone experienced this issue when clicking on an ad or if it just occurs when you go on a talk thread/navigating around the site?

Thanks again.

Samind · 07/05/2019 20:11

I've had it too. It happens when I was clicking on a different thread or if I was reading one, it would pop up. Hope it's not a hacking virus 😬

dementedpixie · 07/05/2019 20:12

I don't click on ads

DecomposingComposers · 07/05/2019 20:12

No, I never click on the adds. It's been when I've been looking at, or posting on threads.

There didn't seem to be a pattern to it either. Sometimes it would be repeatedly and then other times the gaps between the pop ups were longer.

StealthPolarBear · 07/05/2019 20:14

I don't click on the ads (deliberately anyway!)