SecretAgentMan Posted April 29, 2019 Share Posted April 29, 2019 Yesterday evening I was having a lot of issues with rogue ads taking over my mobile Chrome browser and I had to leave the Neowin website in order to get the ads to close. I am posting the links below that I was able to copy from my phone history. https://walmart-rewards.us/lp?lpId=73&cid=61aaac92-8887-419c-87fc-185cabc56cb7¶ms=W3sibGFuZGluZ1BhZ2VJZCI6NDEsIm9mZmVySWQiOjE5Nywid2VpZ2h0Ijo0fSx7ImxhbmRpbmdQ YWdlSWQiOjc1LCJvZmZlcklkIjoyNTMsIndlaWdodCI6NH0seyJsYW5kaW5nUGFnZUlkIjo1Nywi b2ZmZXJJZCI6MTMzLCJ3ZWlnaHQiOjN9LHsibGFuZGluZ1BhZ2VJZCI6NjQsIm9mZmVySWQiOjE5 OCwid2VpZ2h0IjozfSx7ImxhbmRpbmdQYWdlSWQiOjU3LCJvZmZlcklkIjoyMDcsIndlaWdodCI6 Mn0seyJsYW5kaW5nUGFnZUlkIjo0MSwib2ZmZXJJZCI6MjU0LCJ3ZWlnaHQiOjN9LHsibGFuZGlu Z1BhZ2VJZCI6NTcsIm9mZmVySWQiOjIwOCwid2VpZ2h0IjoyfSx7ImxhbmRpbmdQYWdlSWQiOjY3 LCJvZmZlcklkIjoyNTIsIndlaWdodCI6MX0seyJsYW5kaW5nUGFnZUlkIjo3NSwib2ZmZXJJZCI6 MjA1LCJ3ZWlnaHQiOjJ9LHsibGFuZGluZ1BhZ2VJZCI6NjcsIm9mZmVySWQiOjE5OSwid2VpZ2h0 IjoxfSx7ImxhbmRpbmdQYWdlSWQiOjY0LCJvZmZlcklkIjoxOTgsIndlaWdodCI6MX0seyJsYW5k aW5nUGFnZUlkIjo3Miwib2ZmZXJJZCI6MjA2LCJ3ZWlnaHQiOjF9LHsibGFuZGluZ1BhZ2VJZCI6 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SecretAgentMan Posted April 29, 2019 Author Share Posted April 29, 2019 This happened while I was browsing the Neowin forums. Mekun 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon H Supervisor Posted April 29, 2019 Supervisor Share Posted April 29, 2019 does this happen on any other site? if so you could have a rogue app on your phone presenting ads @Steven P. to check/report with our provider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretAgentMan Posted April 29, 2019 Author Share Posted April 29, 2019 No, it was only happening when I was on the Neowin forums. No other website issues. Mekun 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sensi Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 (edited) I got this issue twice today while browsing through the news section on my android device, something is definitely up. For interest I'll attach the link i got here: https://super-giftcard.club/lp?lpId=75&cid=662b77a1-c132-44e1-9676-42e97db58c23¶ms=W3sibGFuZGluZ1BhZ2VJZCI6NjcsIm9mZmVySWQiOjE4OSwid2VpZ2h0Ijo0fSx7ImxhbmRpbmdQ YWdlSWQiOjY3LCJvZmZlcklkIjoxODgsIndlaWdodCI6M30seyJsYW5kaW5nUGFnZUlkIjo3NSwi b2ZmZXJJZCI6MTg2LCJ3ZWlnaHQiOjJ9LHsibGFuZGluZ1BhZ2VJZCI6ODUsIm9mZmVySWQiOjEz OCwid2VpZ2h0IjoxfSx7ImxhbmRpbmdQYWdlSWQiOjQxLCJvZmZlcklkIjoxMjUsIndlaWdodCI6 MX0seyJsYW5kaW5nUGFnZUlkIjo3Nywib2ZmZXJJZCI6Mjk4LCJ3ZWlnaHQiOjN9LHsibGFuZGlu Z1BhZ2VJZCI6ODAsIm9mZmVySWQiOjMwMSwid2VpZ2h0IjoxfSx7ImxhbmRpbmdQYWdlSWQiOjc1 LCJvZmZlcklkIjoyMzMsIndlaWdodCI6NH0seyJsYW5kaW5nUGFnZUlkIjo0MSwib2ZmZXJJZCI6 MjgzLCJ3ZWlnaHQiOjF9LHsibGFuZGluZ1BhZ2VJZCI6NjcsIm9mZmVySWQiOjMwMCwid2VpZ2h0 IjoyfV0= &campaignId=285×=1&index=2# Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrynalyne Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 @Steven P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted May 26, 2019 Administrators Share Posted May 26, 2019 The problem is, Neowin does not have those survey award type ads at all. Whenever I report them I am told that it is possible that another site added malware to the phone or browser session. Best thing to do in the first example is to clear all data (cache) from Chrome which should empty out any rogue cookies. We only have inline mobile ads (in the page, not popped up or redirecting away). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeron Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 Getting the same constantly now. Had to turn on ad block just to get here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeron Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 @Steven P. OK. Ran my Android mobile through a proxy. Here is the chain of URLs from Neowin down to the dodgy ad: https://cdn.nsstatic.net/ns/neowin.net.js https://as-sec.casalemedia.com/cygnus?s=186675&v=7.2&r=%7B%22id%22%3A%2211e2425f85dcff%22%2C%22imp%22%3A%5B%7B%22id%22%3A%222b970275726e2e%22%2C%22banner%22%3A%7B%22w%22%3A320%2C%22h%22%3A50%2C%22topframe%22%3A1%7D%2C%22ext%22%3A%7B%22siteID%22%3A%22186675%22%2C%22sid%22%3A%22320x50%22%7D%7D%2C%7B%22id%22%3A%223634cc98831314%22%2C%22banner%22%3A%7B%22w%22%3A320%2C%22h%22%3A100%2C%22topframe%22%3A1%7D%2C%22ext%22%3A%7B%22siteID%22%3A%22186675%22%2C%22sid%22%3A%22320x100%22%7D%7D%2C%7B%22id%22%3A%22476d94559cb8d%22%2C%22banner%22%3A%7B%22w%22%3A300%2C%22h%22%3A250%2C%22topframe%22%3A1%7D%2C%22ext%22%3A%7B%22siteID%22%3A%22186675%22%2C%22sid%22%3A%22300x250%22%7D%7D%2C%7B%22id%22%3A%225830b312d3d6e5%22%2C%22banner%22%3A%7B%22w%22%3A300%2C%22h%22%3A250%2C%22topframe%22%3A1%7D%2C%22ext%22%3A%7B%22siteID%22%3A%22186675%22%2C%22sid%22%3A%22300x250%22%7D%7D%2C%7B%22id%22%3A%226ca08767fb4f18%22%2C%22banner%22%3A%7B%22w%22%3A300%2C%22h%22%3A250%2C%22topframe%22%3A1%7D%2C%22ext%22%3A%7B%22siteID%22%3A%22186675%22%2C%22sid%22%3A%22300x250%22%7D%7D%2C%7B%22id%22%3A%2271df1daa9e5729%22%2C%22banner%22%3A%7B%22w%22%3A300%2C%22h%22%3A250%2C%22topframe%22%3A1%7D%2C%22ext%22%3A%7B%22siteID%22%3A%22186675%22%2C%22sid%22%3A%22300x250%22%7D%7D%5D%2C%22site%22%3A%7B%22page%22%3A%22https%3A%2F%2Fwww.neowin.net%2F%22%7D%2C%22ext%22%3A%7B%22source%22%3A%22prebid%22%7D%2C%22regs%22%3A%7B%22ext%22%3A%7B%22gdpr%22%3A1%7D%7D%2C%22user%22%3A%7B%22ext%22%3A%7B%22consent%22%3A%22BOdznYKOil6XVAKATBENCY-AAAAoV7_______9______9uz_Ov_v_f__33e8__9v_l_7_-___u_-33d4-_1vf99yfm1-7ftr3tp_87ues2_Xur__59__3z3_9phPr8k89r6337MwwA%22%7D%7D%7D&ac=j&sd=1& https://pr.ybp.yahoo.com/ab/secure/true/imp/6YaOIEQfyfdxKVBQ8YEyvXG0_VlwxxGrlz1lx-8BmnIYRtJ59sRujWuHwO_aOHT5pZrsnFAUH7lx-GtVJIZZNSKiYbgbNgEm9SbyejBMcqhJjQds1a7ZFmwSaSic4nh4MDxfpUYhcy0PnwIkydNRJpmMk6jyYvOYT52F3z6rgh9FpVR9lIgf_O1_1KcKcVIZR_izAwb1VpXSuFB0soVHnXaB5ww0SETMcB0PFPpesH2iLiiZMyUevzOdG-IBXm_4C9NSi0iz9QDiyjyheyQ7ea2Q-n2kiHrB336dHVlAD2cTmQhvREd8IAk257eBSwyrGsdMasVLCio50JsdwTY8gNtfrllMQNSKRz26uSg6L6fddPU3z91X_IPrwfTdKdp_iis1sFKYi-ZxfOlYu0w96Yi-rgtUdkVjH16NOpc8-62W1ITJqOfQiokKQa_2AJjl-8OHv_my6z1uyS6PySUBIztvzene5kiw2FtlSAm1O85THzRQJg3Hk06MkPfF8EJ3HJBI2YMf07OkUzmxqo2JnWYqAb02-Hk7bcQsR7mAkJea3oPuL3sgq1X5jq-Rx8_d1qHKcXLiQBS-XgT9RUCPjTfscg6Ev0XNJjSGh9VaXOigOWfhh-3vfbOV_pXtpC2CPT6d-mA1ozRX8AFR8wRm0F6ve2LydHE-1uyUayAA8FkSnr-I0ECz-72ZxJuGDRXn9y9VlfF-NKHlmq_hdKrXPeIQ4NvOTg-WJZIamNK0K9JijX2F0nug0VJLx7cK-62Y4ZAQyU7xfaQCCWg6i5LT8bxsKvC__pJvlQ0x0eP9bJHIBuJ6OEewBYqduQE-RybMNkgmrqqk5LDK1D49QcBHTT4okyhbQWbYHiDoj0XJSlX5C0qArqeGS648Wo92xtK8bLQ3I36JyWJBM3xl7_v2aFEYpaDYlctKSRV1fkz-OA8vhDJ8S9l605Hbdjkhp0kND4gCoZ8uMyCtcmAjCGebYtM-lq9NLLFuPstaY0iPjvTPn_fJ80VWQwI8KW9A1ZvzFXou9_w6wYvmoEyUeh6jYjB4RH5R1nlD8x7SzzQHBJ6LOIMCWhgTYOh99BiTXe6YUdlNApmEB_MK9X1x49T30kaEkM4dc2Ubo56l_M4om_FTthGOiiqIipuQVjcrba_8wWEj57MMy2ubwDQmJO0jRACE2h-aiYjVlck5kpvSMphggyfxrhykeZFvNr-7UHmD-jaerv_dd8ni1hqEW217Q5vzIsloSyeQtnaehAQJz7GFt5NHy_mvPQm0xoyXC3v0aZkWC-i9Vgpjsq9lGO82TwhD3vENErdrArAdjim9yPFbh-hikvrOOm6Wr_D6FycB3VZGVmH-4FXNT_WJ2Iz3p72cCXyAnnyjmiY1vvkCw_KOqCsEgJMogUYzwJy7jdac4wM_ZT9TpwPKqtplhOoi3WVVfv_4n11MzJtndFxz_TY1uPYkb_z4rPf8gf9r0aqkPDVXI5gkDmuw1aW5sAgJI2nxPZPFwdZacl9IxpWrV9vVMUbY7rTEBVzKY1BYvfoUOdFenJobfI8IUy3vgUYaekTnPBtx3jDvfwLJFWNzK9cQGT6jUvHxAI_5ZvtJG1Aq2K212N08cRIaNID1bIVv_Q/wp/5B51F38AADE2ED34 https://storage.googleapis.com/ark-mos/apop/pos-alkb.js?p1=neowin.net&p5=neowin.net_4 https://campaignm.com/wtrack?p1=neowin.net&p5=neowin.net_4&cid=795&csk=UnViaWNvbkFkU2VydmluZw==&dn=146&cva=04a16f53 The last one returns: var nodea = document.createElement('a'); nodea.setAttribute("href",'https://finme.club/req?cId=362&tv=1&parm1=neowin.net&parm2=&parm3=&parm4=&parm5=neowin.net_4'); nodea.click();window.top.location='https://finme.club/req?cId=362&tv=1&parm1=neowin.net&parm2=&parm3=&parm4=&parm5=neowin.net_4'; Which then redirects onto https://samsung-2019-rewards.email Steven P. 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted June 26, 2019 Administrators Share Posted June 26, 2019 Yep that does look like our advertiser. I will report it and direct them to your findings. BTW I choose only to display inline ads on mobile, no popover or redirect crap, so this truly is a rogue ad and poor filtering/checks from my advertiser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon H Supervisor Posted June 26, 2019 Supervisor Share Posted June 26, 2019 props on your investigative skills @Xeron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted June 26, 2019 Administrators Share Posted June 26, 2019 @Xeron here's an update: Quote Hi Steven, I am adding our ZD Programmatic team who would be able to look into this for you. I've also turned off your 320x50 default tag. If you can, please follow up with the user and see if the "reward" type ads have stopped or not. Asking them to clear cache/cookies and also deleting browser data will help. Thanks! We had Google AdSense serving remnant (now turned off). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeron Posted June 26, 2019 Share Posted June 26, 2019 Yes. That's stopped them without clearing cache and cookies. I knew I could clear cookies and that would probably serve different ads and sort it this time (as private browsing was fine) but it wouldn't remove the rogue ad from the stream for the next poor visitor. Thanks Steven P. 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted June 26, 2019 Administrators Share Posted June 26, 2019 1 hour ago, Xeron said: Yes. That's stopped them without clearing cache and cookies. I knew I could clear cookies and that would probably serve different ads and sort it this time (as private browsing was fine) but it wouldn't remove the rogue ad from the stream for the next poor visitor. Thanks Thanks! I will report back. Xeron 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted July 8, 2019 Administrators Share Posted July 8, 2019 The following known URLs to "You've won a prize" were blocked: Walmart iPhoneAwards Samsung Prizes MediaMarket Awards MediaMarket Give Away iPhone Awards ^ they are not linked because the addresses inject malware via a cookie. I was asked by our ad tech support to share this link https://techzillo.com/congratulations-youve-won/ because if you saw the ad once, it has injected malware into your browser, you can clear the malware injection by following the steps in that link. The above applies to mobile btw. Mekun and DentedAphid7 1 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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