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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: adf.ly malware on my computer |
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Posted: 30 Mar 2013, 2:24 pm
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| The funny thing was, I had at least four addons, simply because I wanted to download them in as many extentions as possible. (avi, mp4, mp3, ogg, wav, etc) Couldn't tell which one was causing the problem, so I nuked them all. I didn't use any of them for a long time anyway. |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: adf.ly malware on my computer |
| over9000 |
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Posted: 29 Mar 2013, 4:36 pm
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| IT WORKED! Apparently one of the addons that allows me to download youtube videos (or convert them to sound files, couldn't tell, deleted them all) was causing the problem. I fell a little bit foolish for not suspecting them at first, but in my defense, this problem occured weeks after I installed s... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: adf.ly malware on my computer |
| over9000 |
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Posted: 29 Mar 2013, 3:44 pm
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| adf.ly is a website that "shortens" urls and supposedly gives money to whoever uses it(the more people clicking it, the more money they make,I suppose). Some people use it to prevent their uploads from being tracked/something. If anyone else on another laptop went to the same url they´d be redirect... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: adf.ly malware on my computer |
| over9000 |
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Posted: 29 Mar 2013, 3:42 pm
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| I meant, even after using Noscript, the same websites bothering me with ads are still bugging me. I can't really explain what's going on because I have no idea myself. It shows up at random, and disappears. It's erratic, random, and impossible to describe. I have tried your suggestions. I will test ... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: adf.ly malware on my computer |
| over9000 |
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Posted: 27 Mar 2013, 6:13 pm
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| Ok, now it's doing something incredibly weird. When it redirects, it redirects to a broken website (possibly due to the noscript) with the webpage I was already at within the webpage. Like I'm browsing webpages through the webpages. Needless to say, it messes up my browsing considerably. |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: adf.ly malware on my computer |
| over9000 |
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Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 5:15 pm
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| Adblock plus. What's really funny is, out of nowhere, EVERY LINK or many links on a certain page will redirect to an ad page, either purchasereviews or some ad for pirate 101, I know this because I sometimes glide my cursor over them, checking their destinations. When I either refresh the page, or c... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: adf.ly malware on my computer |
| over9000 |
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Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 4:24 pm
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| Adblock 2.2.3 Noscript 2.6.5.8 I cannot post links because they appear and disappear when I refresh the page. So yeah, any and every link I click on on any website has this problem, even if it's on Wrongplanet or my school website. Although this page occasionally pops up: http://www.purchasereviews.... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: adf.ly malware on my computer |
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Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 4:10 pm
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| I haven't been able to stop this site called "purchasereviews", which appeared at around the same time adf.ly did. Neither adblocker nor noscript can stop it. |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: adf.ly malware on my computer |
| over9000 |
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Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 3:48 pm
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| I just find the whole thing baffling. I never even knew that adf.ly existed until a few days ago. |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: adf.ly malware on my computer |
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Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 1:54 pm
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| I'm just frustrated because I'm using linux, and linux isn't normally supposed to get viruses. |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: adf.ly malware on my computer |
| over9000 |
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Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 1:24 pm
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| DeviantART becomes a bit broken when I don't allow at least some scripts. I'm currently trying what you're suggesting. I even visited the adf.ly website to see if i could find scripts to block. |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: adf.ly malware on my computer |
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Posted: 24 Mar 2013, 1:08 pm
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| I found noscript to be a little bit intimidating to use, although thanks for telling me that the script specifically shows adfly among them. I find some scripts useful, so maybe I can block adf.ly ones alone. And yes, I've had the adf.ly problem on other websites, not just deviantart. Occasionally e... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: adf.ly malware on my computer |
| over9000 |
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Posted: 23 Mar 2013, 8:53 pm
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If it's not malware, why is it impossible to remove?! !?
I've tried adblock, I've tried plugins that supposedly force it to redirect to the web page I was trying to access in the first place. I haven't used noscript yet, though. |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: adf.ly malware on my computer |
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Posted: 23 Mar 2013, 1:55 pm
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| That didn't work. It kept bothering me even after deleting cookies. |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: adf.ly malware on my computer |
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Posted: 22 Mar 2013, 8:40 pm
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| I am currently running Xubuntu 12.04. I have noticed today something different about my computer. Whenever I browse the internet, my browsing will occasionally be interupted by a redirect to a website called adfly. My adblocker, as well as extra plugins designed to thrwart the redirection don't work... |
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Forum: Computers, Math, Science, and Technology Topic: Trying to get into Linux |
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Posted: 22 Jan 2013, 12:32 am
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Replies: 22
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| Use XUbuntu. What makes it so awesome is the fact that it allows you to edit partitions as you install it, allowing you to keep your old OS as well. It's the best way for a noob to attempt dual booting. However, you will want to be extremely careful. If you have a laptop, keep it plugged in, and mak... |
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