Adware Redirects on Classracer??
 

Am I the only one getting hit by malicious redirects on this site? It's happening regularly now; when a thread starts to open, suddenly I get redirected to a page telling me to download the latest update or some crap, which is obviously an attempt to install malware on my machine. Ken, any ideas? It only happens on Classracer, I haven't seen it on any other sites.

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On my computer, when you go to open a thread, it goes to a ad for Zales. It did it twice yesterday and only on ClassRacer site. J. Gower M/S 3058

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Same thing here. I try to antagonize Jeff, I get re-directed. You doing that Jeff? LOL

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ditto

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as i opened this thread it did it

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Same here. I understand all the legitimate race oriented advertising Ken has on here. But the Google ads that have nothing to do with racing are where these redirects are coming from. Is it really worth hosting these ads. How many people on here are going to click one of them and switch to Gieco?

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Adware and spyware is not necessarily classracer's fault. A user can inadvertently allow adware access to your browser through many sources. This link is a good description of steps you can take to remove adware from your computer if you are using Internet Explorer:
http://antivirus.about.com/od/spywar...arespyware.htm


If you are using firefox, Chrome or a MAC, you are on your own.

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Guys, what I would try 1st is go to downloads.com and download malwarebytes anti malware, whatever it finds quarantine it then delete it.
2 do a system restore, just simply restore ur computer back a few days before u recognized this problem.3. clik stat button and go to control panel and look for ur programs folder and what ever looks odd in that folder google it and read if u need it or not if u don't hit the uninstall button. 4 u should see something u didn't ask for in those steps, right them down and if need be u will need some assistance going to ur registry and cleaning it out for good. I can help u there if u need it. hope this helps.
also make sure u have ur popup blocker on and set ur computer up in internet properties to medium high under the security tab. and medium under privacy. while ur there under the general tab clik delete ur browser history also.

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Back when I was using Internet Explorer, I went to Settings -> Internet Options -> Security -> Restricted Sites and added:
ad.doubleclick.net
ads.pointroll.com
http:/googleads.g.doubleclick.net
view.atdmt.com


I use Google Chrome as my primary browser, and I'm not having any pop-ups or redirects. Can't even remember if I did anything special in Chrome, just check to make sure you have at least the phishing and malware protection enabled:

Menu -> Settings -> Show Advanced Settings -> under Privacy, it should have the "Enable phishing and malware protection" checked.

I also have MalwareBytes.

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Same as Michael, I'm using Google Chrome with no problem.