Ad doing App Store hijack on iPhones -- PLEASE PROVIDE SCREEN SHOTS
Mar 12, 2015, 10:14 pm
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Apr 28, 2015, 1:49 pm
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May 20, 2015, 8:42 am
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Running into this on Windows Phone. It hijacks something taking me to try to download an android app. #fail but really annoying
May 20, 2015, 2:43 pm
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Some really nasty ads redirecting me all the time (Windows 7/Chrome) - ironically as I tried to compose this post it just happened - took me to
http: //upflv.tsgwe.com/up/cd/ca.html?s1=xad355-defrauca-160-js-lm&s2=browser-ca-cd&id=219&q=fa152420-a4a7-4ee4-86ba-60c56cb77ec5
Seems FT is using some dodgy ad providers as this has happened to me numerous times in the past
http: //upflv.tsgwe.com/up/cd/ca.html?s1=xad355-defrauca-160-js-lm&s2=browser-ca-cd&id=219&q=fa152420-a4a7-4ee4-86ba-60c56cb77ec5
Seems FT is using some dodgy ad providers as this has happened to me numerous times in the past
May 20, 2015, 2:56 pm
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Some really nasty ads redirecting me all the time (Windows 7/Chrome) - ironically as I tried to compose this post it just happened - took me to
http: //upflv.tsgwe.com/up/cd/ca.html?s1=xad355-defrauca-160-js-lm&s2=browser-ca-cd&id=219&q=fa152420-a4a7-4ee4-86ba-60c56cb77ec5
Seems FT is using some dodgy ad providers as this has happened to me numerous times in the past
http: //upflv.tsgwe.com/up/cd/ca.html?s1=xad355-defrauca-160-js-lm&s2=browser-ca-cd&id=219&q=fa152420-a4a7-4ee4-86ba-60c56cb77ec5
Seems FT is using some dodgy ad providers as this has happened to me numerous times in the past
May 20, 2015, 4:11 pm
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The bad ad hijacks the page before it is possible to get a screen shot. Hitting "back" after the page is hijacked returns you to a previous page with different ads on it.
May 22, 2015, 7:47 am
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Went to this:
Hitting "back to safety" took me to this
It was not possible to go "back" to the original FT page from where this happened.
May 22, 2015, 5:02 pm
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OK - this time I am on a completely different computer and I got this - clearly this was going to lead to a phishing attack - I was unable to close the page or Chrome without using Force Quit (I am on a Mac this time - previous posts have been from my work PC)
You have some really nasty advertisers - hopefully this will help to stop them
You have some really nasty advertisers - hopefully this will help to stop them
May 22, 2015, 5:18 pm
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It's not possible to determine if this is coming from FT ads unless we can see what ads are on the page in the screen shot. I want to help, if I can. Can you shoot the whole screen?
May 22, 2015, 5:57 pm
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OK- I do get it - I will try to find a time to have Camtasia running while I am browsing the forums and hopefully this will catch it
May 22, 2015, 6:35 pm
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Even if you get a screenshot of the page before it redirects, the ad itself will not look suspicious.
You need to capture the underlying redirects that are happening when the ads are redirecting.
That can only be captured by opening up the Developer tools (CTRL+SHIFT+I) when it happens, and then capturing the source code at the point of redirect.
This is why it makes such a difficult thing to catch.
This really is a job for FlyerTalk to figure out (and trust me - they can. It is just easier for them to hope that the problem goes away rather than invest time and money figuring it out).
May 26, 2015, 2:33 pm
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It is not easy to catch this with even Camtasia.
Even if you get a screenshot of the page before it redirects, the ad itself will not look suspicious.
You need to capture the underlying redirects that are happening when the ads are redirecting.
That can only be captured by opening up the Developer tools (CTRL+SHIFT+I) when it happens, and then capturing the source code at the point of redirect.
This is why it makes such a difficult thing to catch.
This really is a job for FlyerTalk to figure out (and trust me - they can. It is just easier for them to hope that the problem goes away rather than invest time and money figuring it out).
Even if you get a screenshot of the page before it redirects, the ad itself will not look suspicious.
You need to capture the underlying redirects that are happening when the ads are redirecting.
That can only be captured by opening up the Developer tools (CTRL+SHIFT+I) when it happens, and then capturing the source code at the point of redirect.
This is why it makes such a difficult thing to catch.
This really is a job for FlyerTalk to figure out (and trust me - they can. It is just easier for them to hope that the problem goes away rather than invest time and money figuring it out).
Ultimately, Apple is responsible for changing the way ads redirect to their app store. We can block a single ad -- but they are the only ones who could prevent these redirects altogether. I suspect if they have not done so by now, they won't.
Aug 20, 2015, 4:52 am
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Since a couple of days I have the issue that from time to time access the FT forum on my iPhone Safari I'm immediately forwarded through a couple of advertising links and end up in the AppStore on some stupid app.
Using back buttons to see which ad it is does't work since it immediately forwards me back to the AppStore. I also have not yet found a pattern... Sometimes I have it three four times a day and than not for 5 days. Best I can do is to post this link I was able to grab during the forwarding;
http://ads.mobvertising.net/mobiledi...TQxZDFjZDY4NmU
Very very annoying!
Using back buttons to see which ad it is does't work since it immediately forwards me back to the AppStore. I also have not yet found a pattern... Sometimes I have it three four times a day and than not for 5 days. Best I can do is to post this link I was able to grab during the forwarding;
http://ads.mobvertising.net/mobiledi...TQxZDFjZDY4NmU
Very very annoying!
Last edited by fassy; Aug 21, 2015 at 5:22 am Reason: Typos
Aug 20, 2015, 11:00 pm
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I've started getting this this morning on the FT forums. I'm using the Safari browser on my iPad Air. I requested the full desktop site.
When a page loads my App Store pops up asking me to download a betting app.
Lim going to try Chrome to see if that makes any difference.
When a page loads my App Store pops up asking me to download a betting app.
Lim going to try Chrome to see if that makes any difference.
