Boarding Area installing malware [edited]
Aug 13, 2015, 8:18 am
#61
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It's just SO ODD.
I read lots of blogs and visit all kinds of sites.
The ONLY ONE(s) that have all this junk on them are the BA sites.
I read lots of blogs and visit all kinds of sites.
The ONLY ONE(s) that have all this junk on them are the BA sites.
Aug 13, 2015, 6:34 pm
#63
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When you start a site, Google Adsense is the obvious thing to use.
After a while, you start getting contacted by lots of ad networks you've never heard of, all of whom claim they can pay more than Adsense because they have deals with x, y and z etc. You sign up with these people at your own risk ....
After a while, you start getting contacted by lots of ad networks you've never heard of, all of whom claim they can pay more than Adsense because they have deals with x, y and z etc. You sign up with these people at your own risk ....
Aug 14, 2015, 10:42 am
#64
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BoardingArea is taking money from a ...... adnetwork or they lost their domain to the same - Don't go back - shame is it should be blocked as a phishing domain - if you end up there semi-frozen - just Ctrl+Alt+Del and shut down you browser, and don't go back to their site - no more complicated than that - and you have no virus from their - just a pop-up controlling your browser session - Don't restore your session -
Aug 27, 2015, 7:39 am
#66
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While I have ....... enabled, this morning Lucky's site was blocked by the virus program I use - Trend Micro. It made reference to a blacklisted URL ("college?????.com" - I didn't write it down).
A few minutes later I was able to load OMAAT without Trend reacting. Whatever adware BoardingArea was sending on that second attempt did not hit Trend's blacklist.
A few minutes later I was able to load OMAAT without Trend reacting. Whatever adware BoardingArea was sending on that second attempt did not hit Trend's blacklist.
Aug 31, 2015, 9:38 am
#67
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: NY, NY
Posts: 695
BoardingArea has a serious problem with infected adware sites, and seems to be either unwilling or unable to do anything about it. It is also the only site I go to that seems to continuously suffer from this problem. At this stage I just don't want to bother with them anymore
Aug 31, 2015, 3:54 pm
#68
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BoardingArea has a serious problem with infected adware sites, and seems to be either unwilling or unable to do anything about it. It is also the only site I go to that seems to continuously suffer from this problem. At this stage I just don't want to bother with them anymore
Aug 31, 2015, 6:06 pm
#69
Join Date: Mar 2012
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Boarding Area installing malware [edited]
I now use the BlogLovin app on phone to read the blogs no problems with malware. It's my workaround and saved me time only reading a few blogs now
Sep 7, 2015, 3:52 pm
#72
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yup! just got the fake BSOD one with voice enabled telling you your computer has been compromised...yet again 
telling that OMaaT openly posted about this issue...in March. and it's only gotten worse. unfortunately FM is part of boarding area, otherwise i'd avoid altogether
telling that OMaaT openly posted about this issue...in March. and it's only gotten worse. unfortunately FM is part of boarding area, otherwise i'd avoid altogether
Sep 9, 2015, 7:40 am
#73
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Somewhere in Florida
Posts: 2,616
Yep, they're still infected...
I also had a fake error screen pop up over the weekend on a computer running ....... Plus. Looks like a JavaScript injection of some sort.
The scammy ad I received said that my computer was infected with a virus and provided a 1-800 # to call... So I did... and so have a dozen or so friends. Our goal's been to waste their time as much as possible. So we'll call while cooking, folding laundry, or at work while I'm working on reports. We've been trying to stretch out the calls to at least 30+ minutes each time and so far we've been able to do so.
The scammy ad I received said that my computer was infected with a virus and provided a 1-800 # to call... So I did... and so have a dozen or so friends. Our goal's been to waste their time as much as possible. So we'll call while cooking, folding laundry, or at work while I'm working on reports. We've been trying to stretch out the calls to at least 30+ minutes each time and so far we've been able to do so.