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ARCHIVE: 2017 Disruptive Ads / Advertisement on FT Reports
Apr 13, 2017, 12:00 pm
#226
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: AGH
Posts: 5,971
Actually this is one of those really nasty ones. If you accidental click the green button you just have signed up for a 9,99€ subscription which gets charged to your mobile invoice. This is fraud!
Apr 13, 2017, 1:01 pm
#227
Moderator: United Airlines
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: SFO
Programs: UA Plat 1.995MM, Hyatt Discoverist, Marriott Plat/LT Gold, Hilton Silver, IHG Plat
Posts: 66,850
Apr 13, 2017, 2:10 pm
#228
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: SEA (the REAL Washington); occasionally in the other Washington (DCA area)
Programs: DL PM 1.57MM; AS MVPG 100K
Posts: 21,371
+1000 to "annoying"
iPhone 6, iOS 10.2.1
this was on LAX Boingo hotspot this morning; I'd click "close" and get redirected to the "rightclub" page
interestingly enough the popup ad appeared probably 90% of the times I used my bookmark for the DL forum, but only intermittently when using bookmarks for AS and TravelBuzz
iPhone 6, iOS 10.2.1
this was on LAX Boingo hotspot this morning; I'd click "close" and get redirected to the "rightclub" page
interestingly enough the popup ad appeared probably 90% of the times I used my bookmark for the DL forum, but only intermittently when using bookmarks for AS and TravelBuzz
Apr 13, 2017, 2:38 pm
#229
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: New Mexico
Programs: United, AA, Amex, Delta, Chase
Posts: 26
I got the same ad over and over again this morning to the point where I could not read FT on my iPad.
Apr 13, 2017, 2:53 pm
#230
Administrator
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Los Angeles
Programs: Internet Brands
Posts: 3,867
Hey guys, we're prioritizing both the German ad-charge and the "fake Facebook" that's hitting a ton of users.
Apr 13, 2017, 7:43 pm
#231
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: BOS
Programs: Hyatt Discoverist, Marriott/SPG/Hilton Gold, PreCheck + Clear
Posts: 2,306
Got the hoax ad on my iPad too. Supposedly from starredweb.com.
Apr 14, 2017, 3:52 am
#232
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Chicagoland, IL, USA
Programs: WN CP, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 14,189
it's been non-stop for me lately, to the point where i'm avoiding FT.
iPad with the latest iOS (10.3.1) using safari, from USA.
the page won't fully redirect until i hit 'close', and then will complete the redirect to (in this instance):
http://rightnetwork.club/show.php?c=...7&t=1492092100
iPad with the latest iOS (10.3.1) using safari, from USA.
the page won't fully redirect until i hit 'close', and then will complete the redirect to (in this instance):
http://rightnetwork.club/show.php?c=...7&t=1492092100
Apr 15, 2017, 3:33 pm
#233
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: US of A
Programs: Delta Diamond, United 1K, BA Blue, Marriott Titanium, Hilton Gold, Amex Platinum
Posts: 1,775
Apr 18, 2017, 7:24 am
#234
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: AGH
Posts: 5,971
just to report back after spending the Easter weekend at home exclusively using my cable ISP over Wifi instead of mobile internet through my cell phone carrier. I had not ONE(!) annoying advertisement which tried to forward me to some fishy page or the app store to buy some bogus app or subscription.
So, shouldn't it be easy enough to address the root cause of the issue by looking how your ad provider differentiate between mobile subscription users and landline internet?
Apr 18, 2017, 12:44 pm
#235
Administrator
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Los Angeles
Programs: Internet Brands
Posts: 3,867
Hi IBJoel,
just to report back after spending the Easter weekend at home exclusively using my cable ISP over Wifi instead of mobile internet through my cell phone carrier. I had not ONE(!) annoying advertisement which tried to forward me to some fishy page or the app store to buy some bogus app or subscription.
So, shouldn't it be easy enough to address the root cause of the issue by looking how your ad provider differentiate between mobile subscription users and landline internet?
just to report back after spending the Easter weekend at home exclusively using my cable ISP over Wifi instead of mobile internet through my cell phone carrier. I had not ONE(!) annoying advertisement which tried to forward me to some fishy page or the app store to buy some bogus app or subscription.
So, shouldn't it be easy enough to address the root cause of the issue by looking how your ad provider differentiate between mobile subscription users and landline internet?
Apr 18, 2017, 1:41 pm
#236
Join Date: Apr 2011
Programs: AAdvantage (Platinum)
Posts: 470
I think I've seen a difference in wifi vs cell, but offhand I might have the opposite impression since I figured wifi was more apt to get hit with large/disruptive ads. There's also a geographic difference, as I think I'm hit more often abroad (Switzerland was pretty bad at times)--I'm not sure if this reflects the country or just that there's fewer users of FT to flag ads that should be blacklisted.
Apr 18, 2017, 11:21 pm
#237
Join Date: Oct 2014
Programs: BAEC Gold, HHonors Gold, ALL Gold, Bonvoy Gold
Posts: 212
Me, definitely—not fewer ads, but the hijacks are absent. I had been putting it down to some kind of ISP-level filtering, maybe?
Apr 19, 2017, 12:30 am
#238
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Rhineland-Palatinate
Programs: *A Gold (A3), HHonor Gold
Posts: 5,693
Yes. When using Wi-Fi there are not fewer ads, but nearly 0 dubious pr0n/warez style ads. I also strongly suspect this is due to ISP doing a level of ad-blocking/filtering.
Apr 19, 2017, 6:57 am
#239
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2010
Programs: AA
Posts: 14,733
I'm getting redirected on almost every page by this ad
Apr 19, 2017, 7:52 am
#240
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: AGH
Posts: 5,971
Got this from the Vodafone support team disputing the scam charges on my invoice.
(*) if you do not disable the mobile payment services manually which are always enabled when you get a new subscription...