For people that go to Anime News Network website

[Roy Mustang]

I keep getting another website that pops up after I got to ANN. At first, everything loads fine for ANN website and then the web address changes to another site.

My anti virus block the site and gave me this warning.

Here is the warning page,

warning page


More detail on why it was block.

The odd thing about this is, I'm using firefox and I got this and another CAA member went there using firefox and got nothing. No change in web address or nothing.


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[Tsukuyomi]

I-I just got a java script error thingy o_o It asked if I wanted to scan my computer. Of course, it didn't listen u_u

I'm using Opera, sooo.. I don't know <_>

[RobinSena]

Hmm. I'm using Firefox, and it works fine for me. Thanks for the heads up though. =)

[Mr. SmartyPants]

You're probably bit by malware or something

Try scanning your computer with this:
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

[ShiroiHikari]

Yeah, it didn't do anything weird when I went there either. Try that link Ryan posted; it's a good program.

[Roy Mustang]

You're probably bit by malware or something

Nope, Anti Virus program block it and it came from ANN. I wasn't the only one that got the same thing.

A user on ANN posted this early today on the forum.

On a similar note, twice this morning (once going from an Encyclopedia search to the Naruto (TV) page, once going fro the Naruto Shippuuden (TV) page to the episodes page for that series), I had to immediately close my window because it was taken over by one of those error messages that warns you that spyware is trying to be installed, and you need to install this other program to stop it, and if you try to cancel, it tries to force-install the program anyway (obviously, I have to force an exit out of this immediately, so I can't get screenshots). Both times, I was working in another window at the time, so I can't tell you if it was a particular ad causing it, but it occurred almost immediately after entering the page, and usually the ads load last for me.

As of now, the site is fine. Also, Mith check it out last night as well and he said there was something going on with ANN. I even did a Anti Virus and anti malware program scan last night and got nothing.

This is not the first time that this has happen on ANN, since this happen before about one or two years ago.

So, it came from ad on the site.

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[Tsukuyomi]

That reminds me, I should run Malwarebytes :-?

Yeah, I closed the window (along with my tabs) before it could auto scan.. Persistant little burgers.. >_>

[Mr. SmartyPants]

Which antivirus do you run?

[Roy Mustang]

Which antivirus do you run?

Trend Micro Internet Security Pro and I have had Malwarebytes for some time now. I ran both last night and it all clear and even did another run again this morning as well.


There was another reply at the ANN forums just now,

Same here.

This security warning deal is happening "randomly", so I'm hoping it's not a hack of all of ANN. I continue to surf around here very carefully for now.

I had an "onlypureclicks" with the suspicious .cn domain for me warning reference in my browser. Because my browser automatically threw up a warning pretty much immediately (takes up the entire window), and like heck I'll ignore it, I can't provide any more information, sorry. Far as I can tell, it might be coming from one of the ANN ads.

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[ShiroiHikari]

I wonder if the reason I didn't get anything weird when I went there is because I have AdBlock Plus? >_>

[Doubleshadow]

I just tried ANN and had not trouble. Are you still having problems?

[Roy Mustang]

I just tried ANN and had not trouble. Are you still having problems?

As of yesterday, there hasn't been any problems with the site.


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[Kaligraphic]

I haven't checked out how ANN does things, but many sites use separate ad services. These outside ad sources are great targets for malware distribution, because if you compromise one, or even get a malicious ad into a rotation, you can infect people on many different sites for a limited effort. If it's not consistently doing it, there may be one bad ad in a rotation.

Alternately, the ANN people may just hate you. It is a possibility.

[Warrior 4 Jesus]

I'm using FireFox (latest version) and ANN works perfectly for me.

[Roy Mustang]

I'm using FireFox (latest version) and ANN works perfectly for me.

Its been fine now for a week, they fix it after Friday. It was just one bad ad in a rotation.


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[ChristianKitsune]

uhh not to rehash this.. XD but I just went to ANN today, and it took me to an entirely new website that looked like it was advetising travel stuff (but it started out as ANN...)

sooo is it back to doing that again?

[rocklobster]

not for me it isn't