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Old 04-27-2010, 08:36 PM   #9 (permalink)
Biochemkris

Technical Assistance

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Sophia Branxton
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We've had some problems with our google ads lately and I think we may have finally eliminated the worst offenders (trojans and whatnot). Unfortunately, we need the ads to keep the site running but have little control over what pops up until after it does and we see that it's inappropriate (we have filters in place, but they don't always work).

I'd really appreciate it if people could continue to post screencaps of bad ads and if your computer is attacked (or an attack is attempted), please provide any information your antivirus software shows you, as well. This was highly useful information when I finally managed to get my computer threatened (so I could take the IP and URL info in order to block future ads from that place).

Please make sure you all run antivirus software and keep it up to date! This is important no matter what sites you are browsing because you never know what's out there.

Be safe, thanks for helping us out with catching these bad ads, and I apologize that the staff can't always catch them and get them off before the members see them.

Kris
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