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orleans

(34,049 posts) Fri Sep 26, 2014, 12:10 AM Sep 2014

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WTF just happened???

i was starting to read a thread and all of a sudden DU disappeared & i got some shit on the screen with a banner that said: A MESSAGE FROM OUR SPONSORS and it told me i would be taken back to the site in 27, 26, 25 seconds.

WTF?

i closed the window and opened a new one to come back here.

has this happened to anyone else?

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WTF just happened??? (Original Post) orleans Sep 2014 OP

Not me, but I had been away from DU for a few minutes and would've missed it. arcane1 Sep 2014 #1

an entire ad? like the 30 second crap you have to sit through on youtube? on du? orleans Sep 2014 #2

I'd do a scan for malware. nt pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #3

i have avast & thought that took care of it orleans Sep 2014 #4

You can get a free download of malwarebytes pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #5

arcane1

(38,613 posts)

1. Not me, but I had been away from DU for a few minutes and would've missed it.

Reply to orleans (Original post)

Fri Sep 26, 2014, 12:15 AM

Sep 2014

It could have been an ad?

orleans

(34,049 posts)

2. an entire ad? like the 30 second crap you have to sit through on youtube? on du?

Reply to arcane1 (Reply #1)

Fri Sep 26, 2014, 12:17 AM

Sep 2014

nawwwww.....
can't be ......
(can it?)

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

3. I'd do a scan for malware. nt

Reply to orleans (Original post)

Fri Sep 26, 2014, 12:19 AM

Sep 2014

orleans

(34,049 posts)

4. i have avast & thought that took care of it

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #3)

Fri Sep 26, 2014, 12:20 AM

Sep 2014

i'll tell my tech guy about it i guess

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

5. You can get a free download of malwarebytes

Reply to orleans (Reply #4)

Fri Sep 26, 2014, 12:23 AM

Sep 2014

That's a well-known and trusted utility for finding and safely removing malware. Just google it.

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