[bug/error] Edugeek Virus Threats

[garethEds]

Anyone else getting thread detection when pulling in edugeek pages? Avast is going nuts here with links from adserve Edited May 21, 2014 by ZeroHour

[Arthur]

I'm only seeing a doubleclick.net ad. Nothing from Adserve.

 

Perhaps that's because I have plug-ins set to "Click to Play"?

[garethEds]

Hang on I'll check....

 

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[elsiegee40]

I think @ZeroHour needs to see this

[Arthur]

Actually you are right @garethedmondson. I had my antivirus on silent/gaming mode and didn't see the warning. I think this is the dodgy ad...

 

http://showads.pubmatic.com/AdServer/AdServerServlet?pubId=31991&siteId=35595&adId=43735&kadwidth=728&kadheight=90&SAVersion=2&js=1&kdntuid=1&pageURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.edugeek.net%2Fforums%2Fgeneral-chat%2F136858-edugeek-virus-threats.html%23post1174609&refurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.edugeek.net%2Fforums%2Fgeneral-chat%2F&inIframe=0&kadpubclkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fadclick.g.doubleclick.net%2Faclk%3Fsa%3DL%26ai%3DBTi5LNaV7U7HMOsrCigbB4IDAB7uP_4MEAAAAEAEgADgAWKOroKJcYLvmy4PcCoIBF2NhLXB1Yi01NjM1OTM1NzQ3NzUyMTk2sgEPd3d3LmVkdWdlZWsubmV0ugEJZ2ZwX2ltYWdlyAEJ2gFMaHR0cDovL3d3dy5lZHVnZWVrLm5ldC9mb3J1bXMvZ2VuZXJhbC1jaGF0LzEzNjg1OC1lZHVnZWVrLXZpcnVzLXRocmVhdHMuaHRtbKkCHEvESU1DvD7AAgLgAgDqAiI2MzUwL3RlY2huZXR3b3JrLmlkZy5jby51ay9lZHVnZWVr-AL_0R6QA4wGmAOMBqgDAdAEkE7gBAGgBhY%26num%3D0%26sig%3DAOD64_3T23c2atB9gVZoMm0zW3RG0nJDAg%26client%3Dca-pub-5635935747752196%26adurl%3D&kadpageurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.edugeek.net%2F&operId=3&kltstamp=2014-5-20%2019%3A55%3A51&timezone=1&screenResolution=1920x1080&ranreq=0.18241608003154397&pmUniAdId=0&adVisibility=1&adPosition=207x593

 

Not sure if the following is of any help? @ZeroHour

 

 

Edited May 20, 2014 by Arthur

[Ephelyon]

EduGeek currently loads REALLY slowly at work, though not at home, and the cause of the delay seems to be the ad-loading scripts on each page. Wondering whether County have just throttled the bandwidth to ad sites or whether anything has changed ad-wise...

[ZeroHour]

I have been able to replicate this here and I submitted the url to AVAST and after the latest update I am not getting them any more, can you all test please.

[ZeroHour]

EduGeek currently loads REALLY slowly at work, though not at home, and the cause of the delay seems to be the ad-loading scripts on each page. Wondering whether County have just throttled the bandwidth to ad sites or whether anything has changed ad-wise...

@Ephelyon I have just made a change, please close all your browser windows and do a ipconfig /flushdns and see if that fixes the issue.

Edited May 21, 2014 by ZeroHour

[Ephelyon]

Thanks, that's fixed it! What was it, out of curiosity?

[GrumbleDook]

The Hamster needed feeding / he hit it with a hammer / another pony was sacrificed to the Elders of the Internet / suitable excuse of your choice ;-)

[Ephelyon]

another pony was sacrificed to the Elders of the Internet

 

Don't tell @X-13!

[GrumbleDook]

Don't tell [MENTION=33925]

 

That is only because ZH has run out of cats / drummers / minions (delete as appropriate)

[Ephelyon]

@ZeroHour, I think the problem is back again this morning... :/

[Arthur]

I have been able to replicate this here and I submitted the url to AVAST and after the latest update I am not getting them any more, can you all test please.

I assume it was just a false positive rather than a malicious ad?

[ZeroHour]

I assume it was just a false positive rather than a malicious ad?

 

Yes, I cant recreate the problem after I submitted the sample to them.