tintin113 Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 I went onto a forum I visit quite often today, and some of the pictures on there had been replaced with this: EDIT: The image is fixed now, but I'm still getting popups... This was done externally, I know the mods of the forums well - the only people who could have changed it - and they say something's going wrong with invisionfree (the site hosting the forum). Ever since going on the forum and seeing this change however, my computer has been spammed with popups, and while they're all annoying, some of them are highly inappropriate considering that I share a computer with my little sister, and I need help in getting rid of these things... should I delete all cookies or something? (I use IE8.) I need to stop these things popping up as soon as possible, please help me, and if anyone else has seen this post here. Thanks to Quarra for the awesome sig!Xbox360 Gamertag = Tintin113 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mil Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 Indeed it was; http://mashable.com/2009/07/10/imageshack-hacked/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tintin113 Posted July 11, 2009 Author Share Posted July 11, 2009 Ah kk. I can't see that page because I have to log into the site, but cheers. How do I get rid of these popups though? #-o Thanks to Quarra for the awesome sig!Xbox360 Gamertag = Tintin113 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mil Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 You can't go on Mashable? It's one of the biggest blogs in the world. To get rid of popups, just get Firefox with Adblock Plus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tintin113 Posted July 11, 2009 Author Share Posted July 11, 2009 Is there any way I can get rid of them but keep on using IE8...? Thanks to Quarra for the awesome sig!Xbox360 Gamertag = Tintin113 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 Is there any way I can get rid of them but keep on using IE8...?That depends, are you only getting these popups while on the site? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denismage Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 I don't think it's imageshack, most images are fine. They've probably exploited websites vulnerability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tintin113 Posted July 11, 2009 Author Share Posted July 11, 2009 Is there any way I can get rid of them but keep on using IE8...?That depends, are you only getting these popups while on the site? Hmmm no they're just coming up whenever I'm browsing the web. The weird thing is now, that I don't think they're counted as popups... :? I've downloaded Firefox and got some super-special addon that a mate recommended which is meant to stop all popups, and I know that works because it blocked the popups I used to get when I came onto tif, but these things still keep opening up, both on IE8 and Firefox, but if I leave the computer for a while, nothing happens, but when I come back and start browsing the web again they start popping up. Thanks to Quarra for the awesome sig!Xbox360 Gamertag = Tintin113 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nadril Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 I don't think it's imageshack, most images are fine. They've probably exploited websites vulnerability. It was imageshack, the images are just back to normal now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sbrideau Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 Is there any way I can get rid of them but keep on using IE8...?That depends, are you only getting these popups while on the site? Hmmm no they're just coming up whenever I'm browsing the web. The weird thing is now, that I don't think they're counted as popups... :? I've downloaded Firefox and got some super-special addon that a mate recommended which is meant to stop all popups, and I know that works because it blocked the popups I used to get when I came onto tif, but these things still keep opening up, both on IE8 and Firefox, but if I leave the computer for a while, nothing happens, but when I come back and start browsing the web again they start popping up. Sounds like adware to me, you should do a scan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denismage Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 I don't think it's imageshack, most images are fine. They've probably exploited websites vulnerability. It was imageshack, the images are just back to normal now. Oh, they did a good job then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElkNight Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Tinypic is better anyway. 8,180WONGTONG IS THE BEST AND IS MORE SUPERIOR THAN ME#1 Wongtong stalker.Im looking for some No Limit soldiers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tintin113 Posted July 12, 2009 Author Share Posted July 12, 2009 Urgh this is really annoying me now -.- I've run a scan which found some adware apparently, so it got rid of it and apparently now my computer's clean... but I'm still getting popups all the time. :wall: Thanks to Quarra for the awesome sig!Xbox360 Gamertag = Tintin113 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sbrideau Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 With what did you scan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tintin113 Posted July 12, 2009 Author Share Posted July 12, 2009 I did a full system scan with the latest version of AVG Anti-Virus Free. Thanks to Quarra for the awesome sig!Xbox360 Gamertag = Tintin113 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sbrideau Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Then no wonder you still have some adware on your machine. Get ad-aware or spybot Search & Destroy and do a scan. Remove what it finds. Then, replace AVG with Avira antivir and do a scan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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