Gitfiddler Posted February 24, 2015 Posted February 24, 2015 Lately, if I log onto the HOC vial the HOC Portal, (using Google browser, not Firefox), I get redirected to an adult porn site. The first time it happened I was chatting with my wife and surfing the net on my iPad at the same time. When the scantily clad young woman's picture popped up, I think I screamed louder than my wife!! The same redirect occurred from my work laptop, but ONLY when using the Google browser. What's up?!!
mars_hall Posted February 24, 2015 Posted February 24, 2015 Before you log in with certain browsers, you are exposed to any advertisement that Google puts up in the banner. They call it a feature.
DC Ron Posted February 24, 2015 Posted February 24, 2015 Just logged in with Chrome and no redirect on my PC. Could be one of many redirect viruses but didn't know iPads could do that. Sorry can't be of more help. Good luck!
Steiner Posted February 24, 2015 Posted February 24, 2015 Is it Swedish? Is there room at your next seminar when you teach this?
neutria49 Posted February 24, 2015 Posted February 24, 2015 Dammit!! I never win. How exactly did you log into the porn?
Gitfiddler Posted February 24, 2015 Author Posted February 24, 2015 Is it Swedish? Is there room at your next seminar when you teach this? Couldn't tell if she was Swedish. They all look like sisters to me. My seminars could use some spicing up...but not THAT spicy! Dammit!! I never win. How exactly did you log into the porn? Keep trying. It's kind of like the lottery...only with better odds.
TalismanRich Posted February 24, 2015 Posted February 24, 2015 Hmmmm. when I went through the portal I got a pic that was certainly "stacked"!
houndhome Posted February 26, 2015 Posted February 26, 2015 Just managed to get onto this forum again after a couple of months.My computer security system (Avast) just throws up a malware warning and refuses access onto this site when going through portal,and I've only just found out that I can get access but only through going into Forums. Hello again everyone!!
DetroitBlues Posted March 6, 2015 Posted March 6, 2015 I was getting that too, I didn't know what to think at first. I've since saved the Forums page on my favorites, so I never see the portal page anymore.
koula901 Posted March 23, 2015 Posted March 23, 2015 I *always* get directed to an error page, then I re-load the request and it finally gets me here (using Mozilla Firefox for browser). It tells me I need a certain plugin but when I check, my plugins are always up to date. So I never click on their offers for more software, I figure it's a Trojan or something - which would go along with what Guitfiddler's saying!
ironmike Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 same here, hard to get through without the redirect, can someone fix that?
JeffB Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 It takes me to some info page with amazon ads and occasionally to bikini clad ladies. So its not all bad. I just go back to the google search page and reload HOC. Second time always gets me to the HOC
Blunote Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 I haven't had the problem. Maybe it's that I'm using Firefox. Or perhaps it has to do with the privacy extensions I've installed: Bluehell Firewall, and Ghostery.
JeffB Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 I haven't had the problem. Maybe it's that I'm using Firefox. Or perhaps it has to do with the privacy extensions I've installed: Bluehell Firewall, and Ghostery. I use firefox and at work internet explorer.
HANGAR18 Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 That's over my head. Mark or John will need to look into that.
TalismanRich Posted June 16, 2015 Posted June 16, 2015 I never use Google to get to the HOC. I've got a personal home page with links to the placed I frequent. It takes me directly to the HOC without Google watching me. As such, I never get redirected. That goes for both Chrome and Firefox.
Blunote Posted June 17, 2015 Posted June 17, 2015 I'm liking the Ghostery extension, it's blocking these six trackers on this page: Facebook Connect Widgets, Social Google Analytics Analytics, Analytics Google+ Platform Widgets, Social Gravatar Widgets Twitter Button Widgets, Social VigLink Advertising, In-Text ads
Dick Seacup Posted June 19, 2015 Posted June 19, 2015 That VigLink one is a part of the Tapatalk (or maybe it's Forum Runner) plugin. It was stealthily included in one of the updates and it's a right PITA. I believe it's been disabled on the Taptalk (or maybe it's Forum Runner) control panel (on their site), but yet... Not that I, uh, know anything about it.
Blunote Posted June 19, 2015 Posted June 19, 2015 Funny, but that one isn't showing up on this page now.
yuominae Posted June 21, 2015 Posted June 21, 2015 I'm liking the Ghostery extension, it's blocking these six trackers on this page: Facebook Connect Widgets, Social Google Analytics Analytics, Analytics Google+ Platform Widgets, Social Gravatar Widgets Twitter Button Widgets, Social VigLink Advertising, In-Text ads Wow! I'm gonna get ghostery today I think. Thanks for that.
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