Site Virus/Spam?
 

Anyone else getting redirected to a different site when they click on a search for th370z? It doesn't happen every time but I have gotten it about a dozen times over the last few weeks. Next time I will take a screenshot and pay more attention to where it directs you.


Just for explanatory purposes, it happens from my iphone, my home PC and laptop as well as my work computer occasionally so I know it isn't anything with my computer specifically.

just went to google and typed in the370z and searched in conjunction with "coilover install" and it took a valid result and brought me to

I get that too sometimes. Not sure why it does that? I just hit back and go in again.

...some sites "cache" page search results so it looks like you are clicking on a link to go here, but it goes somewhere else. No virus or anything.

I thought it was just me? But I've also had this issue when trying the general discussion link from the google search page.

I'll let AK know about this so if there is something he do to correct this annoying issue.

Thanks for posting :)

I get that too.

About the only way for the370z to combat this ... you would have to figure out the spider they are using to index the site from the raw logs, and then exclude that spider from being able to index the site in the meta tags.

Thank You But you lost me after About?? :icon17:

I've sent AK a Pm with this link for his input and action :tiphat:

the370z.com is my homepage :ugh2:

Sorry ... just trying to help :tup:

I don't "think" it is that because when you refresh or as the other member said click back and click the link again it usually works... the link is definitely correct, it is just getting intercepted somewhere.

I get that too sometimes.

Its happening to me too.

Trust me, go with the free Taco Bell for 365days.:tup:

Thank you for reporting it. This has been a latest issue and thousands of forum, website, WP owners are affected. Google is aware of the problem as well. It kinda raised a red flag on their software when they saw all these big forums having their site redirected to another spam site. Google sent out 20,000 emails to forum, website owners last week to let them know they are affected as many owners have NO clue their site is redirected on google. I Never use google to go to my site.

I'm working on the issue and it's NOT a easy task. So please have patience. In the mean time, I want you to

a. Make the370Z your homepage. You're on here 24/7 anyway so making it homepage will prevent you from getting that error link. If you do not want to make it your homepage on your browser permanently, just do it until the problem is fixed. Thanks :tup:

b. Avoid using Google to search the370z and click on it. THE370Z is 7 letter website name. Just go to the top address bar and type "www.the370z.com". It's quicker.

I'll keep you guys posted what happens. thanks

AK

is this similar to the google redirect virus? my comp just got that last week

It isn't a virus, it is some sort of infiltration on google's servers... I never actually noticed it only happened via google but now I see. I got it again today when I was searching google and it led me to another forum.

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I'm not sure if this is the right area to post, but does anyone get popups when trying to access this forum? I get these popups once in awhile specifically when going to this forum.

I've attached a picture so you can see what the popup looks like. I'm just curious if anyone is getting the same issue so I can fix the problem.

Yes I've also have gotten those pop-ups lately. I noticed it about a couple of days ago.

never seen it . . .

sorry to say it bud, but you've got malware/spyware lurking around on your system, do a scan of your system if you can with either malwarebytes or super anti spyware, both of which can be downloaded for free on the internet.

I've experienced this on occasion lately coming on here and from what i understand it's an issue with google and is affecting many sites tied to google.

We had this issue once before it eventually got fixed but I guess its back unfortunately

I get it too, on multiple computers, my phone, and my ipad. It is a security problem with the website, and how it works with google, not malware on our computers. I have seen it happen to other message boards too. The site admin needs to take care of it.

hmm, well maybe something to do with my google chrome having an ad blocker installed all this time as i have never seen this pop up before.

Not admin's fault... it is some sort of routing/infiltration stemming from Google... AK said before that they have been in contact with Google I believe but nothing has been done about it.

Has the370z.com been bugged?
 

Lately whenever I google something and the search result comes up with the370z.com, I'll click the link. But instead of being taken to the370z.com, it redirects me to url123.info/blahblahblah and gives me a popup about locked content and that I have to sign up to unlock it or something. I thought I had a virus on my computer until I started doing more research, and it seems that this only occurs on forums, not regular websites. I'm not an expert at this, but it sounds like the forums were contaminated with a redirect code, sort of like a virus.

My question is, has anyone else experienced this? Is it possible that our forum has been compromised? It's also doing it on my iPhone as well, so it's not something g with my computer. As far as I can remember its only with links to the forum, not Facebook or Break or any of the other sites I usually go to. Anyone else? Am I crazy?

...don't answer that.


Sent from my iPizzle using magic and new-fangled science stuff

true story. happened to me. someone forgot to pay the electric bill.

It's a common google redirect. Does occur occasionally with forum links. The most accurate conjecture is that it's malware which hasn't really been recognized by your antivirus yet. I have a laptop given to me by the university, which has a very poor antivirus system intended to protect the network before the computer. Installed ESET and force removed the antivirus system, and now, it never happens anymore.

It's a Jersey thing, you wouldnt understand.

download and run this:

Spybot - Search & Destroy - CNET Download.com

Thanks guys, but I run spybot as well as avast, and I keep them both up to date. I also clean my computer about 2 times a month, so it's almost definitely not a virus. Also, I mentioned that this happens on my iPhone 4S as well, are you saying that my iPhone has the same virus? I doubt it. I'll also state again, I have ran across more than one forum that has found the actual redirect code embedded in the forum code. It's designed to only do it once, then it gives you a cookie so that redirects don't happen every time. But if you clean out your cookies like I do then it keeps happening every couple of days, and it's really annoying.


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ok if you are good there then it sounds like a legit glitch. what browser are you using?

On my computer I'm using Chrome, and on my iPhone obviously it's Safari. Here's a few links to some people who are having the same problem, thought it might help shed some light.

http://www.vbseo.com/f3/hacked-url123-info-53045/

http://www.spoofee.com/forums/discus...click-day.html


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must be the mustang aliens..

It's seems to be specific to forums and vBSEO...?


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Damn those mustang aliens!


Sent from my iPizzle using magic and new-fangled science stuff

no issues with Firefox :shrugs: :stirthepot:

yep, i've gotten that on multiple devices. iPhone, iPad, and home computer. not sure why it happens, I just hit the back button and click on the link again. I access this through google primarly.

It's a GoDaddy/vbBulliten hack, nothing to do with you Huck. I saw it here once a year or so ago, but haven't seen it recently.

Not true! I had it happen to me yesterday and I run FireFox-don't let him "stir" things up peeps! :tup: