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01-03-14, 08:28 AM   #1
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Redirect to "flash updates" by banners??

Hi there

Today I'm getting redirected to some strange "Flash player sites" by banners on this site. Can't even guess how this works, but it's repeatable. I'm loading wowui, waiting for banner rotation and I’m redirected to a site like
http://www.flashplayerupdating.com/D...cAAAAAAAAgAUAA
IAAAAAAP8AAAAGENuqdQAAAAAAKruAAAAAAACBvIkAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABkpBcAAAAAAAIAAwAAgD8AHJZwWEMBAAAAAAAAAGMxND
UxZDdhLTc0ODAtMTFlMy1iMGUyLTk3YjhiOTEyOTcwNAAAAAAAAAA=&s2=26109&s3=DE&s4=11
091822&s5=24319112 or http://www.javadaygood.com
Doesn't happen with every banner. Can't say which one is the bad guy. But it's annoying
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01-03-14, 10:00 AM   #2
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Ugh ok, forwarding this to our ad people. Thanks for the report.
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01-03-14, 03:38 PM   #3
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Dolby;
http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/to...92?page=10#181

"Some have been talking about a bad ad on wowhead pushing something as well.. I know they've had a few ones recently, and are still attempting to track'em down. If you get a 'update flash' popup while on wowhead, make sure to click no."

Has the ad people located this bad ad yet? If not, will you consider disabling ads temporarily to help prevent the possible spread of this trojan?

(I saw the deal about the fake Curse client/site which was already covered here, but thought this was equally important.)
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01-03-14, 04:07 PM   #4
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The ad team has been working hard to remove the one that was reported here. They believe they found/removed it in our international ads and are double checking our US ads.

As for Wowhead I'm not 100% sure what status is but I know the ad team is working on something there too.

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01-03-14, 06:55 PM   #5
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No more redirects right now. Thanks a lot.
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