I keep getting a " I won " pop up that has a wheel to spin to win

[happy medium]

Its driving me freaking nuts.

It says...

A.s-3. Club says
Congratulations user you been chosen to spin .....bla bla bla

https://1drv.ms/u/s!AnpF_uyvbFXZiKUlBVrzQGO114VOsQ

 

[vi edit]

Same problem for me. I have to stop using these forums on mobile. "Don't use Chrome" isn't an answer. Fix your broken ad system is.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Nothing on Firefox for Android. Sure it's the ads, and not some malicious auto-installing Chrome add-on? I have to clean those off of my buddy's Windows laptop.

 

[vi edit]

Nothing on Firefox for Android. Sure it's the ads, and not some malicious auto-installing Chrome add-on? I have to clean those off of my buddy's Windows laptop.

It's mobile Chrome. I don't have any add-ons on mobile.

 

[Brainonska511]

It's mobile Chrome. I don't have any add-ons on mobile.

I keep seeing these popups too.

 

[FirNaTine]

I've gotten half a dozen or so in the last 20-30 minutes also. Exact same.

 

[bigboxes]

Using FF 61.0.2 with AdBlock Plus and uBlock Origin. Stop the assault or kill the website's revenue stream. That's a toughy. 😎

 

[paperfist]

I get it on Safari on my iPhone. Makes me want to cry. Have to close the window and find whatever thread I was reading.

 

[evident]

I can't stand these ads. Getting them on this website andmany others. This is on a brand new phone w chrome

 

[paperfist]

I can't stand these ads. Getting them on this website andmany others. This is on a brand new phone w chrome

I'm getting them on Chrome on my iPad and iPhone and they blow. I'm not getting them on my PC though.

 

[vi edit]

It's not redirecting to a warning about my video player being out of date.

 

[tcsenter]

Just experienced the same thing on my PC, Windows 7 with Firefox 61.0.1 but saying I have been "selected to receive a free $1,000 Walmart Gift Card". Here are the complete URLs I was redirected to (within the same tab as Anandtech Forums) in chronological order:

https://advertisingfeed.com/click?n...=13342&rank=0&ad=eyJ0aXRsZSI6IiIsInVybCI6IiJ9

http://nextoptim.com/script/packcpm...8czpVbyoHxqUuPSYnHwsQqhlpvDgC2-7Tz1UsXnCJz1o,

https://laststraw.club/?brand=Deskt...1909501152993203280224169835484&klawz=[klawz]

 

[corkyg]

Looks to me like you are getting links from PUPs.

 

[tcsenter]

I have no add-ons or plugins installed in Firefox except for the default installed by Mozilla. Malwarebytes reveals no PUPs.

 

[corkyg]

AFAIK, only MB Premium handles PUPs as malware based on user choice.
Also, it looks like Chrome is complicit as well.

 

[tcsenter]

Free still detects PUPs but I also ran their stand-alone AdwCleaner.

 

[corkyg]

Yes it detects them, but does not treat them as malware.

 

[BoomerD]

I keep getting them on my ipad. The only way to close them or to do ANYTHING in Chrome is to click on the pop-up box.

 

[paperfist]

https://mashable.com/2018/04/03/congratulations-pop-up-ads-malware.amp

“Infected applications "hide themselves as legitimate apps in domains such as settings apps (Panel Settings), or apps that play music for free," the researchers wrote.”

Nice, could be coming from within the bowels of anandtech as they unwittingly use ‘fake’ ad servers.

 

[zinfamous]

Well, what did you win?

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

There was a thread earlier this year about browser hijacking ads. Purch's solution was to have us install proxy software to log the ad redirects, then send them the logs.

https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/browser-hijacking-ad.2540007/#post-39341827