Secure sweep ad hijacking browser

[Truename]

Hey y’all, I don’t know if you care about this or can do anything about it if you do, but for the past several days I’m getting an ad that redirects my browser to a very scammy “secure sweep” site. One of those things that pretends to be scanning my phone for viruses. Completely takes me out of enworld, I have to hit the back button.

Anyway, thought you might want to know.

 

[Rabulias]

Hey y’all, I don’t know if you care about this or can do anything about it if you do, but for the past several days I’m getting an ad that redirects my browser to a very scammy “secure sweep” site. One of those things that pretends to be scanning my phone for viruses. Completely takes me out of enworld, I have to hit the back button.

Anyway, thought you might want to know.

They are Google ads. ENWorld has no control over them -- they key off your cookies and whatnot. You can report the ad to Google.

 

[Umbran]

Technically, if you can capture the url the ad points to, I think we can block it. But it appearing is mostly based on your own browsing history and Google, not us.

 

[Marc Radle]

I’m getting it too

 

[Reef]

Yeah, its been popping up for me over the last few days as well.

 

[Reef]

The site it tries to send me to is Cybermedic.buzz
Don’t know if that helps any (or if it is even what other people are getting).

 

[darjr]

I haven’t gotten it and I can’t do anything about actual adds but I’ll look at a couple few things.

@Morrus

 

[Morrus]

I can report it, but that's the extent of my ability to influence Google ads.

 

[Reef]

I can report it, but that's the extent of my ability to influence Google ads.

Figured as much. But also figured it wouldn’t hurt to mention it .

 

[Truename]

@darjr I just got it as I was checking this thread (ironically). The URL I was sent to was

securesweep.pro/avs/en/mob-939/global-bb.php?c=5uzdyri8kza6z5&k=c355e2eea111b82a6b4bf9ec1f6ee8c7&country_code=US&carrier=-&country_name=United States®ion=Oregon&city=Portland&isp=CenturyLink Communications LLC&lang=en&ref_domain=&os=iOS&osv=18&browser=Safari&browserv=&brand=Apple&model=iPhone&marketing_name=iPhone&tablet=2&rheight=0&rwidth=0&e=5