PHISHING POP UP?

[keeper 1960]

well i was not the only one .i to shut down the computer .

 

[OliveGrace]

i am new to this site. this is the second time I have had a virus on your site? I am using an iMac with safari.

Same here. When I click on the Alerts tab I have twice had malware posing as an Adobe Flash download. I also use a Mac and Safari. Apple had me go to www.malewarebytes.org. You can download for free. It will scan and remove the virus/maleware

 

[Stepnout]

Hello I just opened the site walked away for 45 seconds. When I got back the site was gone and I had a pop up congratulating me as an instant winner..........of course there was a link to click on. I closed my browser and came back to post this.
Has anyone else seen this? I suppose it could be on my end.
Thanks
Stepnout.

 

[Kiki]

Hello I just opened the site walked away for 45 seconds. When I got back the site was gone and I had a pop up congratulating me as an instant winner..........of course there was a link to click on. I closed my browser and came back to post this.
Has anyone else seen this? I suppose it could be on my end.
Thanks
Stepnout.

What device are you using...more specifically what is the browser version?
Can you get a screen shot if this happens again?

 

[CannedMonster]

Several people have gotten this. A screen shot will help the admins deal with it, as Kikisgirls mentioned.

 

[nminusyplusm]

Sounds like another malicious pop up coming from an ad server. You might want to post info about it to this thread:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/is-byc-“hacked”.1250582/

 

[HuskerHens18]

It's usually my browser. If I'm on my Samsung phone on Chrome I get Amazon pop ups all the time. But on my iPad or iPod on Safari I've never gotten a pop up once.

 

[CannedMonster]

It's usually my browser. If I'm on my Samsung phone on Chrome I get Amazon pop ups all the time. But on my iPad or iPod on Safari I've never gotten a pop up once.

I’m on an iPhone 8 and I was getting it. But I posted on the above thread and I haven’t gotten it in a while.

 

[HuskerHens18]

I’m on an iPhone 8 and I was getting it. But I posted on the above thread and I haven’t gotten it in a while.

Hmm.. I wonder if it's a cellphone thing? I have no idea how phones and iPads are that different though. Maybe I've just been lucky?

 

[CannedMonster]

Hmm.. I wonder if it's a cellphone thing? I have no idea how phones and iPads are that different though. Maybe I've just been lucky?

Could be. But these scammers keep trying to do it even when they’re stopped they find another way.
I guess it’s a constant battle.
I thought some people had said they were getting it on their computers too.