Ads on BLF???

BLF Site-related Issues
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Clicking it gets me there:

http://www.foxlingo.com/aboutthisad/

But I dont have foxlingo installed.. and scaru even uses chrome.

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I see only DX and EFest on the left hand side of the page. I’m using Firefox 17.0.1

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So I'm not the only one! :D

28

Yes, but you are still special.

29

Bingo. It’s not BLF. It looks like its HKJ adding some javascript to his posts.

PPtk

If I’m correct, the ad will show up on this page as well scaru…

and in this one

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Ok, PPTK got it! It showed up on both of those pages. So HKJ, what gives? I wonder whether he is earning money from the ads he posts...

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I’d never noticed the ad’s before, but you are right - they appear on the two linked threads. I’m using Windows 7 & Firefox 17.0.1

32

Ok, so HKJ is putting ads on BLF with out Mr. Admin's permission. Are we sure that it is him and no one else? (Don't want to start a witch hunt unless we're sure)

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Absolutely not sure. don’t have access to the BLF database :slight_smile:

That said, I have not found any examples that were not HKJ.

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Ok, let's wait for sb to chime in on this issue. :)

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Hmm, thanks for the letting me know. I’ll check into this.

36

Foxlingo ad showing on my phone (opera mobile) too on both pages.

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suggest you run a (Select * FROM [PostContentTable] WHERE [POST_TEXT] LIKE ‘javascript’)

obviously, replacing [PostContentTable] with the table name that holds the actual posts and [POST_TEXT] with the column that holds the text of the posts

PPtk

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running linux using chrome, i got it on the links pptk posted also

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It’s not just HKJ. Also shows up in Viffer750’s post from this link

Looking for a connection…

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If you click this:

http://budgetlightforum.com/comment/reply/13371/232507?quote=1#comment-form

and disable rich-text, you can see it.

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I strongly suspect that those ads were injected into the users’ posts without their knowledge by the Foxlingo toolbar. I’ll check into it some more.

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You're right, my guess is it is a "virus" of some sort that is doing it since it is more than one person.

Edit: Sb beat me to it. ;) I'll throw out this link, where people were having trouble with foxlingo crashing things etc.

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I was just about to say the same thing. Looks like it’s not their ‘fault’. They’re just lax in system security, and are being taken advantage of by the FoxLingo toolbar…

PPtk

Ref: #.appears after URL. And unknown script inserted | WordPress.org

FoxLingo automatically injecting JavaScript code into edited HTML (JavaScript is launching the Ad, Posts on this forum are HTML)

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Just gonna put it out there that I hate browser toolbars or any other “force it down your throat” crap that comes with the program you’re trying to install.

I DON’T WANT IT!

Likely you guys are right on this one.