LMAO! Very disturbing indeed! :bigsmile:
GREAT, GREAT (!) investigation PilotPTK!!!
May I humbly add:
devman’s prior post got me looking at adnxs.com
devman:
The sidebar was a javascript-added div tag that redirected users to lax1.ib.adnxs.com/click
This resolved to http://www.appnexus.com… they claim (CAPS are in their original text) weebay, faceb00k and others as their clients
- APPNEXUS IS TODAY’S MOST POWERFUL, OPEN AND CUSTOMIZABLE ADVERTISING TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM. ADVERTISING’S LARGEST AND MOST INNOVATIVE COMPANIES BUILD THEIR BUSINESSES ON APPNEXUS.
as well as
- MAKING ADVERTISING A FORCE FOR GOOD
Going through their site, seems legitimate business but they’re really f&%$#round and - in our situation - way too oppressive.
Here’s some screen capture “analyses” of the problems here with the javascript… hope these can assist with cleaning