Annoying Cookies Subsim and Android

Buddahaid · 10-10-15, 01:00 PM

I've been getting redirected to Uber and some other sights when navigating Subsim on my phone lately. It would seem to be from cookies being fed to my phone and it's only happening when I'm using Subsim. No viruses found.

Anybody else experiencing this in the past week?

Onkel Neal · 10-10-15, 02:41 PM

Which parts of Subsim? Just the forums?
What browser are you using? I have never been redirected using chrome on my android. Can you describe what you mean by redirected to Uber?

Buddahaid · 10-10-15, 03:42 PM

Yes in the forums and using Chrome for Android phones. What happens is I click onto a thread page and it goes to that page and then spontaneously redirects me to uber.com and another one I don't remember exactly but uber was the first. I can stop this by dumping cookies but it has come back twice now.

Onkel Neal · 10-10-15, 03:48 PM

Anyone else seeing this? I do not have any type of redirects or ads other than the Lijit banner, and unless you are somehow clicking on it by accident, there should not be anything disturbing your browsing here.

Anyone else?

GoldenRivet · 10-10-15, 04:09 PM

I was getting redirected here in the forums about every three page loads on safari for iPhone. It would open a blank page and then open my App Store.

I turned off Java. That stopped it. But some pages require it. So it's a back and forth game of activating Java and disabling it and activating it again and disabling it.

Not sure what's causing it. But every time it opened my App Store it was for some game. Never the same game twice it seemed

Buddahaid · 10-10-15, 04:21 PM

It's possible I clicked on the uber banner ad accidentally when the phone reoriented itself while I was about to touch something else the first time and yes I've been redirected to my app store too as well as some coco-something wanting to find my location. I've location turned off.

NeonSamurai · 10-10-15, 06:37 PM

Sounds like a potential virus/malware infection to me.

Buddahaid · 10-10-15, 06:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NeonSamurai

Sounds like a potential virus/malware infection to me.

Yes it does, however, it hasn't happened when browsing two other forums so far, and it hasn't happened anymore today but I've purposely not logged in on my phone to see what happens.

Buddahaid · 10-13-15, 12:12 PM

It's crobo company that's doing the redirect, opening the playstore and directing me to suspicious game sights. This only happens when browsing subsim.com.

NeonSamurai · 10-13-15, 02:13 PM

Odds are still quite high it is some browser hijacker in your phone, and not subsim. The more sneaky ones will only target a handful of the sites that you use the most as a way of disguising their presence, so that people think it is the site doing it and not malware on their computer/device.

try googling "crobo malware"

Onkel Neal · 10-13-15, 04:33 PM

I'll do some checking on my side.

vienna · 10-13-15, 06:28 PM

Googled "crogo redirect" and found this:

http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/06/sha...e-google-play/

https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/118...ng-redirecting

The second link is to another forum and, in the thread, the first link also appears; also, mention is made in the second of a problem related to Google AdSense. May be something to look at...

<O>

Onkel Neal · 10-13-15, 07:39 PM

Thanks, vienna, that's a big help. I do not have Google AdSense anymore, not since they delisted Subsim for the Beautiful Woman thread and all those promiscuous mentions of "escorts" (destroyers).

I will turn off the Lijit banners for a while and send a note to their techie, and see if he has seen anything amiss.

Let me know if it continues.

Buddahaid · 10-15-15, 04:29 PM

So far no redirect problems.

GoldenRivet · 10-15-15, 05:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buddahaid

So far no redirect problems.

Ditto

10-10-15, 01:00 PM	#1
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,319 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	Annoying Cookies Subsim and Android I've been getting redirected to Uber and some other sights when navigating Subsim on my phone lately. It would seem to be from cookies being fed to my phone and it's only happening when I'm using Subsim. No viruses found. Anybody else experiencing this in the past week? __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

10-10-15, 02:41 PM	#2
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Which parts of Subsim? Just the forums? What browser are you using? I have never been redirected using chrome on my android. Can you describe what you mean by redirected to Uber? __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

10-10-15, 03:42 PM	#3
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,319 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	Yes in the forums and using Chrome for Android phones. What happens is I click onto a thread page and it goes to that page and then spontaneously redirects me to uber.com and another one I don't remember exactly but uber was the first. I can stop this by dumping cookies but it has come back twice now. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

10-10-15, 03:48 PM	#4
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Anyone else seeing this? I do not have any type of redirects or ads other than the Lijit banner, and unless you are somehow clicking on it by accident, there should not be anything disturbing your browsing here. Anyone else? __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

10-10-15, 04:09 PM	#5
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	I was getting redirected here in the forums about every three page loads on safari for iPhone. It would open a blank page and then open my App Store. I turned off Java. That stopped it. But some pages require it. So it's a back and forth game of activating Java and disabling it and activating it again and disabling it. Not sure what's causing it. But every time it opened my App Store it was for some game. Never the same game twice it seemed __________________

10-10-15, 04:21 PM	#6
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,319 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	It's possible I clicked on the uber banner ad accidentally when the phone reoriented itself while I was about to touch something else the first time and yes I've been redirected to my app store too as well as some coco-something wanting to find my location. I've location turned off. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

10-10-15, 06:37 PM	#7
NeonSamurai Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Socialist Republic of Kanadia Posts: 3,044 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Sounds like a potential virus/malware infection to me. __________________ SH3 Newbie Guide Links and other helpfull stuff

10-13-15, 12:12 PM	#9
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,319 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	It's crobo company that's doing the redirect, opening the playstore and directing me to suspicious game sights. This only happens when browsing subsim.com. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie

10-13-15, 02:13 PM	#10
NeonSamurai Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Socialist Republic of Kanadia Posts: 3,044 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Odds are still quite high it is some browser hijacker in your phone, and not subsim. The more sneaky ones will only target a handful of the sites that you use the most as a way of disguising their presence, so that people think it is the site doing it and not malware on their computer/device. try googling "crobo malware" __________________ SH3 Newbie Guide Links and other helpfull stuff

10-13-15, 04:33 PM	#11
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	I'll do some checking on my side. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

10-13-15, 06:28 PM	#12
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,711 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Googled "crogo redirect" and found this: http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/06/sha...e-google-play/ https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/118...ng-redirecting The second link is to another forum and, in the thread, the first link also appears; also, mention is made in the second of a problem related to Google AdSense. May be something to look at... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

10-13-15, 07:39 PM	#13
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,383 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Thanks, vienna, that's a big help. I do not have Google AdSense anymore, not since they delisted Subsim for the Beautiful Woman thread and all those promiscuous mentions of "escorts" (destroyers). I will turn off the Lijit banners for a while and send a note to their techie, and see if he has seen anything amiss. Let me know if it continues. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

10-15-15, 04:29 PM	#14
Buddahaid Shark above Space Chicken Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,319 Downloads: 162 Uploads: 0	So far no redirect problems. __________________ "However vast the darkness, we must provide our own light." Stanley Kubrick "Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming." David Bowie