maskedmaniac Posted February 1, 2017 Report Share Posted February 1, 2017 Am I the only one that keeps getting re-directed from this site to some suspect looking page? I will casually be looking through some posts in here and then suddenly I get taken to a page for "time warner" cable or some shit like that. I feel like I may get a bug from just being in here. Could it have something to do with someones sig perhaps? It only happens when I'm on this forum. Any answers please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spamming Nooblet Posted February 1, 2017 Report Share Posted February 1, 2017 That has never happened to me in all the years I've been here. What's your web browser and have you tried using this site on a different one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeG Posted February 1, 2017 Report Share Posted February 1, 2017 Are you perhaps accidentally clicking the ads we have on the site? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maskedmaniac Posted February 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2017 Using firefox.I'm not clicking on anything but perhaps just by dragging my cursor over it it causes this? I don't think this happens to me on my phone, only on PC so perhaps you guys may be on to something. I will pay more attention to see what is happening. Damn annoying though and it's only recently like in the last month, been here for years and didn't have this problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustsomeNUGGET Posted February 1, 2017 Report Share Posted February 1, 2017 I find Firefox to be a pretty bad website to use. I highly recommend not using it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernez Posted February 1, 2017 Report Share Posted February 1, 2017 With things just popping up it sounds like malware/adware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spamming Nooblet Posted February 2, 2017 Report Share Posted February 2, 2017 I used to use Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge (the new IE) to use this site and it would lag like crazy, but I switched to Chrome last year and it has been running this site perfectly ever since. With Chrome this site loads instantly and I also haven't seen a single ad here since I switched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernez Posted February 3, 2017 Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 I used to use Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge (the new IE) to use this site and it would lag like crazy, but I switched to Chrome last year and it has been running this site perfectly ever since. With Chrome this site loads instantly and I also haven't seen a single ad here since I switched. Because on Google Chrome there is an adblocker. We don't tell people to not use adblockers because we know how annoying ads can be, but if you wanna support us, turning your ads on, even for awhile could be beneficial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CROSS-Out Posted February 3, 2017 Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 I used to use Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge (the new IE) to use this site and it would lag like crazy, but I switched to Chrome last year and it has been running this site perfectly ever since. With Chrome this site loads instantly and I also haven't seen a single ad here since I switched. Because on Google Chrome there is an adblocker. We don't tell people to not use adblockers because we know how annoying ads can be, but if you wanna support us, turning your ads on, even for awhile could be beneficial. I switch adblock off occasionally, though never for to long since nowadays bad ads can end up on sites without the site owners even realizing it (Goblins Comic got hit with this hard for a while). Hey, at least you aren't pulling the crap Forbes is, huge kudos for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturi Posted February 3, 2017 Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 It started Happening to me after I couldn't post Images from my Win7 Desktop PC for whatever reason and I installed Google Chrome. So I deinstalled Chrome, used CCleaner, restarted and still when I'm using IE 11 I can't post anything from it cause after only one click the Forum Redirects me to some pet Accessoires site that is Google certified. -.- I checked my pc and I don't have any malware or Virus or anything and this redirection only happens on caws.ws and only under Win7 with IE11 and Google Chrome for me. It doesn't happen when I'm using IE11 under Win10 from my Laptop but I don't think that it has anything to do with the browser cause I can use the Forum without getting redirected when I'm activating the acitve X filter on my win7 PC, for that though I can't post any Images then either. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maskedmaniac Posted February 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 No malware on my PC either. Only on this site. Will try chrome and see how that works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepy Bro Posted February 3, 2017 Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 I use Chrome here at work, and the site works fine... I use Edge at home, and the site works fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squishy Posted February 3, 2017 Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 I use Chrome and this is happening to me too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEGION Posted February 3, 2017 Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 I think we can safely say that it's not the browser, that is causing this. Maybe something you both have installed. Or maybe it's just a result of the forum being worked on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeG Posted February 4, 2017 Report Share Posted February 4, 2017 I'm going to have to forward this over to Tom and see if there's a deeper issue. Sorry in the meantime! Could anyone who has had this happen please let us know your platform (PC, tablet, phone) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squishy Posted February 5, 2017 Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 Using Chrome on my laptop, it happens. Using Safari on my phone, it's fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maskedmaniac Posted February 5, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2017 It happens to me on PC. Not phone. At least once a day and usually goes to a site for Time Warner, which doesn't exist anymore so you know it's bogus. Worst thing now is I can't use the back button to get back in here, I gotta close the tab and use a new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturi Posted February 11, 2017 Report Share Posted February 11, 2017 OK! This is getting furstrating in the meantime! It can't be that we are not able to post a Image without Problems anymore.The BBCode had to be deactivated before I could post any Image and after I updated a few on the first page, it automatically removed all the closing Spoiler tags from my thread. I edited it TWICE by now typing them all in again and after I confirm and save it drops them out again. Most of all I'm always getting the message if I really wanna load the insecure content aswell or not no matter if I'm loading the Forums thread from my win7 Desktop pc or my win10 Laptop which wasn't the case until recently. EDIT: I was able to fix my Topic again. What helps is to deactivate the active x filter of your browser. When it is activated I can only post by clicking on the BBcode anymore, when I deactivate it, I can post normally but the Forum will send me to some other sites from time to time (it's worse under win7). So I think it must have to do something with the ads of the Forum. Did you guys maybe change something or have a bug in the redirection that automatically Redirects someone when they try to post something instead of redirecting only after someone clicked on a ad? Can you guys please look into it? Thanks a lot in advance! EDIT2: It also helps when we add the link to the combatibility mode of the browser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeG Posted February 12, 2017 Report Share Posted February 12, 2017 I'll open this when we have an update. Thanks for the details! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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