Aggressive pop-up ad with ErrorSafe SpyWare

[tR1cKy]

Got it again. The ad is a blank space, probably intended to mask the offending ad. There's a sort of floating frame (as reported by firefox). Here's the source of the frame, just in case it may be of help:

<!-- AdSpace Network=affiliates size=728x90 adtype=over affiliate=telefragged suba=civfanatics channel=games subchannel=pc category=strategy PT=ct CR=mi pez=tic --> <iframe width=728 height=90 marginwidth=0 marginheight=0 frameborder=0 bordercolor=000000 scrolling=no src="http://mediamgr.ugo.com:80/html.ng/Network=affiliates&size=728x90&adtype=over&affiliate=telefragged&suba=civfanatics&channel=games&subchannel=pc&category=strategy&PT=ct&CR=mi&pez=tic"><script language="javascript1.1" src="http://mediamgr.ugo.com:80/js.ng/params.richmedia=yes&Network=affiliates&size=728x90&adtype=over&affiliate=telefragged&suba=civfanatics&channel=games&subchannel=pc&category=strategy&PT=ct&CR=mi&pez=tic"></script><noscript><a href="http://mediamgr.ugo.com:80/click.ng/params.richmedia=yes&Network=affiliates&size=728x90&adtype=over&affiliate=telefragged&suba=civfanatics&channel=games&subchannel=pc&category=strategy&PT=ct&CR=mi&pez=tic"><img src="http://mediamgr.ugo.com:80/image.ng/params.richmedia=yes&Network=affiliates&size=728x90&adtype=over&affiliate=telefragged&suba=civfanatics&channel=games&subchannel=pc&category=strategy&PT=ct&CR=mi&pez=tic" border=0></a></noscript></iframe><!-- /AdSpace -->
<!-- START RedSheriff Customer Intelligence V4 - Java v1.1  Revision: 1.8 -->
<!-- COPYRIGHT 2002 Red Sheriff Limited -->
<script language="JavaScript"><!--
var pCid="us_us-ugo_network-telefragged";
var w0=1;
var refR=escape(document.referrer);
if (refR.length>=252) refR=refR.substring(0,252)+"...";
//--></script>
<script language="JavaScript1.1"><!--
var w0=0;
//--></script>
<script language="JavaScript1.1" src="http://server-us.imrworldwide.com/a1.js">
</script>
<script language="JavaScript"><!--
if(w0){
var imgN='<img src="http://server-us.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/count?ref='+
        refR+'&cid='+pCid+'" width=1 height=1>';
if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Mac')!=-1){document.write(imgN);
}else{
        document.write('<applet code="Measure.class" '+
        'codebase="http://server-us.imrworldwide.com/"'+'width=1 height=2>'+
        '<param name="ref" value="'+refR+'">'+'<param name="cid" value="'+pCid+
        '"><textflow>'+imgN+'</textflow></applet>');
        }
}
document.write("<COMMENT>");
//-->
</script>
<noscript>
<img src="http://server-us.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/count?cid=us_us-ugo_network-telefragged" width=1 height=1>
</noscript>
</COMMENT>

<!-- END RedSheriff Customer Intelligence V4 -->

 

[Sir_Lancelot]

Bad ads occurs quite often here, and the ones reported here must be particular bad. I would not accepted repeating bad ads if this was my forum. Something should be done. What's the cost of having this forum, it should be free? Invision also have free boards, and they don't let this crap happen.

 

[RameNoodle]

I have never had the problem; In fact, I have never had a bad ad, period, in my six months here.
Also, I'm not sure if it is vBoard's fault, or the hosting company's, which I think is "telefragged."

 

[Turner]

It's not even Telefragged's fault. It's Ugo's, or whoever else buys ad space from Telefragged.

 

[Naokaukodem]

No mean to report blank ads?

 

[Padma]

If the ad is blank, I try to capture the source code behind it. It at least should provide *some* clues.

 

[Sir_Lancelot]

It's not even Telefragged's fault. It's Ugo's, or whoever else buys ad space from Telefragged.

But Telefragged is letting it happen again and again and all they do is to remove the bad stuff. They ought to take further action and kick out the offender.

 

[Thunderfall]

UGO does kick out the offender after bad ads are reported.

 

[Sir_Lancelot]

Oh I thought UGO was one of the offenders.