Possible Malware or Virus Attack...

[AmateurPCGuy]

Casual browsing of stuff (I have FB, Twitter, Twitch and Vessel on) and suddenly on the Twitch window, I saw an ad, which is 100% unlikely since I have AdBlock on. But that's not all... from time to time,  the twitch window suddenly reloads and redirects me to a porn site. It primarily happens on the Twitch window and nothing else. Anyone got a solution?

 

PS: I'm currently running a Malwarebyte scan to see if its a Malware that's causing it. I'll follow it with a through AVG scan to see if a virus has infected the PC...

[Yiz]

Sounds like a virus/malware to me, report back after scans.

[Sinykal]

Thats about all you can do. If it keeps happening there's always a fresh install.

[Yiz]

Could be a lot of things, the adblock you have installed contains that backdoor, or twitch is having advertising issues.

What concerns me is that it redirects him completely from twitch, that's pretty sketchy. But yeah it could be something else too.

[AmateurPCGuy]

Could be a lot of things, the adblock you have installed contains that backdoor, or twitch is having advertising issues.

Its a possibility... but I got AdBlock from the the Google Chrome web store...

[CalebTheEternal]

Casual browsing of stuff (I have FB, Twitter, Twitch and Vessel on) and suddenly on the Twitch window, I saw an ad, which is 100% unlikely since I have AdBlock on. But that's not all... from time to time,  the twitch window suddenly reloads and redirects me to a porn site. It primarily happens on the Twitch window and nothing else. Anyone got a solution?

 

PS: I'm currently running a Malwarebyte scan to see if its a Malware that's causing it. I'll follow it with a through AVG scan to see if a virus has infected the PC...

Google adware removal and try that. Worked for me.

[AmateurPCGuy]

Sounds like a virus/malware to me, report back after scans.

 

Google adware removal and try that. Worked for me.

okay, did Malwarebytes, AVG and Bitdefender AdwareRemover, they all reported back that the PC is clean...

[mxas6530]

Ummm.. . dude. Are your router settings at default? Because this is most likely a network thing in my opinion , considering Twitch was hacked recently... Take a look at this it might help http://aralabs.com/blog/2015/03/25/ad-fraud-malware-hijacks-router-dns-injects-ads-via-google-analytics/

[AmateurPCGuy]

Ummm.. . dude. Are your router settings at default? Because this is most likely a network thing in my opinion , considering Twitch was hacked recently... Take a look at this it might help http://aralabs.com/blog/2015/03/25/ad-fraud-malware-hijacks-router-dns-injects-ads-via-google-analytics/

So I also added AdwCleaner to the lists of scanners I tried... It eliminated some things, but my problem still exists... Here are some websites where the ads appear:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is there any way I can purge this "sality" adware out of my network?

[k4p84]

remember adblock lets advertisers pay to get around the extension so expect to see some adds.

 

anyway, in Chrome, menu > settings > extensions 

 

are there any extensions there that should not be, perfectly possible you have a rough add extension.

 

Do you only get these issues with Chrome or with other browsers too ?

 

Have you checked installed programs, installed recently that are odd ?

 

When the adds are served have you checked running programs for odd ones ?

 

Ed

[Yiz]

Sorry, I fell asleep last night and stopped replying.

So I also added AdwCleaner to the lists of scanners I tried... It eliminated some things, but my problem still exists... Here are some websites where the ads appear:

Is there any way I can purge this "sality" adware out of my network?

I acutually think it might just be something as simple as a program installed. Can you go to the control panel and then to uninstall programs? Look for anything fishy or anything you didn't install. If something catches your eye Google what it does and then uninstall. Something's similar like this happened to my mother's computer.

[AmateurPCGuy]

Sorry, I fell asleep last night and stopped replying.

I acutually think it might just be something as simple as a program installed. Can you go to the control panel and then to uninstall programs? Look for anything fishy or anything you didn't install. If something catches your eye Google what it does and then uninstall. Something's similar like this happened to my mother's computer.

I actually did that pretty recently and everything that's on the Control Panel list is a program that I know.

[AmateurPCGuy]

Sorry, I fell asleep last night and stopped replying.

I acutually think it might just be something as simple as a program installed. Can you go to the control panel and then to uninstall programs? Look for anything fishy or anything you didn't install. If something catches your eye Google what it does and then uninstall. Something's similar like this happened to my mother's computer.

 

remember adblock lets advertisers pay to get around the extension so expect to see some adds.

 

anyway, in Chrome, menu > settings > extensions 

 

are there any extensions there that should not be, perfectly possible you have a rough add extension.

 

Do you only get these issues with Chrome or with other browsers too ?

 

Have you checked installed programs, installed recently that are odd ?

 

When the adds are served have you checked running programs for odd ones ?

 

Ed

 

Ummm.. . dude. Are your router settings at default? Because this is most likely a network thing in my opinion , considering Twitch was hacked recently... Take a look at this it might help http://aralabs.com/blog/2015/03/25/ad-fraud-malware-hijacks-router-dns-injects-ads-via-google-analytics/

Okay, here's an update:

 

I accessed the aforementioned websites on other browsers(Firefox, IE, Maxthon)... and the ads don't appear. I also accessed them from another laptop, also no ads. Therefore, I can conclude that this is probably AdBlock giving me a hard time. However, what's intriguing is the fact that the page on the ad somehow reloads and redirects to another site. (In my case, a porn site)...

 

(PS: @mvilcis, when was Twitch hacked?)

[Yiz]

I actually did that pretty recently and everything that's on the Control Panel list is a program that I know.

Huh, so is it only redirecting you when your on twitch then? Otherwise this is such a weird issue. It would have to be adware/malware whatever you wanna call it but I don't get why the scans don't pick anything up. Let me get back to you in a bit.

Edit: did you say then only chrome has the redirecting issue?

[AmateurPCGuy]

Huh, so is it only redirecting you when your on twitch then? Otherwise this is such a weird issue. It would have to be adware/malware whatever you wanna call it but I don't get why the scans don't pick anything up. Let me get back to you in a bit.

Edit: did you say then only chrome has the redirecting issue?

yes, only Chrome has the re-directing issue... and it happens occasionally... on this laptop at least. The chrome on my other laptop doesn't show ads and doesn't redirect me...

[AmateurPCGuy]

So here's another update:

 

So I tried browsing the affected sites on another account that's logged into Chrome, and surprisingly, no ads have appeared. Same thing when I browsed as Guest. So the ads only happen on my Google Chrome account... which is awkward.

[Yiz]

So here's another update:

 

So I tried browsing the affected sites on another account that's logged into Chrome, and surprisingly, no ads have appeared. Same thing when I browsed as Guest. So the ads only happen on my Google Chrome account... which is awkward.

I have no idea what to say, lol. You seem to have an odd problem.

[k4p84]

remove adblock and install the extension Adguard AdBlocker , does the issue remain ?

[mxas6530]

remove adblock and install the extension Adguard AdBlocker , does the issue remain ?

Nah, ublock is WAY better

[mxas6530]

Okay, here's an update:

I accessed the aforementioned websites on other browsers(Firefox, IE, Maxthon)... and the ads don't appear. I also accessed them from another laptop, also no ads. Therefore, I can conclude that this is probably AdBlock giving me a hard time. However, what's intriguing is the fact that the page on the ad somehow reloads and redirects to another site. (In my case, a porn site)...

(PS: @mvilcis, when was Twitch hacked?)

This week if I'm correct. You should have like an email notification to the corresponding account

[mxas6530]

So I also added AdwCleaner to the lists of scanners I tried... It eliminated some things, but my problem still exists... Here are some websites where the ads appear:

Is there any way I can purge this "sality" adware out of my network?

oh and out of curiosity what chrome extensions do you have?

[AmateurPCGuy]

Nah, ublock is WAY better

Disabled AdBlock and instaled uBlock.... the ads have disappeared!

[mxas6530]

Disabled AdBlock and instaled uBlock.... the ads have disappeared!

Much wow such happy.

[AmateurPCGuy]

oh and out of curiosity what chrome extensions do you have?

I have FrankerFaceZ, BetterTwitchTV, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides and Logitech Smooth Scrolling. I also have the LTT Notifications Extension and Chrome Stylist but they're disabled.

[DonaldSayers]

Can you run RogueKiller?