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friendly warning about battleclinic
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Karl Planck
Perkone
Caldari State
#1 - 2012-03-22 11:02:19 UTC  |  Edited by: Karl Planck
a few of the ads on battleclinic had been red-flagged my antivirus. Careful while perusing through there.

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Gerald Taric
NEO DYNAMICS
#2 - 2012-03-22 12:22:17 UTC
Karl Planck wrote:
a few of the ads on battleclinic had been red-flagged my antivirus. Careful while perusing through there.

thank you. Luckily i got JavaScript disabled for that domain. Do you remember, which thread was reported by your AV Product?
Gorki Andropov
I Dn't Knw Wht You Wnt Bt I Cn't Gve It Anymre
#3 - 2012-03-22 12:27:15 UTC
Not really surprising - Battleclinic is a piece of **** website and it is staffed by incompetent jerkwads. Thanks for the tip though.
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#4 - 2012-03-22 12:27:17 UTC
I had the detection as well about every other week. I gave up going there MONTHS ago. Really nasty over there unfortunately.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Karl Planck
Perkone
Caldari State
#5 - 2012-03-22 16:01:49 UTC
Gerald Taric wrote:
Karl Planck wrote:
a few of the ads on battleclinic had been red-flagged my antivirus. Careful while perusing through there.

thank you. Luckily i got JavaScript disabled for that domain. Do you remember, which thread was reported by your AV Product?

unfortunately no. it was just a random character check. Had to been flagged by one of the advertisements, no idea which one

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Kessiaan
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#6 - 2012-03-22 16:15:28 UTC
Gorki Andropov wrote:
Not really surprising - Battleclinic is a piece of **** website and it is staffed by incompetent jerkwads. Thanks for the tip though.


Battleclinic used to be a lot better.

tbh I wouldn't even use it anymore if I didn't have every KM I've ever been on posted there. Eve-kill is much better these days.

KB Link
Scrapyard Bob
EVE University
Ivy League
#7 - 2012-03-22 16:39:23 UTC
Karl Planck wrote:
a few of the ads on battleclinic had been red-flagged my antivirus. Careful while perusing through there.


And site owners wonder why ad revenue won't pay the bills - mostly because we can't trust you not to serve up malicious ads.

(NoScript + FlashBlock on Firefox)
SghnDubh
BattleClinic
#8 - 2012-03-22 19:00:56 UTC
Out of the 45,000 daily visitors to BC, we've heard this complaint directly from exactly 3 people. The one person who replied when we asked for details, (so that if it actually was happening, we could fix it) helped us out by showing his AV logs, and there wasn't a direct pointer to our adverts. That's not to say it's not happening, we'd just appreciate you helping us find the issue. We're not seeing any problems from regular users who are posting tens of posts a day.

So, if you get any indication at all that something's amiss with the ads, I want to know about it immediately so we can trace it and kill whatever it is dead.

Killboard, Loadouts, PLEX and EVEMon at BattleClinic
Serene Repose
#9 - 2012-03-22 19:03:45 UTC
Digital hostility. One of my favorite passtimes.

We must accommodate the idiocracy.
Karl Planck
Perkone
Caldari State
#10 - 2012-03-22 19:07:39 UTC
SghnDubh wrote:
Out of the 45,000 daily visitors to BC, we've heard this complaint directly from exactly 3 people. The one person who replied when we asked for details, (so that if it actually was happening, we could fix it) helped us out by showing his AV logs, and there wasn't a direct pointer to our adverts. That's not to say it's not happening, we'd just appreciate you helping us find the issue. We're not seeing any problems from regular users who are posting tens of posts a day.

So, if you get any indication at all that something's amiss with the ads, I want to know about it immediately so we can trace it and kill whatever it is dead.



i will attempt to find the logs and if successful I will mail them to you. not try to shame bc, i love bc kb's. didn't really know where to post something like this and figured the community should be aware.

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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#11 - 2012-03-22 19:10:46 UTC
Karl Planck wrote:

i will attempt to find the logs .



Hopefully they SHOW SOMETHING Lol

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Ishikari
Duct Tape Inc.
#12 - 2012-03-22 19:11:22 UTC
This happens with most ad networks even on big sites. The ad networks don't always screen ads so this junk slips in. Most web sites use the same ad networks which makes the problem worse.
Fredfredbug4
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#13 - 2012-03-22 19:34:29 UTC
Battleclinic is alright, I just think the website is poorly designed and is rather slow.

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Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#14 - 2012-03-22 19:41:00 UTC  |  Edited by: Krixtal Icefluxor
Fredfredbug4 wrote:
Battleclinic is alright, I just think the website is poorly designed and is rather slow.


I think it's great, apart from the malware risk.

Also, I wish it's KM Search was a bit more ROBUST.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Karl Hobb
Imperial Margarine
#15 - 2012-03-22 19:54:43 UTC
Fredfredbug4 wrote:
Battleclinic is alright, I just think the website is poorly designed and is rather slow.

Agreed. If they cared about their unlogged users (who might be persuaded to sign up and maybe contribute) they'd turn off those terribly ******* annoying pop-ups in the lower left.

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Zleon Leigh
#16 - 2012-03-22 20:00:57 UTC
If nothing specific pointing at the ads why do you not believe that the site itself hasn't been hacked??

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Sedrie
Apple Industries Inc.
#17 - 2012-03-22 20:06:54 UTC
Karl Hobb wrote:
Fredfredbug4 wrote:
Battleclinic is alright, I just think the website is poorly designed and is rather slow.

Agreed. If they cared about their unlogged users (who might be persuaded to sign up and maybe contribute) they'd turn off those terribly ******* annoying pop-ups in the lower left.

Those pop-ups are why I don't use Battleclinic. I very well know I am not a registered user (nor will I be one), you don't have to remind me every time I click a new page.

eve-kill doesn't go out of their way to annoy their visitors, so they win my advertising non-dollars.
Sedrie
Apple Industries Inc.
#18 - 2012-03-22 20:07:27 UTC
Tasty double post.
MrCue
Alpha Quadrant Industries
#19 - 2012-03-23 20:31:36 UTC
Krixtal Icefluxor wrote:
Fredfredbug4 wrote:
Battleclinic is alright, I just think the website is poorly designed and is rather slow.

Also, I wish it's KM Search was a bit more ROBUST.


Stay tuned, the search system will be getting an overhaul soon.
MrCue
Alpha Quadrant Industries
#20 - 2012-03-23 20:32:29 UTC
Karl Hobb wrote:
Fredfredbug4 wrote:
Battleclinic is alright, I just think the website is poorly designed and is rather slow.

Agreed. If they cared about their unlogged users (who might be persuaded to sign up and maybe contribute) they'd turn off those terribly ******* annoying pop-ups in the lower left.

The notification system was changed yesterday to be opt-in, rather than opt-out.
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