Re: [OT] Spam Tabs in Browser

On Firefox on Ubuntu I had experienced a video playing in a background tab
when trying to buy this tyre.

http://www.mastermindbikes.in/Hybrid-Tyres/Schwalbe-Marathon-Plus-SmartGuard-id-2106593.html

Regards,
Rony.

On Mon, May 21, 2018, 1:18 PM Darshit Shah <[email protected]> wrote:

> It's almost fishy the number of scripts that site tries to load.
>
> The registration page wants to load >20 scripts.
>
> * Rony Bill <[email protected]> [180521 09:42]:
> > Just happened today.
> >
> > Click on Register Now and a spam tab opens. If you close it, your
> > registration page is there.
> >
> > http://youtoocancycle.com
> >
> > Regards,
> > Rony.
> >
> > On Mon, May 21, 2018, 12:11 PM Rajeev R. K. <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, 21 May 2018 at 12:09, Dhruva Lokegaonkar <
> dhruva-22dYR/[email protected]>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I haven't seen those on clean pages but I've had those on before on a
> > > > few "content providers of questionable legality". What a lot of
> sites do
> > > > is add a invisible box in front of the whole page which links to an
> > > > advertisment pop up. Maybe one of the embeded advertisments is able
> to
> > > > use that technique.
> > > >
> > > > I don't think it's a virus or a rouge extention since it's happening
> on
> > > > both your phone and PC. Maybe someone else might have a better Idea
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 05/21/2018 12:02 PM, Rony Bill wrote:
> > > > > Hello Friends,
> > > > >
> > > > > Off late I have observed that when visiting some websites (Clean
> ones),
> > > > > especially where a form is to be filled, a spam advts tab opens in
> the
> > > > > browser. It happens in Android as well as Ubuntu in Firefox. In my
> > > Ubuntu
> > > > > laptop, I was on a sports shopping site and just when I clicked on
> Buy
> > > > Now,
> > > > > it opened a spam page, even playing an advt video.
> > > > >
> > > > > What is this new phenomenon happening?
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > > Rony.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > Some sample URL's where you see such behaviour might be helpful, to
> let us
> > > diagnose the issue.
> > >
> > > Thanks and Regards
> > >
> > > R. K. Rajeev
> > > Ph : +91-9323802020
> > >
> > >
> > > >
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