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Nightraid May Dhunia guide me on my path. Since: Jan, 2001
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#1: Aug 6th 2011 at 5:12:18 AM

Every time I visit the Apocalypse How main page, I am informed that my antivirus software has blocked an attack. Can somebody please take care of this ?

edited 6th Aug '11 6:57:16 AM by Fighteer

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Stratadrake Dragon Writer Since: Oct, 2009
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#2: Aug 6th 2011 at 5:54:57 AM

Usually advertisement related. Need to know which ad's gone bad.

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#3: Aug 6th 2011 at 6:57:09 AM

The wiki itself is literally incapable of serving malware. You're most likely getting a rogue ad.

Hmm, looking at the page it doesn't seem to be serving Google ads; it's something called AdChoices.

edited 6th Aug '11 6:58:45 AM by Fighteer

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VmKid Since: Sep, 2009
#4: Aug 6th 2011 at 9:49:49 AM

I appreciate the irony on having a virus on a page about odd ways for an apocalypse to happen.

Anyway, wouldn't the different ad sponsor mean that the page is behind the Google curtain?

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#5: Aug 6th 2011 at 10:30:50 AM

No, it isn't behind the curtain, but I know Eddie's been experimenting with different providers. All the forum ads seem to be AdChoices now, for example.

edited 6th Aug '11 10:31:01 AM by Fighteer

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