Does everyone see this many ads on their screen?

brodie

I'm trying to figure out if I have some sort of malware or if Sketchucation really has as many ads now as what I'm seeing. Does everyone's screen look like this on this forum?

-Brodie

Gábor

The top-middle one is definitely SketchUcation Ad, the Ad Machine one under the posts is also.
The left column is definitely not from SketchUcation and the bottom one also seems to me as if something overwrote the SketchUcation ad there.
So something is definitely injecting ads into your browser what are not SketchUcation ads.

EDIT: Do you have this experience only on sketchucation pages or on any other websites as well?

Krisidious

I only see the 3 on the right. top, ad-bot and end of page. I have no links on the left.

brodie

CCleaner seems to have done the trick. The malware was affecting Sketchucation primarily. I went to another forum to see if I would get the same behavior but didn't get the same behavior for some reason. The only other indication I had that it was malware was that sometimes I would click a link and Chrome would also open another seemingly random webpage.

Thanks for the help,

-Brodie

freddieclearance

I don't see any ads here. I have ABP in my chrome browser. It could be the reason.

TIG

@freddieclearance said:

I don't see any ads here. I have ABP in my chrome browser. It could be the reason.
BUT then you are in contravention of the ToS you agreed to when joining SketchUcation...
You agreed NOT to use an AdBlocker when visiting the site.
The advertisers provide much of the funding to keep SCF going - servers etc cost money an you don't have to pay to be an ordinary member, so all that is asked is that you allow the discreet banner ads to appear - they are all relevant to SketchUp and related products and usage...
So how do you view/get attachments etc ?

The excessive ads that were shown by the OP were a result of an 'infestation' on the OP's computer - and not what SCF normally looks like

Krisidious

I never see any ads here that are not sketchup related. I often hear about or see things for the first time in these ads. I would add an exception in your blocker for SketchUcation.