TappedOut Malware Popups Getting Excessive
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Posted on July 11, 2018, 9:45 p.m. by BrandonJamesCAC
Has the site been acting up for anyone else? My friends and I have been constantly redirected to those "Clean your Galaxy" Apps or the "You've won an Amazon Gift Card!" Sites which you can't close.
Or are we collectively insane?
Its happening to me too, on my android also, and its definitely only happening while I'm on this site.
Its super obnoxious, it might make me have to quit using the site.
July 12, 2018 12:16 a.m. Edited.
BrandonJamesCAC says... #4
It's Android Only on this site.
No one freak out. It's not a virus at all. But mad effin annoying
July 12, 2018 2:12 a.m.
BrandonJamesCAC says... #5
I know, me too. Which sucks because MTG Salvation.... well you know..
July 12, 2018 2:13 a.m.
TheDuggernaught says... #6
I use android and have never gotten such pop ups.
July 12, 2018 2:55 a.m.
android here too, can we get some screenshots? when did it start?
July 12, 2018 7:12 a.m.
It happened to me a few times yesterday. Never got a screen shot.
July 12, 2018 7:22 a.m.
SeekerofSecrets says... #9
It happened to me a few times last night, next time I'll post a screen shot.
July 12, 2018 7:35 a.m.
Like the others it comes and goes when I visit from my phone.
Model: Pixel
Android Version: 8.0.0
July 12, 2018 10:50 a.m.
ToolmasterOfBrainerd says... #12
I had a few this morning (and the last few days). I think they were before the above comment. I'll screenshot the next one. Only happens to me on mobile. Pixel 1, Android 8.1.0.
I've had problems with it appearing on mtgtop8 as well, but I haven't been on that site as often recently, so I haven't seen it in awhile (like, not since last summer).
July 12, 2018 5:14 p.m. Edited.
TreeBeard19 says... #15
Still having issues here. It pops up every time I load a new deck list page sometimes again when I try to view a specific card in the list. Getting really annoying.
December 13, 2018 7:57 p.m.
please feel free to report here if it happens again with a description
December 14, 2018 11:01 a.m.
BrandonJamesCAC says... #18
You the man. Thank you.
Mine have only been the "I'm too cheap to upgrade my account" ads on the page. No full redirections.
December 14, 2018 12:04 p.m.
I got them too earlier but we made a change to stop them. Is it still happening?
December 19, 2018 10:08 p.m.
ToolmasterOfBrainerd says... #22
Nope, that was the only one I've experienced. Thanks a bunch for responding to these issues so quickly.
December 19, 2018 11:36 p.m.
lolgodsend says... #23
I’ve got like 3 in a row whenever I’m looking at my deck lists. I’ll screenshot next time it happens
December 22, 2018 6:18 a.m.
lolgodsend says... #24
(https://imgur.com/a/aDC9zxW) Just happened again, here’s a link to the screencaps
December 22, 2018 6:25 a.m.
lolgodsend says... #25
https://imgur.com/a/aDC9zxW
I don’t think it worked the first time
December 22, 2018 6:27 a.m.
GoblinsBeatElves says... #26
I still get these. Most of them have been fixed, so thanks for that, but I still get ones that have these urls: bestgiftsforddfans.ooo and bestgiftsforddlovers.ooo. I don’t know if that helps. The first time I opened up this site the past few days, I got one of these, then I had to close the browser and open a new one several times. It seems to be only on this site.
December 22, 2018 6:47 a.m.
TheDuggernaught says... #28
I took a screen shot of another Redirect Ad that I just encountered. Ive been hit by it 3x in the past 15 minutes. So they are getting pretty bad again.
December 23, 2018 10:54 a.m.
BrandonJamesCAC says... #29
I have a solution to the redirect ones. And I'm slapping myself for not thinking of it sooner.
When you come to the site just
Use https://tappedout.net
December 24, 2018 11:38 a.m.
Interesting, that works?
I made some changes and they should have stopped. Spammers use these holiday weekends to try to catch people off guard but i disabled a lot of things to prevent them
December 24, 2018 1:54 p.m.
GoblinsBeatElves says... #33
...and they’re back. I’ve gotten two today so far in the last 5 minutes.
December 25, 2018 2:54 p.m.
smilepandabye says... #34
Glad to see I’m not the only one. Sucks that I have to stop using the site days at a time sometimes.
December 27, 2018 12:12 p.m.
GoblinsBeatElves says... #37
Yeah, BrandonJamesCAC, I’ve tried that link. It does make there be less of the pop ups, but they still appear for me.
I think I’ve got this sorted out, because I figured out how to block urls on my IPhone. That works very well, and although the url changes sometimes, I can just block the new one and none appear for hours. Here’s the link to do that, for other people who have this problem:
https://m.imore.com/how-block-specific-websites-being-accessed-safari-iphone-and-ipad
Hope that helps for other people having this issue.
December 27, 2018 7:23 p.m.
sorry Timmy, can you get ahold of me via the contact form and we can figure that out in greater detail?
April 19, 2019 3:40 p.m.
BrandonJamesCAC says... #42
May 23, 2019 12:44 p.m.
ToolmasterOfBrainerd says... #43
Url redirects are back. I just got 2 in under a minute .
May 23, 2019 7:50 p.m.
ToolmasterOfBrainerd says... #46
I just got a url redirect
Edit: using chrome on mobile, Google pixel
July 5, 2019 1:04 a.m. Edited.
BrandonJamesCAC says... #47
July 10, 2019 12:36 p.m.
When this happens is it when you first visit or when the tab wakes back up from being asleep
Gidgetimer says... #2
I have been visiting exclusively on my Kindle tablet and Apple phone but I have gotten 0 pop ups or IP redirects. Sounds like you guys have viruses to me.
July 11, 2018 11:04 p.m.