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Currently under attack
Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2026 10:37 pm
by MikeNovack
This site is currently under attack. Looks like an "ad" but trying to get permission to do something to our computers. "Ad" has no "close".
Re: Currently under attack
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2026 12:54 pm
by Gary Childress
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Popup blockers are our friends. Any site that wants us to disable popup blockers is f****** bonkers. f*** Youtube.
Re: Currently under attack
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2026 1:48 pm
by Impenitent
if you put a poster on your ceiling, are you under a tack? (probably at least 4)
-Imp
Re: Currently under attack
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2026 2:20 pm
by MikeNovack
Note: Did go to regular ads later. So the "attack" one I first saw probably a bad customer of the ad service.
Re: Currently under attack
Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2026 11:01 pm
by MikeNovack
The one up there now is a definite attack (takes control of the browser). Yeah, I now how to get out of that (crash system, and when back up tell the browser not to try and restore the previous (infected) session. Beside the point. I consider any website having "ads" that do such a thing to be under attack.
Re: Currently under attack
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2026 2:22 am
by RickLewis
Thank very much for pointing this out. We will investigate.
Re: Currently under attack
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2026 3:16 pm
by Gary Childress
Impenitent wrote: ↑Sat Jul 25, 2026 1:48 pm
if you put a poster on your ceiling, are you under a tack? (probably at least 4)
-Imp
Not if you use scotch tape.
Re: Currently under attack
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2026 9:29 am
by Walker
What triggers the bots into attack mode?
Re: Currently under attack
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2026 11:12 am
by RickLewis
OK, Bora has investigated. There was no attack. What happened was that in the setup for the adverts at the top of the forum there is a setting allowing Google to experiment with other ad formats to increase effectiveness. Google used that as permission to run the ad at the foot of the forum. Having found this setting, Bora has changed it to withdraw Google's permission to run experiments.
Re: Currently under attack
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2026 1:50 pm
by Gary Childress
RickLewis wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2026 11:12 am
OK, Bora has investigated. There was no attack. What happened was that in the setup for the adverts at the top of the forum there is a setting allowing Google to experiment with other ad formats to increase effectiveness. Google used that as permission to run the ad at the foot of the forum. Having found this setting, Bora has changed it to withdraw Google's permission to run experiments.
Google is a malicious company. They're the ones who keep people trapped inside information bubbles created by their prior browser history. Google sucks. Is there a better search engine to use, and if I have an Android phone, how do I escape the clutches of Google and their "algorithms"?
Re: Currently under attack
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2026 2:24 pm
by FlashDangerpants
Gary Childress wrote: ↑Sun Aug 02, 2026 1:50 pm
RickLewis wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2026 11:12 am
OK, Bora has investigated. There was no attack. What happened was that in the setup for the adverts at the top of the forum there is a setting allowing Google to experiment with other ad formats to increase effectiveness. Google used that as permission to run the ad at the foot of the forum. Having found this setting, Bora has changed it to withdraw Google's permission to run experiments.
Google is a malicious company. They're the ones who keep people trapped inside information bubbles created by their prior browser history. Google sucks. Is there a better search engine to use, and if I have an Android phone, how do I escape the clutches of Google and their "algorithms"?
sure. If you want to seach without being overly tracked but don't want to invest the time into going fully paranoid, the best options are frontpage or duck duck go for your search engine.
https://www.startpage.com
https://duckduckgo.com
To do a better job, you also need to dump Chrome and Edge. There's lots of better options,
here's a site that might help you find something suitable. I am lazy, I use Vivaldi, but most people use Brave.
Re: Currently under attack
Posted: Sun Aug 02, 2026 7:14 pm
by Radagast
I have started using a search engine called mojeek.com as it makes a big thing about not tracking users, which hopefully means that the search results it serves up are NOT customised according to my prior searches or website use.
Having said which, using Google has become such an ingrained habit over the years that I still find myself using that much more often than I use Mojeek.