The Bunny 314 Posted June 21, 2023 I'm seeing this fake subscription malware popup in Firefox after browsing the site for a few minutes. I have notifications and extensions disabled. Doesn't seem to happen in Chrome though. Anyone else seeing this? I assume this from one of the many crappy ad providers who they seem to allow on the site. Seriously considering cancelling my subscription at this point. I don't expect to see ads if I subscribe to a site, especially not malware nonsense like this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dylanisabaddog 4,988 Posted June 21, 2023 @hogesar @shefcanaryare the people who know about this stuff. I know nothing about it but a message like that would make me nervous Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hogesar 9,750 Posted June 21, 2023 Is this browsing the forum, the main PinkUn website or both? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PurpleCanary 5,582 Posted June 21, 2023 I can't remember how/when I got it but I assumed it was fake and ignored it, not least since I stopped using McAfee some years back. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BroadstairsR 2,206 Posted June 21, 2023 I get so many of these things daily, often about deliveries I am not expecting, but the McAfee one is regular. I use Chrome for most browsing nowadays, and always when using streams. It seems to be 100% secure. A chromebook need not be expensive (especially the so called re-furbished ones from EBay ... which are usually brand new and probably from the back of a lorry.) A chromebook dedicated for dubious streaming is a good investment, imo. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mello Yello 2,303 Posted June 21, 2023 Yep chromebook is my personal choice to browse t'internet....Got mine from Argos....(the Company not the Cuban).... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
littleyellowbirdie 2,595 Posted June 21, 2023 (edited) 7 hours ago, The Bunny said: I'm seeing this fake subscription malware popup in Firefox after browsing the site for a few minutes. I have notifications and extensions disabled. Doesn't seem to happen in Chrome though. Anyone else seeing this? I assume this from one of the many crappy ad providers who they seem to allow on the site. Seriously considering cancelling my subscription at this point. I don't expect to see ads if I subscribe to a site, especially not malware nonsense like this. Go into your browser and disable notifications. Often, a website will ask you to enable notifications and it's actually one of these things. Disabling notifications in your browser can often sort it. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/push-notifications-firefox Anyway, it's probably not the pinkun site that's doing it. Edited June 21, 2023 by littleyellowbirdie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cambridgeshire canary 6,801 Posted June 21, 2023 This is why I use adblock. Very much recommend. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Bunny 314 Posted June 23, 2023 On 21/06/2023 at 09:44, littleyellowbirdie said: Go into your browser and disable notifications. Often, a website will ask you to enable notifications and it's actually one of these things. Disabling notifications in your browser can often sort it. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/push-notifications-firefox Anyway, it's probably not the pinkun site that's doing it. Yeah, I mentioned I checked notifications were disabled in my original post. I doubt the site itself is serving this crap, more like one of the many dodgy ad providers who clog up every page. As an aside, I'm a software engineer by trade and occasionally I write web servers. I have a bit of experience in this area 🙂. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Bunny 314 Posted June 23, 2023 On 21/06/2023 at 09:26, hogesar said: Is this browsing the forum, the main PinkUn website or both? Pinkun Website. This article was triggering it constantly yesterday although it seems to have stopped now. Maybe someone on the web team actually did something about it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
