redirected to junk/spam sites?

red line fun

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hi

sometimes when i click on the SCN link in my favourites i get taken to a junk/spam website as oppose to the SCN one. doesn't happen all the time, only started doing this a week or so ago.

just me, or a known issue?

thanks
 

m0rk

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hi

sometimes when i click on the SCN link in my favourites i get taken to a junk/spam website as oppose to the SCN one. doesn't happen all the time, only started doing this a week or so ago.

just me, or a known issue?

thanks

The issue is with your email provider sadly - who do you use? Yahoo/BT used to be a royal PITA

Edit, remembered I can look it up myself... Hotmail - just add [email protected] to your safe senders and contacts list & it shouldn't go into spam

just to add, have recently swopped over to chrome and it doesn't recognise new posts?

Odd, been using chrome since it's release & never had an issue with http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/search.php?do=getnew
 
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red line fun

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hi guys, not sure if we're talking at cross purposes, i'm not referring to my email system, i mean when i click on SCN in my internet favourites it sometimes takes me to another website, the website itself can seem to vary but they're what i class as junk sites.
 

m0rk

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Post up the site next time you're sent to

Sounds like a hosts file (but that's all the time, not sometimes)
 

m0rk

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Odd. Would definitely be interested to see if you could scan for viruses and malware
 
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m0rk

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Thanks.

Would be interested if this continues... I've made a change to the one thing not directly in our control (google ads)
 

m0rk

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Does the page initial load, then redirect or do you go straight to the junk site?

Also

What OS and browser combo?
 

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Thanks.

Would be interested if this continues... I've made a change to the one thing not directly in our control (google ads)

I know of at least one other site where they had an issue with google ads throwing into a trojan etc recently. stopped using the site with my laptop and now only pop in there via my iPad .
 

m0rk

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Odd, I've changed a setting or 700 to alter it.

I only ever access on mac, ipad or iphone these days - so I'll dig out the old laptop & have a bash

It's not so much a trojan as forcing a new page. Hoping the alterations have fixed it, as it's against googles policy
 
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