Problem with site

[Jarhead0331]

Maybe there is nothing going on here at all, but an actual coincidence that it happened to two or three members who actually are infected with malware on their own devices.

The fact that W8's work computer can even get to a naughty site makes me think that it might be user infection.

Not that I wish infection on any member, but I hope so!  :-[

[Pete Dero]

How is it possible for something like this to happen?

Why would it be intermittent and only sometimes? Why would it happen seemingly at random to some and not others?

I can't explain it.  And that is also the reason I didn't post this before.
It also doesn't happen two times in a row.   So far even never more than once in a day. 

I just ran a few scans again and my system still looks clean. 

The sites that appear all look like popup ads (free webcams, shady anti virus software, ...).   

[Sigwolf]

FWIW, I've never experienced a bad redirect here.  To be fair, though, I usually come directly to the forums rather than the main page link.  I tried it now from the main page a few times and it worked properly.

[Gusington]

Years ago, maybe 7-8 years ago or more, something identical happened with the main page IIRC but I rarely go there now and haven't heard reports of anything like that since then, until today.

[W8taminute]

I also access the forums by the saved direct link in my history.  So today, the glitch only occurred once.  I did not see this behavior on my home computer. 

[solops]

How is it possible for something like this to happen?

Why would it be intermittent and only sometimes? Why would it happen seemingly at random to some and not others?

I can't explain it.  And that is also the reason I didn't post this before.
It also doesn't happen two times in a row.   So far even never more than once in a day. 

I just ran a few scans again and my system still looks clean. 

The sites that appear all look like popup ads (free webcams, shady anti virus software, ...).

Yes, this happened to me last night, once. I clicked on my forum link in Firefox and up popped a website full of illustrated porn links. I closed the browser, ran ccleaner and Bitdefender, and it has not happened again. No malware was reported.

Disturbing.

[Gusington]

^Too many people to be a coincidence now. JH and I are discussing options.

[steve58]

This may have happened to me once as well and just recently.  I have a MS Edge icon in my taskbar.  I have it setup so when I click the icon, it opens only Grogheads and WOWS.  I think it was last week, maybe the week before?, but when I clicked the MS Edge icon, two websites opened, WOWS and something else.  I don't remember it being a pron site, as that would have really concerned me.  I just tossed it off as the internet getting its wires crossed, closed both tabs and tried it again.  Grogheads and WOWS came up as expected...

[steve58]

OK, unbelievable but just happened to me again.  Clicked on the MS Edge icon in my taskbar and this is what popped up instead of Grogheads.  I killed both tabs and immediately ran Malwarebytes and Bitdefender.  Both came up clean.  So far I've only seen this when running MS Edge, not Chrome.

p.s.  I just went and checked the settings for the MS Edge startup pages.  I have Grogheads set to:

http://grogheads.com/forums/index.php

[SirAndrewD]

^It happened on your work computer?? Eek.

Similar things happen to me me on my work computer too. 

Several times a day. 

Weird how it just keeps happening.....


(In seriousness I haven't been able to replicate this on several browsers.  Very weird.)

[ArizonaTank]

Every once in a while, I am not able to get to Grogheads, while at the same time other sites work well.

I'd say it happens once every two months or so, and lasts about one or two hours.

I've always wondered if it is due to maintenance, somewhere along the chain.

[Jarhead0331]

^It happened on your work computer?? Eek.

Similar things happen to me me on my work computer too. 

Several times a day. 

Weird how it just keeps happening.....


(In seriousness I haven't been able to replicate this on several browsers.  Very weird.)

it happens on your work computer just with our site, or others too?

[SirAndrewD]

it happens on your work computer just with our site, or others too?

Sorry.  Making a bad joke about my work computer also being my personal one hence odd browsing history. 

I actually tried loading the site of Chrome/Edge and Firefox and it seemed fine, even on the mythical front page. 

Loads fine on my Android tablet too.   Also no issues with or without ad or popup blockers and no issues after clearing the cache.

[W8taminute]

Steve that's the same Microsoft popup I got this morning.  I'm using Brave browser both at home and at work.

[al_infierno]

Is the issue possibly related to Grogheads.com being non-secure (e.g. not https)?  Maybe there's a third party intercepting 1/nth of traffic requests and redirecting them elsewhere?