Re: [Wikimedia Brasil] [Wikimediaindia-l] Ads Injected into Wikipedia?

Could be, but it wouldn't hurt to do a scan of your system and find out if anything is wrong with it. On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 8:25 PM, Debanjan Bandyopadhyay < debastein(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > I'm not the techie here, but I don't think its a malware on a system > per se. Reason being being, two different people have experienced it, same > ad also from different IP's, different locations though. > > > On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 8:20 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < > parakara.ghoda(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > >> Definitely Adware/Malware/Spyware/etc. >> Notice in the Screenshot, it says Ads Not By This Site. >> It should've been a clue. >> Do scan your system with a good antivirus [Free or paid doesn't >> matter]. >> If your system is infected by anything, your data might be at risk. >> --Cheers, >> >> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 8:13 PM, Debanjan Bandyopadhyay < >> debastein(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: >> >>> I just saw that screenshot and remembered, even my friend said, it >>> was by the same site, inkfruit. Some common issue?? >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 8:12 PM, Debanjan Bandyopadhyay < >>> debastein(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: >>> >>>> No, now that you mention him, even a friend of mine in Pune told me >>>> that Wikipedia had started ads, to which I dared him to show me and in fact >>>> made a bet. He failed to show me when I asked him to, so I took it as a >>>> singular even, perhaps, some sort of mistake he made. However, since other >>>> people have started seeing this, I though I'd tell you that he is not alone. >>>> >>>> I'll ask him further details about his net connection and get back >>>> to you guys on this. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 7:08 PM, Aditya Sengupta < >>>> apsengupta(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: >>>> >>>>> Interesting- a virus that injects ads directly into the DOM. >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 19:03, Bala Jeyaraman < >>>>> sodabottle(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> mostprobably adware in his machine. A smiliar report in portugese >>>>>> wikipedia is here: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://translate.google.co.in/translate?hl=en&sl=pt&u=http://pt.wik… >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Aditya Sengupta < >>>>>> apsengupta(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> A friend got in touch with me about this. He is currently seeing >>>>>>> advertisements on Wikipedia pages (on all pages except the home page). Here >>>>>>> is a link to a screenshot: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://i.imgur.com/dhKyR.jpg >>>>>>> >>>>>>> These advertisements were not visible to him when I asked him to >>>>>>> check through the secure WM server. These advertisements are also not >>>>>>> visible to him on any other web page. To the bottom right of each ad, there >>>>>>> is some text that says, "ads not by this site". I've taken a quick look >>>>>>> through the page source he forwarded, nothing looks untoward. His >>>>>>> right-click menu does not appear when he right-clicks on the ad. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> He is based out of Mumbai and ISP is "Tata Teleservices >>>>>>> Maharashtra Ltd". His IP address is 114.143.88.193 (or was, while he >>>>>>> accessed this page; I've since had him change his IP address since I'm >>>>>>> sharing this one). I'm not sure if this issue is restricted to Mumbai; >>>>>>> since the IP address shows up in Pune when I try to geolocate it (though I >>>>>>> understand this is fairly common). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The link he is directed to when he clicks the ad is this: >>>>>>> http://www.inkfruit.com/combo-landing?utm_source=CMP1002Combo&utm_mediu…mpaign=Combo. >>>>>>> I'm adding this here and copying the founder of Inkfruit since the campaign >>>>>>> data in the URL parameters may help identify the problem (also, I'm not >>>>>>> sure if Inkfruit is aware of this campaign). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I've copied my friend here in case there are further questions >>>>>>> he could help answer. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Could this be a case of DPI by his ISP, or simply malware on his >>>>>>> machine? If it were the former, what would be the legal status of the >>>>>>> issue? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>>>>>> Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >>>>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>>>>> Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>>>>> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >>>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>>>> Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>>>> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Regards, >>>> Debanjan* >>>> >>>> - Lets make this world a better and more informative place* >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> Debanjan* >>> >>> - Lets make this world a better and more informative place* >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >>> Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Srikanth Ramakrishnan. >> Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on February 12th. >> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore >> Aliens invaded Tamil Nadu, left their Spacship and now it is a Toll >> Plaza. >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IVRCL-Vijayamangalam-Toll-Plaza.JPG >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> >> > > > -- > Regards, > Debanjan* > > - Lets make this world a better and more informative place* > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > > -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan. Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on February 12th. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore Aliens invaded Tamil Nadu, left their Spacship and now it is a Toll Plaza. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IVRCL-Vijayamangalam-Toll-Plaza.JPG _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l