Hi Philippe,
I would personally try to find out the extension and look into the HTML
code it plays with but that will take a while (I am busy for few days and we
have to see if the Ad shows up again). I will reply back in this thread as
soon as I have something that can help.
On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 10:10 PM, Philippe Beaudette
<philippe(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi Nischay,
We're looking into this one. If your friend can spot the extension and
send us relevant code, it would be helpful.
pb
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On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 9:39 AM, nischay nahata <nischayn22(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> One of my friend also reported seeing Ads of Jabong on Wikipedia. Some
> extension in the user's browser is most likely the source of injection for
> such Ads. Finding out which extension(s) does this will be in good interest
> of everyone.
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 5:51 PM, Swaroop Rao <raul.swaroop(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> One can also see
>>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Readers#Why_do_I_see_commercial_…
>> for clarification.
>>
>>
>> Swaroop Rao
>> (MikeLynch)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 23:09, Anirudh Bhati <anirudhsbh(a)gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Business Insider gave a $5bn valuation to Wikipedia in 2010. So yeah,
>>> that's a big market for spammers.
>>>
>>> anirudh
>>>
>>> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 10:59 PM, Ramesh N G <rameshng(a)gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I was really amazed on the discussion on the ads on the wikipedia.
>>>> Looking at the snapshot, it could really some virus or adware.
>>>>
>>>> Even this should not be the way the ads come to Wikipedia, though I
>>>> personally never will support this.
>>>>
>>>> I strongly recommend the user to scan the PC for a virus, change
>>>> browser and check. Also seen some discussion where multiple people has
>>>> reported this issue.
>>>> This means that Wikipedia being targeted by Viruses now!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> User:Rameshng
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 8:44 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan
>>>> <parakara.ghoda(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> 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> 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> 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> 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> 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> 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> 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> 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?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>> Debanjan
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> - Lets make this world a better and more informative
place
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>> 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
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>>>>> Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on February 12th.
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