The screenshot shows that the person is using Chrome so I don't think the
IE point stands here.
The ads also seem to be intermittent, my friend cannot see them anymore.
Usage of https may resolve the problem, but looking for a solution with the
normal Wikipedia may be necessary as several people wouldn't want to bother
with using https.
Regards
On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 7:56 AM, John Vandenberg <jayvdb(a)gmail.com> wrote:
It would good to know whether using https instead of
http stops the ad
injection. I'm not sure that it will help.
To help find the problem, we need to know what Internet Explorer
add-ons have been installed on their computer.
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/3892/manage-and-troubleshoot-addons-in-inter…
Recommend using Firefox or Chrome instead of Internet Explorer. ;-)
here is someone showing an ad injector working on Wikipedia in Internet
Explorer
http://ipensatori.com/?p=521
(date : March 13th, 2012)
On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 2:22 AM, Ashwin Baindur <ashwin.baindur(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
I think we should now recommend increased use of
the secure server
link for browsing wikipedia. Hopefully that will help.
Ashwin
On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 9:46 PM, Srikeit <srikeit(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> A friend of mine found similar ads inserted (screenshot attached). I've
> asked her to run malware tests and an extension check.
>
> She also tweeted those dreaded words 'Wikipedia now has ads!'
>
> This can become quite an issue if the press gets hold of it.
>
> Any resolutions on the horizon?
>
> Regards
>
> On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 10:24 PM, nischay nahata <nischayn22(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> 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
>>> ___________________
>>> Philippe Beaudette
>>> Director, Community Advocacy
>>> Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
>>>
>>> 415-839-6885, x 6643
>>>
>>> philippe(a)wikimedia.org
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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…
.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 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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>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> - Lets make this world a better and
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> --
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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
>>>>>>>>>> Toll Plaza.
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>>>>>>>> Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on February 12th.
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>> Aliens invaded Tamil Nadu, left their Spacship and now it
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