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…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.
>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>> Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on February 12th.
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