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;wrote:
One can also see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Readers#Why_do_I_see_commercial_…
for clarification.
Swaroop Rao
(MikeLynch <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch>)
On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 23:09, Anirudh Bhati <anirudhsbh(a)gmail.com>wrote;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;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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>>>>> Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on February 12th.
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