[chirp_users] Problem reported with Windows download?

[Fred Hillhouse]

In this case you get a good program. Clicker beware!
 


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From: chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com
[mailto:chirp_users-bounces at intrepid.danplanet.com] On Behalf Of Jens J.
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 15:31
To: Discussion of CHIRP
Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Problem reported with Windows download?


Yes, anybody (including bad guys) can purchase ads from various ad networks
and use it to distribute questionable stuff (including malware). They
usually get vetted/blocked by reputable ad networks like google, but the
trickier ones find ways to get through, and it's a continuous whac-a-mole
game w/ bad guys.


What to do?
See the blue triangle on top of the ad to the left of the x? Click on it,
and it will take you to googles ad site, which has a wealth of information,
the best of which is at the very bottom where you can report that ad.


HTH
-Jens


On Tuesday, November 19, 2013 1:56 PM, Aubrey Turner
<aubrey.c.turner at gmail.com> wrote:

After reloading the download page a few times, I got the 'green download
button' that someone reported earlier to appear.  It is indeed an ad, served
by Google, and it points you to a download page for what is ostensibly 7Zip
( 
http://www.download-21.com/7zip-20627cre/).  This download is most
definitely not CHIRP and is not part of the Chirp download page.  

Of interest, the download, which technically includes 7Zip, also includes a
bevy of other software, including a variety of toolbars.

Here's what it has to say on that site:
" 
Clicking this Download button starts DomaIQT, it manages your 7Zip
installation. Additional software may be offered to you via opt-in ads
during the installation process."


So it's kind of unscrupulous on the part of "Zip App" (the sponsor of the
ad, according to the bottom of the banner), and it could trick someone into
downloading the "7Zip" utility instead of Chirp.

I don't know how whether an attachment will make it to the list, but I've
attached a screen shot of the ad, for any who may be interested in what it
looks like.





On 11/19/2013 01:44 PM, Jens J. wrote:


The ads on the right of the chirp.danplanet.com site appear to be google
syndicated ads.
Either there was a bad (misleading) ad (totally possible) which you would
need to report to google, or you are locally compromised (dns hijack,
malware, etc).


I still don't think it has anything to do w/ chirp website.


On Tuesday, November 19, 2013 10:43 AM, Eben Haber  <mailto:eben at habers.us>
<eben at habers.us> wrote:

I realized the cause of the problem that was reported to me. When I go to
the chirp site in a browser with no ad-blocker, there is an ad on the right
in the form of a green button saying "start download" which installs malware
on Windows machines.

Is there any way for the Chirp site owner to control what ads are shown? Or
does the site just get ads from some ad server? I wouldn't be surprised if
others are being misdirected by this ad, causing them to go away thinking
that Chirp is just a malware site.

73,

-Eben / K6EBN
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