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Old November 14th, 2006, 09:15   #1
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Default ErrorSafe scam advertisements

Over the past few days I have noticed twice that an Xboxic Forum page redirected me towards a blue page advertising ErrorSafe scam with a number of popups and the like. This advertisement is not legit and we are currently looking into getting it removed.

The ErrorSafe owners are well known malware developers who continuously buy advertising campaigns on ad networks under new company names. First they get legit banners approved, after which stealth code is activated which redirects a viewing user to their homepage. Unpatched browsers may then even automatically install the malware, or you may be tempted to install their software. If ErrorSafe has been installed on your computer, you will see regular fake warnings pop up while browsing the internet, while in reality it's trying to scam you out of money for buying a full version. For removal instructions see here, but most popular legit spyware and virus scanning tools should pick it up and remove it automatically.

Our ad providers are looking to identify and disable the perpetrators, meanwhile I have disabled banners on the forum. We apologise for the inconvenience, and would like to repeat that Xboxic/ICGamers will never willingly run advertising which redirects your browser or provides any kind of popup or popunder advertising. We like our sites just as clean as you.
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Old November 21st, 2006, 16:55   #2
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Default Re: ErrorSafe scam advertisements

I reenabled the ads. If you still encounter misbehaving ads, please let us know in the Dear Admins section or drop me a PM, we're not here to irritate you
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