Your opening page has a virus

[Barrywan]

The Click to Continue is a virus causing the page to get locked up and demanding you call the number, so this is your modus? Interesting. Yeah I can not visit the site, any ads you post will not be seen. This may not help your business model for any advertisers.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

I’m getting ads but not what you’re claiming on the pages, no virus, no sketchy stuff. I’m starting to think a bot, troll or your computer is infected and it has nothing to do with the site here…

 

[Barrywan]

I’m getting ads but not what you’re claiming on the pages, no virus, no sketchy stuff. I’m starting to think a bot, troll or your computer is infected and it has nothing to do with the site here…

That may be the case. I am not however, seeing this on any other site or web page. What I see at this moment is an ad for Neuropathy. Thank you for your help. Other responses seem not so helpful, and actually antagonistic.

 

[Jim Oaks]

The Click to Continue is a virus causing the page to get locked up and demanding you call the number, so this is your modus? Interesting. Yeah I can not visit the site, any ads you post will not be seen. This may not help your business model for any advertisers.

We don't choose and post the ads. Google adsense places them based on your internet history. It's not a business model. You seem to be the only person seeing it, and from the sound of it, you clicked it??

 

[Jim Oaks]

An ad with the text "click here to continue now" is a highly suspicious and deceptive tactic often used by scammers and advertisers who use "potentially unwanted applications" (PUAs). These are not legitimate ads and may indicate a security problem on your device.

I would have to know what the URL was that the ad was sending you to in order to block the ad.

 

[Sharky]

Barrywan......an AD blocker program will help you, I am a lurker as I no longer have an older Ranger. I like to keep an eye here because of the small "newer" Ranger section plus at my age I do very little wrenching anymore.
I do have an AD blocker program & do not see anything like you describe.

 

[Barrywan]

We don't choose and post the ads. Google adsense places them based on your internet history. It's not a business model. You seem to be the only person seeing it, and from the sound of it, you clicked it??

Yes, I did. It was not an ad it was a banner across the top of the page. Click Here to Continue, it is there now and in the upper corner, tiny box says Sponsored Ad. It may well be a virus on my end but suggesting you guys look at it, seemed useful to give you a heads up.

 

[Jazzer]

Use a different browser and report back. No one else here is getting your results…

 

[Barrywan]

Take a breath...

Don't click the ad... so simple. Don't make this into a difficult situation.

My breathing is fine, Now that I know that your site, or perhaps my computer has a virus that pops up only on your website, I know to not click on it, thanks so much for the advice.

 

[Barrywan]

Use a different browser and report back. No one else here is getting your results…

I am on a different browser. It seems to have corrected it. Again thanks for the help.

 

[Bill]

They are an attempt to scam people who do not have the digital literacy to understand what is going on. Usually they are an attempt to trick peopel into calling the number in the ad wherein a fake tech support agent will ask for a credit card number to "assist" these people with resolving the fake problem. The are harmless unless you call the number in the ad and give them you credit card number. Sometimes a script within an ad will send the browser several redirect requests to a page that will "lock" your browser. If that happens you can use task manager if you are using Windows and end-task the browser session. Or, in Linux you can kill the browser process.

Google's ad networks have an icon that will let you block or report the ad. If you want to find the URL you can find it in the browser history.

Viruses and malware can be downloaded from ad networks, or installed by clicking on the wrong thing. Several things you can do to prevent this is run Linux. The amount viruses and adware/malware targeted toward desktop linux users is very small. However, the risk of adware and malware that run in browser extensions is the same as Windows. And, you should have a administrator account and a user account for any operating system. Never use your administrator account for casual web surfing.