Viral adware attack

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uncabrian
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Viral adware attack

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Why doesn't my Adblock block all these "Microsoft Virus Warning" Ad alerts that scream out "your are being attacked by a Virus and if you close this page your hard-drive will be erased". And now there are other ad attacks that only attack Adblock users, when I disable my Adblock the redirects stop but then I get all the normal ads and I get the Virus alert ads either way, with or without Adblock enabled. Don't get me wrong I love Adblock. I just want support to create a fix to wipe out these annoying Virus alerts warnings that say they are from Microsoft but are not. Please help us stay protected Adbock, we need you even more now than ever before.
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Re: Viral adware attack

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Provide an example and how to reproduce?
uncabrian
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Re: Viral adware attack

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When Adblock plus is up and running and I click on any random type links I get redirected to spyware or malware or sometimes to blank pages because of Adblock Plus. They don't like this software out there so I'm being penalized for using it. When I switch adblock Plus off I don't have any problems but lots of ads. I've found a less aggressive Adblocker that doesn't give me all the redirects or Viral warnings and still allows 75% ad blockage. I'm using "Fair ads by Stands" on Chrome now until Adblock plus fixes their software. I used to swear by Adblock to my PC customers but now I can't. I'm surprised Adlock hasn't fixed this problem sooner, I've been waiting 6 months for a fix they must not care anymore. I use downloaders a lot for movies and they depend on advertisements so I guess they have these adblockers figured out and are making it hard for people using them. But many other sites are using these attacks now on Adblock users.
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Re: Viral adware attack

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scan your system for malware / adware
use malwarebytes antimalware (free version) ==> https://www.malwarebytes.org/
and adwcleaner http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/download/adwcleaner/
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