srvtrck 5 seconds redirect delay?

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Libove
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srvtrck 5 seconds redirect delay?

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Hi Adblock community. For a while now, in Chrome (I think only in Chrome), I have sometimes seen websites (which I guess use srvtrack to track email and web link responses, so it's not malware-evil just ad/tracking-evil) put up a message with a countdown "If you are not redirected within 5 seconds, click here to continue" or something like that.
I'm guessing that this may be adblock or another of my privacy extensions.

In Chrome I have the following privacy related extensions loaded:
Adblock Plus 3.1
Disable HTML5 Autoplay 0.6.2 (yeah, I know...)
Ghostery - Privacy Ad Blocker 8.2.0
PhishProtect Beta 1.18
Tampermonkey 4.6 with WHICH SCRIPT?
Video Autoplay Blocker by Robert Sulkowski 1.0

Have any of you also seen this srvtrack redirect 5 seconds delay and have you identified what's causing it?

thanks,
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mapx
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example pages ?
Libove
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Post by Libove »

This one just happened:
https://dyn.com/dns/
.. and then click on the SIGN IN link in the upper right, and select Dynamic DNS (DDNS) which goes to the webpage https://account.dyn.com/entrance/
(Hm. I wanted to attach a screenshot, but I guess that's not possible in this forum?)

Here's what appears:
URL: r.srvtrck.com/v1/redirect?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdyn.com%2Fdns%2F%23&api_key=d5c55015a2a3677bbc4a1cfff9864103&site_id=2c....
[ countdown timer from 5 ]
If you are not redirected click here

I note that I cannot force this to reproduce; it happened, and now if I reload the tab or close and open a new tab and navigate back I don't get the 5 seconds countdown.
(After I post this I'll exit Chrome entirely and retry and come back and report here)
Libove
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Re: srvtrck 5 seconds redirect delay?

Post by Libove »

No, even after exiting and restarting Chrome that particular page doesn't do it again. I'm not sure if that's some kind of between-sessions memory or if whatever srvtrack or something else is doing doesn't happen every time.

I note too that I received a reply from Ghostery (below). So something surely does seem to be going on, and it would be great if the Adblock folks and the Ghostery folks (and all the other privacy extension folks) could work together on it.

thanks,
-Jay


"Sloane (Ghostery)
Jul 5, 10:36 AM EDT
Hi!

Thanks for using Ghostery!

We are aware of this conflict between extensions as they race to capture and redirect each other's requests as it's taken for a tracker. Fortunately, this does not disable any functionality.
We are in the process of devising a fix on our side, but we cannot account for other extensions.
Thanks for your feedback, and we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you.

Best,

Ghostery Support"
Libove
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Post by Libove »

Got another example.
From a Google News link to a WSJ article (I am a WSJ subscriber but in this particular browser I wasn't logged in).
When I clicked the "To continue reading ... login" link to go to the WSJ login page, I got another 5-second srctrack.com redirect countdown.
Libove
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This annoying srvtrck 5-seconds countdown behavior continues. Any updates?
thanks for your efforts!
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mapx
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It's spyware:

see how to remove it:
http://www.myantispyware.com/2016/12/01 ... irefox-ie/
Libove
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Hi @mapx,
I'm pretty sure that I don't have a spyware infection. Full scans by both Avast antivirus and Malwarebytes don't find anything, plus we have the comment from the Ghostery team earlier in this thread that they're aware of it being a bad interaction among multiple anti-tracking extensions.
Also, this happens on all of my systems, which are of varying ages, but all share my Google-sync'd Chrome extensions list.

Do you recognise anything hinky in the following list of extensions?
Adblock Plus
3.3.2
ID: cfhdojbkjhnklbpkdaibdccddilifddb

Allow Right-Click
1.5.2.4
Re-enable the possibility to use the context menu on sites that overrides it.
ID: hompjdfbfmmmgflfjdlnkohcplmboaeo

Application Launcher for Drive (by Google)
3.2
ID: lmjegmlicamnimmfhcmpkclmigmmcbeh

Auto Refresh
1.3.7
Auto Refresh is the best extension to refresh on a timer
ID: ifooldnmmcmlbdennkpdnlnbgbmfalko

BackStop
2.0.1
Stop Backspace returning to previous page.
ID: pidcjgldchekcoolelhbjfbnccjkckfj

Disable HTML5 Autoplay
0.6.2
Disables autoplay of all HTML5 audio and video
ID: efdhoaajjjgckpbkoglidkeendpkolai

Enable right click
0.0.10
ID: hhojmcideegachlhfgfdhailpfhgknjm

Ghostery – Privacy Ad Blocker
8.2.4
Ghostery is a powerful privacy extension. Block ads, stop trackers and speed up websites.
ID: mlomiejdfkolichcflejclcbmpeaniij

Google Analytics Opt-out Add-on (by Google)
1.1
Tells the Google Analytics JavaScript not to send information to Google Analytics.
ID: fllaojicojecljbmefodhfapmkghcbnh

Google Docs Offline
1.7
Get things done offline with the Google Docs family of products.
ID: ghbmnnjooekpmoecnnnilnnbdlolhkhi

Google Translate
2.0.7
View translations easily as you browse the web. By the Google Translate team.
ID: aapbdbdomjkkjkaonfhkkikfgjllcleb

LastPass: Free Password Manager
4.18.0
LastPass, an award-winning password manager, saves your passwords and gives you secure access from every computer and mobile device.
ID: hdokiejnpimakedhajhdlcegeplioahd

PhishProtect Beta
1.18
PhishProtect provides zero-day phishing prevention powered by AI & Computer Vision
ID: mikecfgnmakjomepfcghpbhfamjbjhid

Tampermonkey
4.7
The world's most popular userscript manager
ID: dhdgffkkebhmkfjojejmpbldmpobfkfo

Video Autoplay Blocker by Robert Sulkowski
1.0
Prevents from autoplay the HTML5 <video> tag.
ID: khhablkjeghmeinlfgecddpgcopnljpm

Vimeo Video Downloader
1.6.3
Download Videos from Vimeo.com in just one click | Supports all available video qualities for Vimeo 240p, 380p, 480p, 720p, 1080p.
ID: lieleokakhofondondkehlhghhbadcch

Win7 Scrollbars
1.1
Scrollbars that match Windows 7's native appearance.
ID: cifcnoebhbpdndjendfkpehpfbglgfkc

Chrome Apps
Docs
0.10
Create and edit documents
ID: aohghmighlieiainnegkcijnfilokake

Sheets
1.2
Create and edit spreadsheets
ID: felcaaldnbdncclmgdcncolpebgiejap

Slides
0.10
Create and edit presentations
ID: aapocclcgogkmnckokdopfmhonfmgoek


regards,
-Jay

mapx wrote:It's spyware:

see how to remove it:
http://www.myantispyware.com/2016/12/01 ... irefox-ie/
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Re: srvtrck 5 seconds redirect delay?

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You should use chrome portable (just for testing))
https://portableapps.com/apps/internet/ ... e_portable

and install ABP and then begin testing those sites (adding 1 by 1 your extensions).

I tested

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https://dyn.com/dns/
and I get no such srvtrck
Barovuz
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Post by Barovuz »

mapx wrote: and install ABP and then begin testing those sites (adding 1 by 1 your extensions).
I will try to do the same
adrianliem
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Re: srvtrck 5 seconds redirect delay?

Post by adrianliem »

I've seen the srvtrck as well. and I found this page from Google.

just want to share my extension list:

Adblock for Youtube™ 5.2
Adblock Plus - free ad blocker 3.14.2
AdBlock — best ad blocker 5.3.0
Chrome Tab Counter 1.2.2
Chromium Wheel Smooth Scroller 2.0.6
FastestVPN Proxy for chrome 1.1.2
Google Docs Offline 1.49.1
Hide Scrollbar 1.0.0
IDM Integration Module 6.40.12
Linkclump 2.9.2
Minimal Scrollbar 0.4.0
Reddit Enhancement Suite 5.22.10
Soundcloud Download 0.3.6
Stylebot 3.1.3
Video Downloader for Vimeo 1.3.7
View Image 3.6.5
Web Scraper - Free Web Scraping 0.6.5
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