Pop-ups and Redirects

Here is a problem I've experienced on another forum I help to run, one that is rather bigger and carries a wider range of adverts. I  post it here not to worry you but so that you can see that there is a good Support basis in place at ProBoards who provide this free forum.

There is a scam operating currently where malware is attached to an otherwise quite legal advertisement which then redirects you, probably without your clicking on it, to a page where the scam takes place - a con job devised to take money from you. The malware doesn't seem to leave a virus on your own computer so your scanning protection software will not detect it. I've reported it to ProBoards and they advise to take the following action:

If you're logged in to the forum and this happens, click out of the scam site and back to the forum straight away. Click on the  Report Ad link at the very bottom of any page. This will then open up a screen which tells you about the reporting procedures and includes a list of the most recent log-ins, as in illustration below. Click on the most recent one and then ProBoards Support staff can identify the exact time and location of the offending ad and ban it. You should have no further trouble*.

Note that if you do have AdBlock or similar software installed you will have to disable it for the report page, as well as for the forum pages so that the offending link shows.