Butler Henderson Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 As soon as I try to open rmWeb up in Firefox or Chrome it changes to a page claiming I have won a prize from BT. all other web pages work fine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free At Last Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 You lucky b****r, I never win anything. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
25kV Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 Same here - and when clicking "back" to leave the unwanted redirect, it sends you to a series of other scam-looking sites. I re-enabled my ad-blocker to prevent the redirect to post this, but with it disabled can't get in to the site at all. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AY Mod Posted August 14, 2023 Moderators Share Posted August 14, 2023 I will investigate further in the morning. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted August 14, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 14, 2023 FWIW I'm using Mozilla and have my normal access - no adverts... 44 minutes ago, Butler Henderson said: As soon as I try to open rmWeb up in Firefox or Chrome it changes to a page claiming I have won a prize from BT. all other web pages work fine. I'm not being silly here but how did you post this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted August 14, 2023 Author Share Posted August 14, 2023 2 minutes ago, Gilbert said: FWIW I'm using Mozilla and have my normal access - no adverts... I'm not being silly here but how did you post this? Using the mobile where android Chrome is unaffected 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted August 14, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 14, 2023 I'm using Firefox now - no problems Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AY Mod Posted August 14, 2023 Moderators Share Posted August 14, 2023 28 minutes ago, beast66606 said: no problems Gold and Premium users haven't reported issues so it's going to be something in the ad coding. I have escalated it to our IT dept as that's out of my direct control. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted August 14, 2023 Author Share Posted August 14, 2023 Seems to have stopped happening 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Combe Martin Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 I had the exact same problem, ran Norton, rebooted in case it was me, nothing worked, then after several re-connects to RMweb the problem dissappeared ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBRJ Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 I too have noticed this happen once or thrice this afternoon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Chris116 Posted August 14, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 14, 2023 I just tried to get in on my mobile and it said I did not have permission to see my followed threads! Signed in again and it is all working fine. From my memory this seems to happen about once every three to four months so not really a problem just an annoyance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHW Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 I noticed this earlier and sent an email to BRM - in my opinion this was evidence that the forum site itself had been hacked by scammers hoping the vulnerable and confused would start clicking for prizes and hand over bank details when requested. Obvs the scammers had no idea how sharp, switched on, and technically cute Railway Modellers actually are......really wasted their electronic breath on this community. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 31A Posted August 14, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 14, 2023 1 hour ago, AY Mod said: Gold and Premium users haven't reported issues so it's going to be something in the ad coding. I have escalated it to our IT dept as that's out of my direct control. Has happened to me a few times this evening, the last time within the last 10 minutes or so. I'm a premium member, using Safari. I realised it was a scam as there would be no reason for BT to be advertising prizes in Dollars! At first I thought it was a virus in my laptop, but evidently not as it only happens when I open RMWeb. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROY@34F Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 I too was unable to get on 10 minutes ago . had 2 or 3 goes before success . My security thingy blocked it . Don't ask ..These things are well beyond me ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AY Mod Posted August 14, 2023 Moderators Share Posted August 14, 2023 Has anyone had any instances in new sessions in the last 30 minutes? Just so I can rule something in or out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arran Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 1 minute ago, AY Mod said: Has anyone had any instances in new sessions in the last 30 minutes? Just so I can rule something in or out. I have 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ron Ron Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 I was getting this earlier on, mid afternoon and early evening. Using Safari on a Mac. It didn’t happen on on my iPad (also Safari), at first, but started shortly afterwards. I haven’t tried the site for a few hours since. It appears to have stopped on both devices now, at 2250. . 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBRJ Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 1 hour ago, AY Mod said: Has anyone had any instances in new sessions in the last 30 minutes? Just so I can rule something in or out. Not since I mentioned it earlier today no.... touches wood. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin_m Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 I got a red screen last night saying that the site was blocked due to linking to fortunateperson.space. I didn't follow the link on the blocked message, as it might itself have been some form of malware. Searching for mentions of that website suggested it is considered a borderline scam site. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steadfast Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 Just had it every time I try to enter a subforum from the main forum page, e.g. clicking Dapol, Layout topics, UK Prototype Questions etc. Redirects me to fortunateperson.space, and correctly identifies my ISP and says "Congratualtions Vodafone customer" other than that identical to the BT message above. That's chrome on Android. I'll screenshot of it comes up again Jo 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steadfast Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 (edited) Ta da. Jo Edited August 15, 2023 by Steadfast 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators AY Mod Posted August 15, 2023 Moderators Share Posted August 15, 2023 1 hour ago, Steadfast said: I'll screenshot of it comes up again Sorry you ended up being the guinea pig Jo but that's helped immensely. I'd quarantined a function last night and all seemed quiet. To try and ensure it wasn't incidental I opened the function up again hence you seeing what you did. I'd now disabled it again so hopefully it shouldn't appear again (given a short while). I can now feed the vulnerability back to the developer. You have done your bit for 'the greater good' today! 😁 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steadfast Posted August 15, 2023 Share Posted August 15, 2023 11 minutes ago, AY Mod said: You have done your bit for 'the greater good' today! Well I know my place in life 😉 Jo 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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