Paul Hexem Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Before I start tearing my computer apart for malware that my firewall and antimalwares didn't catch, I figured I'd ask-Is anyone else seeing doubleclick advertisements on the top and side of their dashboard page, and/or big gaps on the top and sides? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Scorpio Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Yes...There's another thread about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Hexem Posted February 20, 2013 Author Share Posted February 20, 2013 Darren Scorpio wrote: Yes...There's another thread about this. Okay, good. I didn't see the other thread, got a link while I check again for it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Scorpio Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Merchants/Advertising-links-on-Dashboard/td-p/1897661 At the moment, at least for me the ads come and go, they are there then they are gone then back again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Hexem Posted February 20, 2013 Author Share Posted February 20, 2013 Yeah, it's the same for me, coming and going. Almost as if the site's been hacked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Scorpio Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Yeah that was my first comment too. To me it seems as if it had been hacked because the ads lead to cheap scam sites. But I would think that by now the lindens would have resolved the issue, so it is very likely that they are doing this themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Hexem Posted February 20, 2013 Author Share Posted February 20, 2013 But... it's so terribly done. These are supposed to be professional coders on a professional website, but it looks like something a scammer hacked together on blogger.com or something. I know they have a reputation for dropping the ball, but this is ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Deakins Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Darren Scorpio wrote: Yeah that was my first comment too. To me it seems as if it had been hacked because the ads lead to cheap scam sites. But I would think that by now the lindens would have resolved the issue, so it is very likely that they are doing this themselves. I am interested to know what makes you think that the ads lead to "cheap scam sites". Have you clicked on them? If so, what did you find? I read the thread you linked to and the ads don't look like scams to me. They look like genuine affiliate ads and Doubleclick (mentioned earlier) is a centre for affiliate advertising. Because of the very bad placement of the ads in the screenshots, and the fact that they come and go, it makes me think that someone at LL was experimenting with the code placement - the code being what an affiliate needs to place in the html page to make the ads appear. I've been trying to see the ads by refreshing my dashboard but I can't get them, so it could have been LL trying to place them properly, and not yet succeeding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayrah Parx Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 It looks like someone is messing around with things in production instead of a test environment, and seemingly before they put much thought into it, which is normal unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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