Links and Ads linked to Diabetes Cure.

[JuliaAR]

Has anyone else found that when they click on links and tags on this site they get directed to an American ad for a diabetes "cure"? I clicked on the forum tag at the top of the Home page this evening and was twice linked with this site and other links on other pages have taken me there too. Can the Administrators look into this as it's worrying to think that the site might have been hijacked and it gives a seal of approval to this ad which is promoting a fad diet to cure type 2. How can I alert the Administrators to do this?

 

[catherinecherub]

Am tagging @Administrator, @CaptainWard to investigate @JuliaAR

 

[JuliaAR]

Thanks for moving this to a more appropriate place and for helping to bring it to the Aministrators' attention.

 

[bulkbiker]

Do you have anti virus software on your computer.. might be worth running it as it may be a problem on your machine.. I must admit I have never had this happen to me from the forum so I'm thinking it may be something local to you perhaps?
May be worth running a scan just in case?

 

[Administrator]

Can you send a screenshot? It could be an isolated issue on your side as we haven't had any issues raised?

 

[Indy51]

Thank the lawd for AdBlockPlus

 

[JuliaAR]

Can you send a screenshot? It could be an isolated issue on your side as we haven't had any issues raised?

I can't log in to the site on my pc now as it won't recognize my password. I can only post from my iPad and I don't get the same page format on this. It must be my end but if I get the page up again I will post a link. Thanks for looking into this.
Have run a virus check and nothing found. Who knows ?

 

[Administrator]

Have you had it since? If you email [email protected] she can reset your password. I've added Jade into the chat so she help you do this. Thanks!

 

[JuliaAR]

Have found the ad again. It is under the tab "diabetes and the family". When I click on that tab it opens a new tab and you are into the ad. If you close the ad the tab closes and you go back to the real diabetes.co.uk "diabetes and the family" page. I took a photo of the ad but it won't upload as it is too large. I will try to lower the resolution but I'm not a computer nerd so I may have problems. Success!

 

[JuliaAR]

I still can't log in to the forum on my pc. I can sign in with a saved password to the rest of the site but when I go to the forum it signs me out and I have to resign in. Then it won't accept my password. All very strange. On the iPad I'm fine. @Administrator.

 

[JuliaAR]

Have located and cleared everything off my computer that related to this ad. (cookies, browsing history etc.) Now I can log in and use the forum on my pc again. Very wierd experience. Needless-to-say I am not going to try to repeat it.

 

[JuliaAR]

Found the ad again this evening on a different link at the right hand side of the home page under "6 junk foods that may not be as bad as you think". Clicked on it and there was the ad again. I can't believe I'm the only person to be experiencing this. Anyway have cleared all the browsing history and cookies again and all seems well. Somewhat annoying.