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Ad Block Hi-Jack Concerning Battlelog in Battlefield 4

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Sam Moss

Sep 18, 2015 @ 04:41 PM

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Can you provide detailed steps on how to reproduce the problem?

  1. I was using Battlelog to play Battlefield 4 and when clicking on a tab it opened another tab in Chrome with a fake MSE warning to call a toll free number.
  2. As stated I use AB (AdBlock) in conjuction with Google Chrome and after running all known malware utilities none were found.

  3. Going into Settings in Chrome I noticed that AB was showing something to the effect that it was not the real or original version and even though it was shown being used there was a note in the Extension files stating that this version is not recognized by Chrome. I deleted the AB

What should happen when you do the above steps

What actually happened?
Clicking on anything in Battlelog produced things that are very similar to the screenshot taken and attached. Not all were the same but they were very similar.

Do you have any other comments? If you can, can you please attach a screenshot of the bug?
I used AdWare remover that seemingly removed some Chrome temp files but the issue still persists and found that the majority of the re-directs stopped when I removed AB reset Chrome and re-installed AB but there seems to be lingering issues with AB. I do not view porn or visit any sites other than the occasional YouTube sites just to give you an idea about my internet habits. I mainly game and use the email services.

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If unchecking all filter lists fixes the problem, which one filterlist must you check to cause the problem again after another restart?
I have since gone into AB and removed all filter lists and currently do not Whitelist anything. Technical Chrome users: Go to chrome://extensions ->Developer Mode -> Inspect views: background page -> Console. Paste the contents here:
I would like to send the ''Inspect views: background page->Console'' but can not find the way to do it. When I click Developer Mode in chrome://extensions am unable to see how to continue to get what it is you request. Please advise. I use Ad Block, Ad Block Plus, Ad Block Pro and Ad Block Super. ====== Do not touch below this line ======

==== Filter Lists ====  
malware  
  last updated: Fri, 18 Sep 2015 12:47:02 GMT  
  
==== Settings ====  
debug_logging: false
youtube_channel_whitelist: false
show_google_search_text_ads: false
whitelist_hulu_ads: false
show_context_menu_items: true
show_advanced_options: false
display_stats: false
display_menu_stats: false
show_block_counts_help_link: true
dropbox_sync: false
show_survey: true
malware-notification: true
  
==== Other info: ====  
AdBlock version number: 2.39.1 Stable  
Total pings: 4  
UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0 WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/45.0.2454.93 Safari/537.36
  1. Support Staff 1 Posted by Rhana on Sep 18, 2015 @ 05:54 PM

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    Hi Sam,

    Have you played on this Battlelog site before without issue? Because what you're describing sounds a lot like a site that's hosting malware.

    Can you please uninstall all of your extensions (note which they are so that you can reinstall them later) and scan your computer with Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Free for Windows? (Note, we're not affiliated with them in any way. Their software just seems to catch viruses others miss.)

    This article from Google Chrome Help on how to stop unwanted pop-ups or homepage changes may be helpful. Please also see the following Knowledge Base articles for general information about AdBlock and malware:

    BTW, no worries about not providing the console log. We don't really need it in this case.

    Rhana
    AdBlock Community Manager

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