MTBR Forums Hacked

[Carbon_Dude]

Looks like anything you click on in the Forums section on MTBR opens a new window for a online reseller.  Seems like the forums got hacked.  I tried two different browsers, same problem.  Hopefully something like this can't or won't happen to ChinerTown.

In the meantime, we might see a jump in the amount of traffic coming here if MTBR is essentially down.

[Patrick C.]

I too see an ungodly number of ads clicking in the MTBR forum.




Oh wait, it is working normally for me.  Just the normal barrage of ads.


edit- Spoke too soon.  I went direct to a forum page from my history and it worked, but now if I try to click anything else I get the popup spam.

[Carbon_Dude]

Thanks for confirming it's not just my computer.

[MTNRCKT]

Yep same here. That said, there all already soooo many annoying ads on mtbr. I much prefer the cleaner look of this forum, although I would totally understand wanting to throw 1 or 2 ads up in order to pay the light bills and make a bit of profit maybe. Key is just keep them minimal and relevant. Mtbr ads are outta control.

[cmh]

Are you guys not using AdBlock Plus? If you're not, stop farting around and install it. I just hit the MTBR forums and aside from all my previously stated problems with the forums (which I won't rehash) the advertising is under control thanks to AdBlock Plus.

I have ABP set up to allow some reasonable advertising, so I see some stuff on the right side, but none of the pop-up stuff you're talking about.

[Carbon_Dude]

I am using Adblock on Safari.