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Dave AD6A

Elecraft Website Hacked?

I've been noticing that every now and then, when I'm on the Elecraft website
looking around, my Chrome browser will get re-directed to spurious ad
websites instead of the link I clicked on the Elecraft site. Anyone else
noticed this?

At least one of the redirectors was to a website that pretends to take over
your PC and holds you ransom until you pay a fee to unlock your files (which
of course is utter nonsense, since all you have to do is use the Task
Manager to end the browser app and the problem is gone).

I did some scientific research today, and with the help of the good folks at
Avast! (the virus/malware blocking service I use) and determined that a) I
have NO viruses, Trojans, adware, malware, or any other nastyware, and that
b) these browser redirects are ONLY happening when I click on links on the
Elecraft website. I can browse other websites with impunity and not see any
redirects - it's just links on the Elecraft website that do it.

This leads me to believe that, somehow, the Elecraft website has been hacked
or otherwise loaded with an adware virus. Please can someone at Elecraft
have a look at the problem and clean up the web code ASAP?

Many thanks,

Dave Fifield

AD6A

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ktalbott

Re: Elecraft Website Hacked?

Chrome behaved similarly for me - ON ALL
WEBSITES! I quit using Chrome and
problem went away.
Ken ke4rg

-----Original Message-----
From: Elecraft
[mailto:[hidden email]
] On Behalf Of Dave Fifield
Sent: January 3, 2017 06:40
To: [hidden email]
Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft Website
Hacked?

I've been noticing that every now and
then, when I'm on the Elecraft website
looking around, my Chrome browser will
get re-directed to spurious ad websites
instead of the link I clicked on the
Elecraft site. Anyone else noticed this?

At least one of the redirectors was to a
website that pretends to take over your
PC and holds you ransom until you pay a
fee to unlock your files (which of
course is utter nonsense, since all you
have to do is use the Task Manager to
end the browser app and the problem is
gone).

I did some scientific research today,
and with the help of the good folks at
Avast! (the virus/malware blocking
service I use) and determined that a) I
have NO viruses, Trojans, adware,
malware, or any other nastyware, and
that
b) these browser redirects are ONLY
happening when I click on links on the
Elecraft website. I can browse other
websites with impunity and not see any
redirects - it's just links on the
Elecraft website that do it.

This leads me to believe that, somehow,
the Elecraft website has been hacked or
otherwise loaded with an adware virus.
Please can someone at Elecraft have a
look at the problem and clean up the web
code ASAP?

Many thanks,

Dave Fifield

AD6A

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Michael Walker

Re: Elecraft Website Hacked?

I suspect your chrome had been hacked.

I have seen this before with Chrome on my iPad being hacked. I had to uninstall Chrome from my iPad and reinstall to solve the problem.

Well Avast shows your system is clear, it clearly is not and you do have a problem on your own personal computer sadly.

It is impossible for antivirus programs to detect all types of computer infections.

73 Mike va3mw

> On Jan 3, 2017, at 6:47 AM, Ken Talbott <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Chrome behaved similarly for me - ON ALL
> WEBSITES! I quit using Chrome and
> problem went away.
> Ken ke4rg
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elecraft
> [mailto:[hidden email]
> ] On Behalf Of Dave Fifield
> Sent: January 3, 2017 06:40
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: [Elecraft] Elecraft Website
> Hacked?
>
> I've been noticing that every now and
> then, when I'm on the Elecraft website
> looking around, my Chrome browser will
> get re-directed to spurious ad websites
> instead of the link I clicked on the
> Elecraft site. Anyone else noticed this?
>
>
>
> At least one of the redirectors was to a
> website that pretends to take over your
> PC and holds you ransom until you pay a
> fee to unlock your files (which of
> course is utter nonsense, since all you
> have to do is use the Task Manager to
> end the browser app and the problem is
> gone).
>
>
>
> I did some scientific research today,
> and with the help of the good folks at
> Avast! (the virus/malware blocking
> service I use) and determined that a) I
> have NO viruses, Trojans, adware,
> malware, or any other nastyware, and
> that
> b) these browser redirects are ONLY
> happening when I click on links on the
> Elecraft website. I can browse other
> websites with impunity and not see any
> redirects - it's just links on the
> Elecraft website that do it.
>
>
>
> This leads me to believe that, somehow,
> the Elecraft website has been hacked or
> otherwise loaded with an adware virus.
> Please can someone at Elecraft have a
> look at the problem and clean up the web
> code ASAP?
>
>
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Dave Fifield
>
> AD6A
>
>
>
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Don Wilhelm

Re: Elecraft Website Hacked?

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David,

I access the Elecraft website 3 to 4 times a day. Mainly the manuals
and the order pages, and have never had a problem. I use Firefox.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 1/3/2017 6:40 AM, Dave Fifield wrote:
> I've been noticing that every now and then, when I'm on the Elecraft website
> looking around, my Chrome browser will get re-directed to spurious ad
> websites instead of the link I clicked on the Elecraft site. Anyone else
> noticed this?
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Ken G Kopp

Re: Elecraft Website Hacked?

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No problem here ... but I've avoided the Chrome browser. 😂

73

K0PP

On Jan 3, 2017 04:41, "Dave Fifield" <[hidden email]> wrote:

I've been noticing that every now and then, when I'm on the Elecraft website
looking around, my Chrome browser will get re-directed to spurious ad
websites instead of the link I clicked on the Elecraft site. Anyone else
noticed this?

At least one of the redirectors was to a website that pretends to take over
your PC and holds you ransom until you pay a fee to unlock your files (which
of course is utter nonsense, since all you have to do is use the Task
Manager to end the browser app and the problem is gone).

I did some scientific research today, and with the help of the good folks at
Avast! (the virus/malware blocking service I use) and determined that a) I
have NO viruses, Trojans, adware, malware, or any other nastyware, and that
b) these browser redirects are ONLY happening when I click on links on the
Elecraft website. I can browse other websites with impunity and not see any
redirects - it's just links on the Elecraft website that do it.

This leads me to believe that, somehow, the Elecraft website has been hacked
or otherwise loaded with an adware virus. Please can someone at Elecraft
have a look at the problem and clean up the web code ASAP?

Many thanks,

Dave Fifield

AD6A

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James Austin

Re: Elecraft Website Hacked?

No problem here and I use nothing but the Chrome browser.

Jim/KA2RVO

On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 10:08 AM, Ken G Kopp <[hidden email]> wrote:

> No problem here ... but I've avoided the Chrome browser. 😂
>
> 73
>
> K0PP
>
>
> On Jan 3, 2017 04:41, "Dave Fifield" <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> I've been noticing that every now and then, when I'm on the Elecraft
> website
> looking around, my Chrome browser will get re-directed to spurious ad
> websites instead of the link I clicked on the Elecraft site. Anyone else
> noticed this?
>
>
>
> At least one of the redirectors was to a website that pretends to take over
> your PC and holds you ransom until you pay a fee to unlock your files
> (which
> of course is utter nonsense, since all you have to do is use the Task
> Manager to end the browser app and the problem is gone).
>
>
>
> I did some scientific research today, and with the help of the good folks
> at
> Avast! (the virus/malware blocking service I use) and determined that a) I
> have NO viruses, Trojans, adware, malware, or any other nastyware, and that
> b) these browser redirects are ONLY happening when I click on links on the
> Elecraft website. I can browse other websites with impunity and not see any
> redirects - it's just links on the Elecraft website that do it.
>
>
>
> This leads me to believe that, somehow, the Elecraft website has been
> hacked
> or otherwise loaded with an adware virus. Please can someone at Elecraft
> have a look at the problem and clean up the web code ASAP?
>
>
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Dave Fifield
>
> AD6A
>
>
>
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K2MAW

Re: Elecraft Website Hacked?

I haven’t seen this on any macOS browser (Safari, Chrome or Firefox) or Firefox on Windows 10 on the Elecraft site on at least two different networks. I would recommend checking that your router or computer wasn’t compromised.

http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/12/unpatched-bug-allows-hackers-to-seize-control-of-netgear-routers/
Search for "adware redirects” in your favorite search engine.

> On Jan 3, 2017, at 8:23 AM, James Austin <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> No problem here and I use nothing but the Chrome browser.
>
> Jim/KA2RVO
>
> On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 10:08 AM, Ken G Kopp <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> No problem here ... but I've avoided the Chrome browser. 😂
>>
>> 73
>>
>> K0PP
>>
>>
>> On Jan 3, 2017 04:41, "Dave Fifield" <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> I've been noticing that every now and then, when I'm on the Elecraft
>> website
>> looking around, my Chrome browser will get re-directed to spurious ad
>> websites instead of the link I clicked on the Elecraft site. Anyone else
>> noticed this?
>>
>>
>>
>> At least one of the redirectors was to a website that pretends to take over
>> your PC and holds you ransom until you pay a fee to unlock your files
>> (which
>> of course is utter nonsense, since all you have to do is use the Task
>> Manager to end the browser app and the problem is gone).
>>
>>
>>
>> I did some scientific research today, and with the help of the good folks
>> at
>> Avast! (the virus/malware blocking service I use) and determined that a) I
>> have NO viruses, Trojans, adware, malware, or any other nastyware, and that
>> b) these browser redirects are ONLY happening when I click on links on the
>> Elecraft website. I can browse other websites with impunity and not see any
>> redirects - it's just links on the Elecraft website that do it.
>>
>>
>>
>> This leads me to believe that, somehow, the Elecraft website has been
>> hacked
>> or otherwise loaded with an adware virus. Please can someone at Elecraft
>> have a look at the problem and clean up the web code ASAP?
>>
>>
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> Dave Fifield
>>
>> AD6A
>>
>>
>>
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Jerry Moore

Re: Elecraft Website Hacked?

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Works for me in Chrome, IE, and Edge, all latest version/patch

-----Original Message-----
From: Elecraft [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Ron D'Eau Claire
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2017 11:35 AM
To: 'Dave Fifield' <[hidden email]>; [hidden email]
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Website Hacked?

No problem here browsing around the Elecraft web site using Chrome. Do you recall a specific link that did that?

73, Ron AC7AC

-----Original Message-----
From: Elecraft [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Ken G Kopp
Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2017 8:09 AM
To: Dave Fifield; [hidden email]
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Website Hacked?

No problem here ... but I've avoided the Chrome browser. 😂

73

K0PP

On Jan 3, 2017 04:41, "Dave Fifield" <[hidden email]> wrote:

I've been noticing that every now and then, when I'm on the Elecraft website looking around, my Chrome browser will get re-directed to spurious ad websites instead of the link I clicked on the Elecraft site. Anyone else noticed this?

At least one of the redirectors was to a website that pretends to take over your PC and holds you ransom until you pay a fee to unlock your files (which of course is utter nonsense, since all you have to do is use the Task Manager to end the browser app and the problem is gone).

I did some scientific research today, and with the help of the good folks at Avast! (the virus/malware blocking service I use) and determined that a) I have NO viruses, Trojans, adware, malware, or any other nastyware, and that
b) these browser redirects are ONLY happening when I click on links on the Elecraft website. I can browse other websites with impunity and not see any redirects - it's just links on the Elecraft website that do it.

This leads me to believe that, somehow, the Elecraft website has been hacked or otherwise loaded with an adware virus. Please can someone at Elecraft have a look at the problem and clean up the web code ASAP?

Many thanks,

Dave Fifield

AD6A

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Phil Genera

Re: Elecraft Website Hacked?

This is almost always caused by some Chrome extension based malware.

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On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 9:26 AM, Jerry Moore <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Works for me in Chrome, IE, and Edge, all latest version/patch
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elecraft [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Ron
> D'Eau Claire
> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2017 11:35 AM
> To: 'Dave Fifield' <[hidden email]>; [hidden email]
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Website Hacked?
>
> No problem here browsing around the Elecraft web site using Chrome. Do you
> recall a specific link that did that?
>
> 73, Ron AC7AC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elecraft [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Ken
> G Kopp
> Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2017 8:09 AM
> To: Dave Fifield; [hidden email]
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Website Hacked?
>
> No problem here ... but I've avoided the Chrome browser. 😂
>
> 73
>
> K0PP
>
>
> On Jan 3, 2017 04:41, "Dave Fifield" <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> I've been noticing that every now and then, when I'm on the Elecraft
> website looking around, my Chrome browser will get re-directed to spurious
> ad websites instead of the link I clicked on the Elecraft site. Anyone else
> noticed this?
>
>
>
> At least one of the redirectors was to a website that pretends to take
> over your PC and holds you ransom until you pay a fee to unlock your files
> (which of course is utter nonsense, since all you have to do is use the
> Task Manager to end the browser app and the problem is gone).
>
>
>
> I did some scientific research today, and with the help of the good folks
> at Avast! (the virus/malware blocking service I use) and determined that a)
> I have NO viruses, Trojans, adware, malware, or any other nastyware, and
> that
> b) these browser redirects are ONLY happening when I click on links on the
> Elecraft website. I can browse other websites with impunity and not see any
> redirects - it's just links on the Elecraft website that do it.
>
>
>
> This leads me to believe that, somehow, the Elecraft website has been
> hacked or otherwise loaded with an adware virus. Please can someone at
> Elecraft have a look at the problem and clean up the web code ASAP?
>
>
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Dave Fifield
>
> AD6A
>
>
>
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Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ

Re: Elecraft Website Hacked?

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And we are seeing no problems here with the website. I agree - check your local
PC for something infecting Chrome.

73,
Eric
/elecraft.com/

On 1/3/2017 9:26 AM, Jerry Moore wrote:

> Works for me in Chrome, IE, and Edge, all latest version/patch
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elecraft [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Ron D'Eau Claire
> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2017 11:35 AM
> To: 'Dave Fifield' <[hidden email]>; [hidden email]
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Website Hacked?
>
> No problem here browsing around the Elecraft web site using Chrome. Do you recall a specific link that did that?
>
> 73, Ron AC7AC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Elecraft [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Ken G Kopp
> Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2017 8:09 AM
> To: Dave Fifield; [hidden email]
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Elecraft Website Hacked?
>
> No problem here ... but I've avoided the Chrome browser. 😂
>
> 73
>
> K0PP
>
>
> On Jan 3, 2017 04:41, "Dave Fifield" <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> I've been noticing that every now and then, when I'm on the Elecraft website looking around, my Chrome browser will get re-directed to spurious ad websites instead of the link I clicked on the Elecraft site. Anyone else noticed this?
>
>
>
> At least one of the redirectors was to a website that pretends to take over your PC and holds you ransom until you pay a fee to unlock your files (which of course is utter nonsense, since all you have to do is use the Task Manager to end the browser app and the problem is gone).
>
>
>
> I did some scientific research today, and with the help of the good folks at Avast! (the virus/malware blocking service I use) and determined that a) I have NO viruses, Trojans, adware, malware, or any other nastyware, and that
> b) these browser redirects are ONLY happening when I click on links on the Elecraft website. I can browse other websites with impunity and not see any redirects - it's just links on the Elecraft website that do it.
>
>
>
> This leads me to believe that, somehow, the Elecraft website has been hacked or otherwise loaded with an adware virus. Please can someone at Elecraft have a look at the problem and clean up the web code ASAP?
>
>
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Dave Fifield
>
> AD6A
>
>
>
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Richard Fjeld-2

Re: Elecraft Website Hacked?

In reply to this post by Don Wilhelm

I agree. I got rid of Chrome for the same reasons you describe. The
latest Firefox is good.

Dick, n0ce

On 1/3/2017 7:46 AM, Don Wilhelm wrote:

> David,
>
> I access the Elecraft website 3 to 4 times a day. Mainly the manuals
> and the order pages, and have never had a problem. I use Firefox.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 1/3/2017 6:40 AM, Dave Fifield wrote:
>> I've been noticing that every now and then, when I'm on the Elecraft
>> website
>> looking around, my Chrome browser will get re-directed to spurious ad
>> websites instead of the link I clicked on the Elecraft site. Anyone else
>> noticed this?
>

Matt Murphy

Re: Elecraft Website Hacked?

I've used Chrome for years with no problems. You might have accidentally
installed a malicious "extension" for Chrome. I had a situation last year
with an extension that was not flagged by Google as malicious in spite of
many 1 star reviews and was also not flagged as malware by anti-virus and
anti-malware programs. It was designed to set the referral cookie for eBay
and Amazon to benefit some specific party. It was called something like
"eBay helper". I'm hoping that Google starts identifying scam extensions
like that as malware, but it's possible one has been installed on your
machine.

Check to see which Chrome "extensions" you might have installed. To do
this, navigate to this URL:

chrome://extensions/

I recommend uninstalling any that you are not certain of the origin of.

73,
Matt NQ6N

On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 4:00 PM, Richard Fjeld <[hidden email]> wrote:

> I agree. I got rid of Chrome for the same reasons you describe. The
> latest Firefox is good.
>
> Dick, n0ce
>
>
> On 1/3/2017 7:46 AM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
> > David,
> >
> > I access the Elecraft website 3 to 4 times a day. Mainly the manuals
> > and the order pages, and have never had a problem. I use Firefox.
> >
> > 73,
> > Don W3FPR
> >
> > On 1/3/2017 6:40 AM, Dave Fifield wrote:
> >> I've been noticing that every now and then, when I'm on the Elecraft
> >> website
> >> looking around, my Chrome browser will get re-directed to spurious ad
> >> websites instead of the link I clicked on the Elecraft site. Anyone else
> >> noticed this?
> >
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Re: Elecraft Website Hacked?

In reply to this post by Dave AD6A

You might want to use FireFox, or Chrome (Chromium) with the "Ublock
Origin" add-on installed. (I believe it will some time soon be available
for MS's Edge too, but as I've largely moved to Linux now, that doesn’t
bother me.)

You get the best of add blocking and malicious script prevention, while
allowing intentionally visited web pages to function as they wanted you
to see. In essence, the best of AddBlock+ and NoScript, but without
the hassle.

In the case a site "Needs" you to see adds (some "commercial media"
sites etc) then you can allow such things on a case by case basis,
without compromising yourself on other sites.

If using FireFox, erase your browsing history and set it to not save
any, & have it erase all cookies when it shuts down, never save
passwords, and not use the master password facility (there are issues
with that, should your master pw get "lost"...) Similar settings are
available within Chrome(Chromium) of course.

Then, each new browsing session, is just that, new...

If you still experience unwanted redirects, check your systems "hosts"
file for anything odd, also see if the same thing happens with a totally
unrelated system on the same net connection. (Tablet or phone on WiFi.)
If so, your ISP could be sending you places you don't want to go...

No affiliation with any of the above mentioned "products", just a happy
user of some...

Happy New Year.

Dave G0WBX.

On 04/01/17 22:21, [hidden email] wrote:

> From: Richard Fjeld <[hidden email]> To:
> "[hidden email]" <[hidden email]> Subject: Re:
> [Elecraft] Elecraft Website Hacked? Message-ID:
> <[hidden email]>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" I agree. I got rid of
> Chrome for the same reasons you describe. The latest Firefox is good.
> Dick, n0ce On 1/3/2017 7:46 AM, Don Wilhelm wrote:
>> David,
>>
>> I access the Elecraft website 3 to 4 times a day. Mainly the manuals
>> and the order pages, and have never had a problem. I use Firefox.
>>
>> 73,
>> Don W3FPR
>>
>> On 1/3/2017 6:40 AM, Dave Fifield wrote:
>>> I've been noticing that every now and then, when I'm on the Elecraft
>>> website
>>> looking around, my Chrome browser will get re-directed to spurious ad
>>> websites instead of the link I clicked on the Elecraft site. Anyone else
>>> noticed this?