Is This Happening To Anyone Else?
you get on a NY bound plane & it lands in Berlin.
Sunday, December 10, 2006 by starkers | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Okay so maybe not Berlin, but I clinked on Brad's WB 5.5 Release thread and I got taken to "Messed up Titlebar" by run3_knight....another time I clicked on Jafo's "People will hit me but..." and ended up in some old thread from early 2005 called "A trip down Memory lane is nice but"
These are just two instances of many where I've been hijacked to a thread other than the one I had intended to go.....and worse still, posting a reply and suddenly being cyber transported to a completely different site advertising or promoting some sort of hobby or interest. This usually happens when tying to the far right of the text box, and most often the site I've been taken to has some bearing or relevance to words contained in the merssage/reply...for example the word darned will take me to a site related to darning, sewing, knitting, etc.
I had this problem before and did all the usual hijacker/spyware/malware and virus/trojan searches...also deleted all my cookies, etc, etc, but it would still happen just the same. It went away on it's own a day or so later...but now it's back (twice tonight) and a real pain in the arse cos the whole reply is lost and has to be redone.
I can understand being redirected to another link internally because of site recoding and etc, but not externally. Could it be there's a text sensitive bot or something planted on WC by some low-life scumbag to push spam similar to that we too often find in emails? Dunno what's cauusing it, but I sure cas hell hope somebody can fix it cos it's really starting to piss me off.
These are just two instances of many where I've been hijacked to a thread other than the one I had intended to go.....and worse still, posting a reply and suddenly being cyber transported to a completely different site advertising or promoting some sort of hobby or interest. This usually happens when tying to the far right of the text box, and most often the site I've been taken to has some bearing or relevance to words contained in the merssage/reply...for example the word darned will take me to a site related to darning, sewing, knitting, etc.
I had this problem before and did all the usual hijacker/spyware/malware and virus/trojan searches...also deleted all my cookies, etc, etc, but it would still happen just the same. It went away on it's own a day or so later...but now it's back (twice tonight) and a real pain in the arse cos the whole reply is lost and has to be redone.
I can understand being redirected to another link internally because of site recoding and etc, but not externally. Could it be there's a text sensitive bot or something planted on WC by some low-life scumbag to push spam similar to that we too often find in emails? Dunno what's cauusing it, but I sure cas hell hope somebody can fix it cos it's really starting to piss me off.
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tjesterb
Reply #2 Sunday, December 10, 2006 11:38 AM
Reply #2 Sunday, December 10, 2006 11:38 AM
What....where am I? I was trying to open Brad's "Wincustomize in 2006" article and I ended up here.
Skinhit
Reply #3 Sunday, December 10, 2006 11:48 AM
Reply #3 Sunday, December 10, 2006 11:48 AM
alot of times i will click on a thread and it will say sorry this article has been removed...click on it again and it comes right up...the redirection thing is happening to me also.
Fuzzy Logic
Reply #4 Sunday, December 10, 2006 12:26 PM
Reply #4 Sunday, December 10, 2006 12:26 PM
Uh? I was looking for some pron but ended up here instead... 
Seriously folks, it's all these people taking blue pills, kinda messes things up.
BigDogBigFeet
Reply #5 Sunday, December 10, 2006 12:55 PM
Reply #5 Sunday, December 10, 2006 12:55 PM
I'd bea fixin it fur ya Starky, but then I'da have to feed ya to the sharks.
boss0190
Reply #6 Sunday, December 10, 2006 1:30 PM
Reply #6 Sunday, December 10, 2006 1:30 PM
I clicked on this thread and ended up in Bichur's garage. I better go take my blue pills now.... 
Lantec
Reply #7 Sunday, December 10, 2006 2:56 PM
Reply #7 Sunday, December 10, 2006 2:56 PM
Check the Forum Bug thread. It's been reported quite a bit and Andrew said they'll be working on it soon as they can.
Fairyy~
Reply #10 Sunday, December 10, 2006 4:21 PM
Reply #10 Sunday, December 10, 2006 4:21 PM
I clicked on this thread and ended up on this thread,
what the?
what the?
tawoods
Reply #11 Sunday, December 10, 2006 8:03 PM
same thing happened to me...looks like Fairyy~ fixed it...HIP HIP HORAY, HIP HIP HORAY!!!!!!!!
Reply #11 Sunday, December 10, 2006 8:03 PM
| I clicked on this thread and ended up on this thread, |
same thing happened to me...looks like Fairyy~ fixed it...HIP HIP HORAY, HIP HIP HORAY!!!!!!!!
Bandit4edu
Reply #13 Monday, December 11, 2006 12:05 AM
Reply #13 Monday, December 11, 2006 12:05 AM
I blame Po'...no particular reason, but it keeps down the stress...go ahead y'all, try it...everybody just chant "IT'S PO'S FAULT" 
boss0190
Reply #15 Monday, December 11, 2006 12:15 AM
Reply #15 Monday, December 11, 2006 12:15 AM
It's already wrapped and under the tree. My dad will love it.
Bichur
Reply #16 Monday, December 11, 2006 12:18 AM
Ah crap...Christmas present...at least it's for a good cause.
Keep it.
Reply #16 Monday, December 11, 2006 12:18 AM
Ah crap...Christmas present...at least it's for a good cause.
Keep it.
starkers
Reply #17 Monday, December 11, 2006 1:02 AM
Reply #17 Monday, December 11, 2006 1:02 AM
Well it seems quite a few are experiencing the same 'what f%#k am I doing here' feeling that I am, and I guess that's to be expected with the new site coding. However, it's this other thing that bugs me more....the being beamed up to some off-world place with strange carryings on. I mean, if I'm in tha 'pirate' thread talking about Pecky tha parrot, I don't suddenly wanna be taken to some place where's the people are hand carving butt plugs with Tom Cruise's face on 'em...... 
Yep, that really happened, folks....I typed the word 'arse' in the far right of the text box, and the next thing I knew I'm on a site for fetish freaks with a thing for butt plugs...and yep, there really was an article about a Tom Cruise butt plug, seems he was most displeasured at one being made in his image....
Oh yeah, I thought....so being a smart arse, I came back and typed in the word 'tit', thinking that'd take me to the Playboy site....wrong!!! I was taken to the British Bird Watchers Society....you know, where Brit men and women get together in the bushes and are (seemingly) studying our feathered friends. Yeah, sure! Yep, there's some 'tit' action going on there alright, but it don't involve camouflage, binoculars or "Sssshhhhhhhh, you'll scare them away".
Orright, so that's not exactly how it went down, but yesterday I was taken to a site that truly IS about bird watching (silly buggers don't know what they're missing) when I typed in 'parrot'.
Well I've taken all the usual steps to try and resolve it from my end: ran Spybot, Adaware and Windows Defender; ran MS' Malicious Software Removal Tool and Trojan Remover, also did full system scans using Avast in XP Pro, AVG in XP Home and CA Antivirus in Vista (triple boot) and came up with nothing. I ran Ccleaner to remove all cookies and temporary internet files, disabled all browser addons in IE and even booted into safe mode to check there weren't any hijackers hiding from normal view, but still nothing. The only FF addons I have at present are IE View ans Smiley Xtra, and I doubt those would be responsible, given the issue has occurred in both FF and IE7.
Could it be that Google is using some of Brad's covert technology to really piss me off cos I've stated many a time here that I point blank refuse to use ANY of their services?
Yep, that really happened, folks....I typed the word 'arse' in the far right of the text box, and the next thing I knew I'm on a site for fetish freaks with a thing for butt plugs...and yep, there really was an article about a Tom Cruise butt plug, seems he was most displeasured at one being made in his image
....Oh yeah, I thought....so being a smart arse, I came back and typed in the word 'tit', thinking that'd take me to the Playboy site....wrong!!! I was taken to the British Bird Watchers Society....you know, where Brit men and women get together in the bushes and are (seemingly) studying our feathered friends. Yeah, sure! Yep, there's some 'tit' action going on there alright, but it don't involve camouflage, binoculars or "Sssshhhhhhhh, you'll scare them away".
Orright, so that's not exactly how it went down, but yesterday I was taken to a site that truly IS about bird watching (silly buggers don't know what they're missing) when I typed in 'parrot'.
Well I've taken all the usual steps to try and resolve it from my end: ran Spybot, Adaware and Windows Defender; ran MS' Malicious Software Removal Tool and Trojan Remover, also did full system scans using Avast in XP Pro, AVG in XP Home and CA Antivirus in Vista (triple boot) and came up with nothing. I ran Ccleaner to remove all cookies and temporary internet files, disabled all browser addons in IE and even booted into safe mode to check there weren't any hijackers hiding from normal view, but still nothing. The only FF addons I have at present are IE View ans Smiley Xtra, and I doubt those would be responsible, given the issue has occurred in both FF and IE7.
Could it be that Google is using some of Brad's covert technology to really piss me off cos I've stated many a time here that I point blank refuse to use ANY of their services?
starkers
Reply #18 Monday, December 11, 2006 2:05 AM
Ye'd be wastin' yer time....I be such a dreaded scourge o' tha 'igh seas, even tha sharks be afeared of me.
Besides, ye couldn' o' fixed it anyhow....Boss stoled Bichur's socket set fer 'is pa's Chrissy present, an' he won't be a loanin' it to ye cos 'e be usin' it ta fix e's car.
Reply #18 Monday, December 11, 2006 2:05 AM
| I'd bea fixin it fur ya Starky, but then I'da have to feed ya to the sharks. |
Ye'd be wastin' yer time....I be such a dreaded scourge o' tha 'igh seas, even tha sharks be afeared of me.
Besides, ye couldn' o' fixed it anyhow....Boss stoled Bichur's socket set fer 'is pa's Chrissy present, an' he won't be a loanin' it to ye cos 'e be usin' it ta fix e's car.
Fairyy~
Reply #19 Monday, December 11, 2006 6:45 AM
no...its 'Po's fault...
Reply #19 Monday, December 11, 2006 6:45 AM
| same thing happened to me...looks like Fairyy~ fixed it... |
no...its 'Po's fault...
Bandit4edu
Reply #20 Monday, December 11, 2006 4:14 PM
Reply #20 Monday, December 11, 2006 4:14 PM
I agree with fairyy...tilde and all! It's Po's fault...
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Reply #1 Sunday, December 10, 2006 11:34 AM