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hijacked and redirected to malware sites constantly. Is anyone else having this problem?

I’m using Safari and I am getting hijacked and redirected to malware sites constantly. Is anyone else having this problem?

Hey, I thought we got to the bottom of that issue but I guess it's not completely gone. Sorry for the trouble, that's no good... I'll escalate it again. Do you have any more details? Do you know what page you were on when it happened?

GEAR:
  • Fender Telecaster Custom Electric Guitar
  • Big Ear Pedals Woodcutter
  • HeadRush FRFR Go Portable Desktop Amplifier

Well, it has happened twice since i have been on this page. It seems to happen at random and constantly.

still happens to me as well. appears to happen mainly on product/gear pages for me- hasn't happened yet in the forums.

you get email link I send you GC?

last night I was on Lol Tolhurst's page and my anti virus told me that equipboard was a amlicious website and ahd me shut crome down... when i restarted it was fine... probably nothing, just a bunch of firewall hokum, but just saying

GEAR:
  • Roland Juno-6
  • Gibson SG Standard
  • Vox AC30 Guitar Combo Amp

Yes xaqary I got the email, thanks it was helpful.

For you guys getting redirected to weird sites, is it always the same site? Or different ones? That would help me diagnose.

GEAR:
  • Fender Telecaster Custom Electric Guitar
  • Big Ear Pedals Woodcutter
  • HeadRush FRFR Go Portable Desktop Amplifier

Always seems to be the same spoof Amazon page I emailed ya. That's the only one I've seen.

Same here. "CONRATULATIONS!" you have Amazon something, something. Thanks for looking into this, its pretty annoying.

my norton on the desktop just gave me this message again while Iw as looking at an artist page:

A malicious web page has attempted to infect you with a web-based attack (drive-by download) or trick you into installing fake software (social engineering attack).

Norton has protected you from the attack and this web site has been blocked.

It is strongly recommended that you do NOT visit this site. Visiting this web site can lead to attacks by cybercriminals that silently infect your computer or prompt you to install software that will harm your machine. You will put your computer at risk to infection!

Visit Norton to learn more about Web-based attacks and social engineering tricks.

If you believe this “malicious web page blocked” is an error, please visit the Symantec Security Response website, and click on “Report a Suspected Erroneous Detection (False Positive)”.

GEAR:
  • Roland Juno-6
  • Gibson SG Standard
  • Vox AC30 Guitar Combo Amp