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Kitco has an obnoxious virus/pop-up hijack ad

PostPosted: Wed Sep 21, 2016 4:37 pm
by Thogey
It pops up a window and a loud voice yells at you. " your hard drive is about to be deleted call blah blah blah" :twisted: :evil:

You have to close kitco to stop it.

I ran malwatebytes with no results.

Re: Kitco has an obnoxious virus/pop-up hijack ad

PostPosted: Wed Sep 21, 2016 7:57 pm
by natsb88
I never knew how many ads Kitco has until I just now turned off my ad blocker to see if I could see what you see. Yuck.

No talking pop-ups for me though. A lot of the ads are targeted based on your browsing history/habits. I get lots of Lowe's ads for items I have previously looked at.

What you describe still sounds like it could be adware on your system. In addition to periodic Malwarebytes scans I recommend running Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit (it's free, just uncheck the option for a free trial of the paid version during installation) and, if you are running Windows 7, Microsoft Security Essentials (also free). Then use Firefox with the Adblock Plus add-on (or another ad blocker of your choice).

Re: Kitco has an obnoxious virus/pop-up hijack ad

PostPosted: Wed Sep 21, 2016 8:13 pm
by Thogey
What you describe still sounds like it could be adware on your system. In addition to periodic Malwarebytes scans I recommend running Malwarebytes Anti-Exploit (it's free, just uncheck the option for a free trial of the paid version during installation) and, if you are running Windows 7, Microsoft Security Essentials (also free). Then use Firefox with the Adblock Plus add-on (or another ad blocker of your choice).


Pain in the ass. But thanks for the advice :thumbup:

I think I'll just stay off kitco.

Re: Kitco has an obnoxious virus/pop-up hijack ad

PostPosted: Wed Sep 21, 2016 8:15 pm
by natsb88
The amount of trash on Kitco is pretty amazing. I turned the ad blocker back on and the page loaded at least 5 times faster.

Re: Kitco has an obnoxious virus/pop-up hijack ad

PostPosted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 12:15 am
by Recyclersteve
I get ads on Kitco, but nothing threatening me about my computer.