I'm not sure why this is happening, but about every 5 or 6 times when I go into Numista and then My Collection I get numerous pop-ups saying that this is a suspicious website with various links to either do a “Scan” or to click “Allow” to prove that I am human. Any click just produces more pop ups. All I can do is log out and restart Numista and everything is fine. A virus scan with my anti-virus software produces nothing.
I should have added that it is only the Numista website where I am encountering this issue. All other websites that I subscribe to or visit function normally without these threatening pop-ups.
I should have added that it is only the Numista website where I am encountering this issue. All other websites that I subscribe to or visit function normally without these threatening pop-ups.
Weigh that against the fact that you seem to be the only person with such warnings, and I would look at your local machine again.
It happened with me a few times, it started a few weeks ago. I sent a PM to Xavier with a print of one of those fake warnings.
I've seen this type of thing before on Colnect and Wikia. Not an expert, but I suspect it's something with a few 3rd party ads.
Those from Katz, Catawiki and Numiscorner are 100% safe. Sometimes I hit F5 until I get one of those 3 just out of fear of getting that warnings. Not a solution but a workaround until this issue is looked on.
It just happened again and the popup is from “gentle-ranges-daylight-waypoint.monster” which once it comes up basically disables any further work on Numista. It comes across as a McAfee warning about this suspicious site, but the URL has nothing to do with McAfee.
A search about “gentle-ranges-daylight-waypoint.monster” does not conclude whether it is a scam or a legitimate detection software.
It is very frustrating, but since it happens more frequently in the last week or so, I just shut down Numista, start up again and I am usually good for 5 visits to Numista before it strikes again.
Since I've seen it before, my reaction was kind of “oh no, not again, not here”.
I still have the print. The URL is different but it uses the McAfee logo as well. I've seen a few grammar errors in the warning, didn't told Xavier because I only noticed after I messaged him.
Good thing that you ran to your installed antivirus, my guess is that clicking scan in that warning would get you infected for real. I did the same, and the scans never got anything. After scanning the PC a few times in a row, you start to suspect the warning is fake, and seeing the strange URL confirms it.
After logging in (and seeing that the dashboard page is safe), try browsing the catalog/forum by the “open in new tab” button. If something happens, you close the affected tab, go back to the tab with the dashboard and just open another tab.
Thank you for the hint about the tabs. I'll try that.
I agree with you that it must be linked to one of the popup ads since I checked my browser settings and the offending URL is blocked so it is not coming in directly. I'll have to pay attention the next time it happens to see what ads are running.
Yes that is one of them. I get 2 versions - the one you pictured and one that implies it is McAfee. If you respond you get into an endless loop of more and more warnings and you have to get out of Numista to get it to stop.
However, I have found that once it pops up and you do not respond or click a link and just use the browser back button it goes away and you can continue on with Numista with no further interruptions.
Actual virus scans after these incidents find nothing.
I've been getting them periodically for a few months. It tricks you into allowing notifications.
Then it can freely send you ads for different things. So technically nothing is installed on your computer, just your permission to allow notifications.
What is particularly annoying about these is that I have the URLs blocked, but they seem to be piggy backing onto another ad and once that ad is displayed they popup. I have yet to determine which ad is causing this.
It is definitely something only on the Numista website since I am not encountering this on any of the other forums and websites that I subscribe to.
I should have added that it is only the Numista website where I am encountering this issue. All other websites that I subscribe to or visit function normally without these threatening pop-ups.
Weigh that against the fact that you seem to be the only person with such warnings, and I would look at your local machine again.
Based on others now coming forward that they are experiencing it as well, you may want to rethink your message that I am the only one! It is something that has affected Numista, not our individual computers.
There are countless websites plagued by these (like you already suggested often through add networks). If you allow them to send notifications they will bombard you with pop-ups laden with hyperlinks to scam/virus sites, on Windows on the lower right, even with your browser closed until you go to your settings to disallow the site to send notifications.
Thank goodness I didn't get the fake captcha yet, only the fake McAfee.
But I haven't looked much on Numista lately, and I'm pressing F5 if the ad is from 3rd party, to minimize the chance of getting scaried by that warning.
But that captcha print ringed a bell, I've seen someone else here with a similar complaint a while ago.
I already got the fake McAfee one twice today. Still haven't been able to narrow down what ad was running when it popped up because if I use the back button on the Browser the ads are different.
Again today, after clicking something on Numista webpage, the page reloads and I got the fake McAfee message.
This happens only from Numista website. I am aware how complements, cookies and the register works, so I am confident this is something outside my computer.
Also I see the message is in portuguese, might be some sophisticated malvertising with translation built in.
Same as I get. Yesterday was really bad. I got this fake McAfee a total of 4 times throughout the day. Everything in my computer is blocked for that URL to send out notifications, yet it still comes through.
I know when I first started this thread I was made to feel that this is my computer issue, not a Numista issue. However, considering the number of people that are now coming forward with the same issue, and the fact for me that it only happens on the Numista site, Numista webmasters need to look into this before it gets out of hand.
Got nothing on last days, but it may be because I've spent only a few minutes here lately.
But I saw what Xavier said yesterday in another thread of the website section, he briefly mentioned a change on the ads, which may be linked to our problem here: https://en.numista.com/forum/topic177559.html#p1345046
So I want to ask what happened since this Xavier's post. Has this issue diminished or are we still getting the damn fake warnings?
I've been on the website almost all day today and have not had any unwanted warnings. So most likely whatever changes were made, worked. However, weekends were always the worst. So if this coming weekend goes warning free, I would say it has been resolved.
