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Warning: Scott Adams' "Dilbert" blog site hijacked, taken over by fake "Free Apple App" ads (vanity)
The Dilbert Blog ^
| Nov 12, 2016
| Scott Adams
Posted on 11/12/2016 1:21:12 AM PST by dayglored
As you may know, Scott Adams, creator of the Dilbert cartoon strip, is a Trump fan and writes a blog on the Dilbert site that has predicted Trump's win for months.
Tonight the blog (not the main Dilbert page, just the blog section) has been hacked, perhaps by anti-Trumpers, and at least on my iPad, is hijacked to a clearly fake page offering a "Free Apple App". It is inescapable.
I don't know how it acts on other non-iOS platforms, haven't had a chance to try it yet.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: dilbert; hacked; hijacked; scottadams
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If you see this effect, don't download the App!!
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posted on
11/12/2016 1:21:12 AM PST
by
dayglored
To: Swordmaker; ThunderSleeps
Might want to warn the troops.
I’m seeing this consistently on my iPad 2, don’t know about anything else.
2
posted on
11/12/2016 1:22:40 AM PST
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
To: dayglored
My iPad only shows normal Google selected advertising. . . Odd.
3
posted on
11/12/2016 1:23:33 AM PST
by
Swordmaker
(This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
To: dayglored
I suspect you’ve gotten an ad with a script that will not let go. . . Adware on the ad. Quit Safari, delete the history, and it will go away when you restart Safari.
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posted on
11/12/2016 1:25:44 AM PST
by
Swordmaker
(This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
To: Swordmaker
Good suggestion. Trying, will be back shortly with update....
5
posted on
11/12/2016 1:31:59 AM PST
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
To: dayglored
6
posted on
11/12/2016 1:35:34 AM PST
by
cynwoody
To: dayglored
Shows no issue using Brave under Windows® 10 Enterprise.
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posted on
11/12/2016 1:36:04 AM PST
by
FredZarguna
(And what Rough Beast, its hour come round at last, slouches toward Fifth Avenue to be born?)
To: Swordmaker
Alas, no change. Wiped my history for all time (had to login to FR from scratch just now), but as soon as I hit the Dilbert blog page, a small overlay appeared in the upper right (”Open” “Get App”) and after 10 seconds the blog page redirected to a scary bogus page and a pop up dialog to download the “Free App”. Same as before.
Bollocks. I guess I’ll check again in the morning. Presumably somebody will write to Adams. Maybe I will if it’s not better tomorrow. And I’ll check some other platforms.
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posted on
11/12/2016 1:40:36 AM PST
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
To: FredZarguna
The fact that it offered me an “Apple App” suggests that it can tell I’m using an iPad. Could also be iPad specific, even specific to older versions of iOS (my old iPad 2 is stuck at an older release). I’ll check some other platforms in the morning. Gotta sleep now...
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posted on
11/12/2016 1:45:07 AM PST
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
To: cynwoody
Yeah, it’s funny, I was able to read that one blog post okay, but a few minutes later I got the hijack, and now can’t read that post. Might just have happened then, I dunno...
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posted on
11/12/2016 1:47:29 AM PST
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
To: dayglored; ~Kim4VRWC's~; 1234; 5thGenTexan; Abundy; Action-America; acoulterfan; AFreeBird; ...
Dayglored reports that Scott Adams' Blog of Dilbert fame has, on his iPad, been somehow been taken over by a persistent adware that links to some bogus free iOS apps that survives the usual means to get rid of these. This is not happening on my iPad Pro. I'm just seeing the usual assortment of personalized Google ads. . . for example I was doing an on line search for an air compressor and now I see ads for, you guessed it, air compressors. . . But no bogus iOS app links. Anyone else getting this? PING!
![](http://www.findthatlogo.com/wp-content/gallery/apple-logos/apple-logo-red.jpg)
Apple iPad adware
Ping!
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posted on
11/12/2016 1:52:54 AM PST
by
Swordmaker
(This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
To: dayglored
Did you actually quit Safari or just close it? Try force quitting your iPad after force quitting Safari. I.e. Hold home and power button for fifteen seconds and then restart.
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posted on
11/12/2016 1:56:34 AM PST
by
Swordmaker
(This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
To: dayglored
Earlier, I went through his site, viewing his latest posts, having not visited since before the election.
I encountered no problems.
Using Chrome Version 54.0.2840.71 (64-bit) on OS X 10.11.6.
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posted on
11/12/2016 1:58:00 AM PST
by
cynwoody
To: dayglored
Also in settings/Safari/advanced. Turn off JavaScript for a bit and see if that solves it.
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posted on
11/12/2016 2:00:57 AM PST
by
Swordmaker
(This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
To: Swordmaker
Turned off JavaScript and deleted all website data. Noticed a website listed that matched one of the bogus sites offering the app. And Dilbert.com had 25kb of data, which might have been the script.
Anyway, it’s gone now. No hijacking. I’ll turn js back on and see what happens.
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posted on
11/12/2016 2:10:59 AM PST
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
To: Swordmaker
Turned JavaScript back on and the hijack reappeared.
All for now, gotta hit the sack. Thanks!
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posted on
11/12/2016 2:14:10 AM PST
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
To: dayglored
Run a good AV and it’ll probably find the embedded code and remove it from HTML code....
To: dayglored
It came up fine for me on my desktop...good luck with fixing it!
BTW, Scott Adams is a VERY sharp guy...
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posted on
11/12/2016 2:46:12 AM PST
by
PreciousLiberty
(Trump/Pence 2016! Make America Greater Than Ever!)
To: dayglored
Not seeing it on MacOS. Haven’t tried the Pad.
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posted on
11/12/2016 3:17:18 AM PST
by
AFreeBird
(BEST. ELECTION. EVER!)
To: dayglored
I think I’ve been getting something similar on my iPhone. There may be some tiny type in one of the corners that allows you to “go back to Safari” If you see that, click that, and you should return to the blog.
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posted on
11/12/2016 4:18:03 AM PST
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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