for clarification.
Swaroop Rao
(MikeLynch <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch>)
On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 23:09, Anirudh Bhati <anirudhsbh(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
Business Insider gave a $5bn valuation to
Wikipedia in 2010. So yeah,
that's a big market for spammers.
anirudh
On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 10:59 PM, Ramesh N G <rameshng(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
> I was really amazed on the discussion on the ads on the wikipedia.
> Looking at the snapshot, it could really some virus or adware.
>
> Even this should not be the way the ads come to Wikipedia, though I
> personally never will support this.
>
> I strongly recommend the user to scan the PC for a virus, change
> browser and check. Also seen some discussion where multiple people has
> reported this issue.
> This means that Wikipedia being targeted by Viruses now!
>
>
> User:Rameshng
>
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 8:44 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
> parakara.ghoda(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Could be, but it wouldn't hurt to do a scan of your system and find
>> out if anything is wrong with it.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 8:25 PM, Debanjan Bandyopadhyay <
>> debastein(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm not the techie here, but I don't think its a malware on a system
>>> per se. Reason being being, two different people have experienced it, same
>>> ad also from different IP's, different locations though.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 8:20 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
>>> parakara.ghoda(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Definitely Adware/Malware/Spyware/etc.
>>>> Notice in the Screenshot, it says Ads Not By This Site.
>>>> It should've been a clue.
>>>> Do scan your system with a good antivirus [Free or paid doesn't
>>>> matter].
>>>> If your system is infected by anything, your data might be at risk.
>>>> --Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 8:13 PM, Debanjan Bandyopadhyay <
>>>> debastein(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I just saw that screenshot and remembered, even my friend said, it
>>>>> was by the same site, inkfruit. Some common issue??
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 8:12 PM, Debanjan Bandyopadhyay <
>>>>> debastein(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> No, now that you mention him, even a friend of mine in Pune told
>>>>>> me that Wikipedia had started ads, to which I dared him to show
me and in
>>>>>> fact made a bet. He failed to show me when I asked him to, so I
took it as
>>>>>> a singular even, perhaps, some sort of mistake he made. However,
since
>>>>>> other people have started seeing this, I though I'd tell you
that he is not
>>>>>> alone.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'll ask him further details about his net connection and
get
>>>>>> back to you guys on this.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 7:08 PM, Aditya Sengupta <
>>>>>> apsengupta(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Interesting- a virus that injects ads directly into the DOM.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 19:03, Bala Jeyaraman <
>>>>>>> sodabottle(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> mostprobably adware in his machine. A smiliar report in
>>>>>>>> portugese wikipedia is here:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
http://translate.google.co.in/translate?hl=en&sl=pt&u=http://pt.wik…
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Aditya Sengupta <
>>>>>>>> apsengupta(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> A friend got in touch with me about this. He is
currently
>>>>>>>>> seeing advertisements on Wikipedia pages (on all
pages except the home
>>>>>>>>> page). Here is a link to a screenshot:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
http://i.imgur.com/dhKyR.jpg
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> These advertisements were not visible to him when I
asked him
>>>>>>>>> to check through the secure WM server. These
advertisements are also not
>>>>>>>>> visible to him on any other web page. To the bottom
right of each ad, there
>>>>>>>>> is some text that says, "ads not by this
site". I've taken a quick look
>>>>>>>>> through the page source he forwarded, nothing looks
untoward. His
>>>>>>>>> right-click menu does not appear when he right-clicks
on the ad.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> He is based out of Mumbai and ISP is "Tata
Teleservices
>>>>>>>>> Maharashtra Ltd". His IP address is
114.143.88.193 (or was, while he
>>>>>>>>> accessed this page; I've since had him change his
IP address since I'm
>>>>>>>>> sharing this one). I'm not sure if this issue is
restricted to Mumbai;
>>>>>>>>> since the IP address shows up in Pune when I try to
geolocate it (though I
>>>>>>>>> understand this is fairly common).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The link he is directed to when he clicks the ad is
this:
>>>>>>>>>
http://www.inkfruit.com/combo-landing?utm_source=CMP1002Combo&utm_mediu…mpaign=Combo.
>>>>>>>>> I'm adding this here and copying the founder of
Inkfruit since the campaign
>>>>>>>>> data in the URL parameters may help identify the
problem (also, I'm not
>>>>>>>>> sure if Inkfruit is aware of this campaign).
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I've copied my friend here in case there are
further questions
>>>>>>>>> he could help answer.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Could this be a case of DPI by his ISP, or simply
malware on
>>>>>>>>> his machine? If it were the former, what would be the
legal status of the
>>>>>>>>> issue?
>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Debanjan*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Lets make this world a better and more informative place*
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
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>>>>> Debanjan*
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>>>> --
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Srikanth Ramakrishnan.
>>>> Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on February 12th.
>>>>
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore
>>>> Aliens invaded Tamil Nadu, left their Spacship and now it is a Toll
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>> Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on February 12th.
>>
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore
>> Aliens invaded Tamil Nadu, left their Spacship and now it is a Toll
>> Plaza.
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IVRCL-Vijayamangalam-Toll-Plaza.JPG
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