Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Ads Injected into Wikipedia?
I think we should now recommend increased use of the secure server link for browsing wikipedia. Hopefully that will help. Ashwin On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 9:46 PM, Srikeit srik...@gmail.com wrote: A friend of mine found similar ads inserted (screenshot attached). I've asked her to run malware tests and an extension check. She also tweeted those dreaded words 'Wikipedia now has ads!' This can become quite an issue if the press gets hold of it. Any resolutions on the horizon? Regards On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 10:24 PM, nischay nahata nischay...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Philippe, I would personally try to find out the extension and look into the HTML code it plays with but that will take a while (I am busy for few days and we have to see if the Ad shows up again). I will reply back in this thread as soon as I have something that can help. On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 10:10 PM, Philippe Beaudette phili...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hi Nischay, We're looking into this one. If your friend can spot the extension and send us relevant code, it would be helpful. pb ___ Philippe Beaudette Director, Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 415-839-6885, x 6643 phili...@wikimedia.org On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 9:39 AM, nischay nahata nischay...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, One of my friend also reported seeing Ads of Jabong on Wikipedia. Some extension in the user's browser is most likely the source of injection for such Ads. Finding out which extension(s) does this will be in good interest of everyone. On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 5:51 PM, Swaroop Rao raul.swar...@gmail.com wrote: One can also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Readers#Why_do_I_see_commercial_ads_at_Wikipedia.3F for clarification. Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch) On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 23:09, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com 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 rames...@gmail.com 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.gh...@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 debast...@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.gh...@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 debast...@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 debast...@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 apsengu...@gmail.com wrote: Interesting- a virus that injects ads directly into the DOM. On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 19:03, Bala Jeyaraman sodabot...@gmail.com wrote: mostprobably adware in his machine. A smiliar report in portugese wikipedia is here: http://translate.google.co.in/translate?hl=ensl=ptu=http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%25C3%25A9dia:Esplanada/geral/Spam_na_Wikipedia,_problema_%2810mar2012%29ei=TqlcT9fyMs2rrAe468GlDAsa=Xoi=translatect=resultresnum=5ved=0CE4Q7gEwBAprev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522ads%2Bnot%2Bby%2Bthis%2Bsite%2522%2Binjection%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3D6zj%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26prmd%3Dimvns On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 4:57 PM, Aditya Sengupta apsengu...@gmail.com wrote: A friend got in touch
[Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-I] Report on NSEC outreach
Dear all, I am extremely sorry that this report is long overdue but as I was busy with my exams and other stuff, I literally did not get time to compile this. This is related to the Wikipedia Stall I helped set up in Netaji Subhash Engineering College, Kolkata. NSEC had their annual techno-management fest, Avenir, 2012 from 16th - 18th March, around the time I got back to Kolkata from Pune during my prep leave. As there was already a WikiAcademy, in NSEC, I tried to procure a lab for an editothon, however, Sucheta who awesomely spearheaded everything for me from her college part informed me that labs were not available, however, a stall was. I sent out to set up the stall for the three day fest. I contacted the local community as well as the India Programs team as this was my first ever Outreach that I organized. I sent a mail on both the India mailing list as well as the West Bengal mailing list. Unfortunately, there was a lack of volunteers as almost everyone was busy. On day 1, Sucheta accompanied me at the stall for the whole day, however, on Day 2 even she was busy with her own fest work. Also Day 1 saw much better numbers that Day 2 and as I was not available on Day 3, Day 3 was dropped completely. The pros and the cons are as follows: The Cons: 1. There was serious lack of volunteers and hence at times I felt very overburdened having to deal with over 10 people at one go. 2. Lack of banners/posters - Though this might not be a big issue but as there was no large poster available. It was very difficult to inform people about the stall. I tried my best with A4 documents I printed myself, but the problem still remained because of the size. 3. Lack of numbers - Perhaps this might be my take, but am used to fests in the Pune/Mumbai circuit and hence the numbers to me, seemed very less, although I was informed this was the largest turnout, even more than last year. Still on Day 1, about 30 people at most visited the stall. On Day 2, the number was far less. The Pros: 1. I was highly impressed with the amount in interest in Kolkata. The students were not only highly interested, they had an array of curious questions. 2. Certain students even waited for me to finish with others so that they could get a deeper understanding of Wikipedia and even do some hands on. 3. Two students were so interested, they were coming back again and again and I even helped them upload pics to their user profile. 4. One student, User:Sanu531 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sanu5311 first tried a live edit uploaded his own pic and updated his user page himself. In my opinion, if there is this level of interest, I think, a student club of types could do wonders here. I did not create any page on WMIN as this was only a stall, however, I did upload pics herehttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:NSEC_Kolkata_Outreach 2. Also as there was no flier/handout available for such I tried to make a very rookie version in both Bengali and English back to back in one page, here http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kolkata_Outreach_Doc.pdf3. Special thanks to Nitika Tandon for the Presentations which enabled me to create the poster as well as the whole of India Teams for the support as well as both the India and Bengali Community for the encouragement. 1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sanu531 2 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:NSEC_Kolkata_Outreach 3 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kolkata_Outreach_Doc.pdf -- Regards, Debanjan* - Lets make this world a better and more informative place* ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] [Wikimedia-I] Report on NSEC outreach
Well done, hard lessons have been learned. Each such event will give you ideas to make things better! Keep up the good work in outreach. Ashwin On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 11:54 PM, Debanjan Bandyopadhyay debast...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, I am extremely sorry that this report is long overdue but as I was busy with my exams and other stuff, I literally did not get time to compile this. This is related to the Wikipedia Stall I helped set up in Netaji Subhash Engineering College, Kolkata. NSEC had their annual techno-management fest, Avenir, 2012 from 16th - 18th March, around the time I got back to Kolkata from Pune during my prep leave. As there was already a WikiAcademy, in NSEC, I tried to procure a lab for an editothon, however, Sucheta who awesomely spearheaded everything for me from her college part informed me that labs were not available, however, a stall was. I sent out to set up the stall for the three day fest. I contacted the local community as well as the India Programs team as this was my first ever Outreach that I organized. I sent a mail on both the India mailing list as well as the West Bengal mailing list. Unfortunately, there was a lack of volunteers as almost everyone was busy. On day 1, Sucheta accompanied me at the stall for the whole day, however, on Day 2 even she was busy with her own fest work. Also Day 1 saw much better numbers that Day 2 and as I was not available on Day 3, Day 3 was dropped completely. The pros and the cons are as follows: The Cons: 1. There was serious lack of volunteers and hence at times I felt very overburdened having to deal with over 10 people at one go. 2. Lack of banners/posters - Though this might not be a big issue but as there was no large poster available. It was very difficult to inform people about the stall. I tried my best with A4 documents I printed myself, but the problem still remained because of the size. 3. Lack of numbers - Perhaps this might be my take, but am used to fests in the Pune/Mumbai circuit and hence the numbers to me, seemed very less, although I was informed this was the largest turnout, even more than last year. Still on Day 1, about 30 people at most visited the stall. On Day 2, the number was far less. The Pros: 1. I was highly impressed with the amount in interest in Kolkata. The students were not only highly interested, they had an array of curious questions. 2. Certain students even waited for me to finish with others so that they could get a deeper understanding of Wikipedia and even do some hands on. 3. Two students were so interested, they were coming back again and again and I even helped them upload pics to their user profile. 4. One student, User:Sanu5311 first tried a live edit uploaded his own pic and updated his user page himself. In my opinion, if there is this level of interest, I think, a student club of types could do wonders here. I did not create any page on WMIN as this was only a stall, however, I did upload pics here2. Also as there was no flier/handout available for such I tried to make a very rookie version in both Bengali and English back to back in one page, here3. Special thanks to Nitika Tandon for the Presentations which enabled me to create the poster as well as the whole of India Teams for the support as well as both the India and Bengali Community for the encouragement. 1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sanu531 2 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:NSEC_Kolkata_Outreach 3 http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kolkata_Outreach_Doc.pdf -- Regards, Debanjan - Lets make this world a better and more informative place ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -- ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Ads Injected into Wikipedia?
It would good to know whether using https instead of http stops the ad injection. I'm not sure that it will help. To help find the problem, we need to know what Internet Explorer add-ons have been installed on their computer. http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/3892/manage-and-troubleshoot-addons-in-internet-explorer-8/ Recommend using Firefox or Chrome instead of Internet Explorer. ;-) here is someone showing an ad injector working on Wikipedia in Internet Explorer http://ipensatori.com/?p=521 (date : March 13th, 2012) On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 2:22 AM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.com wrote: I think we should now recommend increased use of the secure server link for browsing wikipedia. Hopefully that will help. Ashwin On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 9:46 PM, Srikeit srik...@gmail.com wrote: A friend of mine found similar ads inserted (screenshot attached). I've asked her to run malware tests and an extension check. She also tweeted those dreaded words 'Wikipedia now has ads!' This can become quite an issue if the press gets hold of it. Any resolutions on the horizon? Regards On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 10:24 PM, nischay nahata nischay...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Philippe, I would personally try to find out the extension and look into the HTML code it plays with but that will take a while (I am busy for few days and we have to see if the Ad shows up again). I will reply back in this thread as soon as I have something that can help. On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 10:10 PM, Philippe Beaudette phili...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hi Nischay, We're looking into this one. If your friend can spot the extension and send us relevant code, it would be helpful. pb ___ Philippe Beaudette Director, Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 415-839-6885, x 6643 phili...@wikimedia.org On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 9:39 AM, nischay nahata nischay...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, One of my friend also reported seeing Ads of Jabong on Wikipedia. Some extension in the user's browser is most likely the source of injection for such Ads. Finding out which extension(s) does this will be in good interest of everyone. On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 5:51 PM, Swaroop Rao raul.swar...@gmail.com wrote: One can also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Readers#Why_do_I_see_commercial_ads_at_Wikipedia.3F for clarification. Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch) On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 23:09, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com 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 rames...@gmail.com 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.gh...@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 debast...@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.gh...@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 debast...@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 debast...@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 apsengu...@gmail.com wrote: Interesting- a virus that injects ads directly into the DOM. On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 19:03, Bala Jeyaraman
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Ads Injected into Wikipedia?
The screenshot shows that the person is using Chrome so I don't think the IE point stands here. The ads also seem to be intermittent, my friend cannot see them anymore. Usage of https may resolve the problem, but looking for a solution with the normal Wikipedia may be necessary as several people wouldn't want to bother with using https. Regards On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 7:56 AM, John Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com wrote: It would good to know whether using https instead of http stops the ad injection. I'm not sure that it will help. To help find the problem, we need to know what Internet Explorer add-ons have been installed on their computer. http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/3892/manage-and-troubleshoot-addons-in-internet-explorer-8/ Recommend using Firefox or Chrome instead of Internet Explorer. ;-) here is someone showing an ad injector working on Wikipedia in Internet Explorer http://ipensatori.com/?p=521 (date : March 13th, 2012) On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 2:22 AM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.com wrote: I think we should now recommend increased use of the secure server link for browsing wikipedia. Hopefully that will help. Ashwin On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 9:46 PM, Srikeit srik...@gmail.com wrote: A friend of mine found similar ads inserted (screenshot attached). I've asked her to run malware tests and an extension check. She also tweeted those dreaded words 'Wikipedia now has ads!' This can become quite an issue if the press gets hold of it. Any resolutions on the horizon? Regards On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 10:24 PM, nischay nahata nischay...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Philippe, I would personally try to find out the extension and look into the HTML code it plays with but that will take a while (I am busy for few days and we have to see if the Ad shows up again). I will reply back in this thread as soon as I have something that can help. On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 10:10 PM, Philippe Beaudette phili...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hi Nischay, We're looking into this one. If your friend can spot the extension and send us relevant code, it would be helpful. pb ___ Philippe Beaudette Director, Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 415-839-6885, x 6643 phili...@wikimedia.org On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 9:39 AM, nischay nahata nischay...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, One of my friend also reported seeing Ads of Jabong on Wikipedia. Some extension in the user's browser is most likely the source of injection for such Ads. Finding out which extension(s) does this will be in good interest of everyone. On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 5:51 PM, Swaroop Rao raul.swar...@gmail.com wrote: One can also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Readers#Why_do_I_see_commercial_ads_at_Wikipedia.3F for clarification. Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch) On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 23:09, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com 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 rames...@gmail.com 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.gh...@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 debast...@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.gh...@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 debast...@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 debast...@gmail.com wrote: No, now that you mention him, even a friend of mine in Pune told me that Wikipedia had
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Ads Injected into Wikipedia?
The solution is to remove the malware. The project can't fix something that exists on the end users computer. I will renew my plea for anyone who can get the code of this thing to send it to Tim Starling. PB Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Srikeit srik...@gmail.com Sender: wikimediaindia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 08:18:52 To: Wikimedia India Community listwikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Reply-To: Wikimedia India Community list wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Ads Injected into Wikipedia? ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Ads Injected into Wikipedia?
Sorry Srikeit! I did assume it was Internet Explorer because I foolishly didnt believe that Google Chrome allows ad injection!? apparently it does... http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9960350/inject-advertisements-in-pages however they must be clearly marked. ads must be outside the page's normal flow and clearly state which extension they are bundled with I think it would be useful to inform Google of this, as it breaks their policy. On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Srikeit srik...@gmail.com wrote: The screenshot shows that the person is using Chrome so I don't think the IE point stands here. The ads also seem to be intermittent, my friend cannot see them anymore. Usage of https may resolve the problem, but looking for a solution with the normal Wikipedia may be necessary as several people wouldn't want to bother with using https. Regards On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 7:56 AM, John Vandenberg jay...@gmail.com wrote: It would good to know whether using https instead of http stops the ad injection. I'm not sure that it will help. To help find the problem, we need to know what Internet Explorer add-ons have been installed on their computer. http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/3892/manage-and-troubleshoot-addons-in-internet-explorer-8/ Recommend using Firefox or Chrome instead of Internet Explorer. ;-) here is someone showing an ad injector working on Wikipedia in Internet Explorer http://ipensatori.com/?p=521 (date : March 13th, 2012) On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 2:22 AM, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.com wrote: I think we should now recommend increased use of the secure server link for browsing wikipedia. Hopefully that will help. Ashwin On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 9:46 PM, Srikeit srik...@gmail.com wrote: A friend of mine found similar ads inserted (screenshot attached). I've asked her to run malware tests and an extension check. She also tweeted those dreaded words 'Wikipedia now has ads!' This can become quite an issue if the press gets hold of it. Any resolutions on the horizon? Regards On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 10:24 PM, nischay nahata nischay...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Philippe, I would personally try to find out the extension and look into the HTML code it plays with but that will take a while (I am busy for few days and we have to see if the Ad shows up again). I will reply back in this thread as soon as I have something that can help. On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 10:10 PM, Philippe Beaudette phili...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hi Nischay, We're looking into this one. If your friend can spot the extension and send us relevant code, it would be helpful. pb ___ Philippe Beaudette Director, Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 415-839-6885, x 6643 phili...@wikimedia.org On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 9:39 AM, nischay nahata nischay...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, One of my friend also reported seeing Ads of Jabong on Wikipedia. Some extension in the user's browser is most likely the source of injection for such Ads. Finding out which extension(s) does this will be in good interest of everyone. On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 5:51 PM, Swaroop Rao raul.swar...@gmail.com wrote: One can also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Readers#Why_do_I_see_commercial_ads_at_Wikipedia.3F for clarification. Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch) On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 23:09, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com 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 rames...@gmail.com 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.gh...@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 debast...@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.gh...@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
