The ads don't show up on https, ONLY on http. It doesn't matter which browser you use, IE or Chrome. I use IE, Opera and I see no ads, but several cyber cafes I use have these ads EVEN on Firefox, and Chrome.
Inkfruit, probably doesn't have anything to do with this, I suggest you all take a good look at a content provider called 'Conduit' who is the culprit behind these. On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Anirudh Bhati <anirudh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Debanjan Bandyopadhyay < > debast...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hmmm...that maybe true but what else can we do, I mean, Inkfruit has to >> be involved somewhere in this right? Think about it, if you were an ad >> injecting virus, why would you randomly inject ads that too of inkfruit? >> For people who face these ads, are the ads appearing only on wikipedia or >> other websites also? If I am not wrong, if this is the work of a malware, >> it would display the ad on each and every website you visit and not just >> specifically Wikipedia. If its only Wikipedia and the ad is only Inkfruit, >> I'd really say, if nothing can be done via code, legal needs to be >> involved. If its a non-specific malware, just clean your systems, I guess >> and inform others. >> >> Rather, I'd say, instead of not going public with this, if it gets too >> frequent, go public. Display a banner on top of Wiki stating that if you >> see ads on Wikipedia that is not at all related to Wiki, rather you should >> check your system for malware. The point is people should not assume, that >> Wikipedia has started ads. >> > > I don't think the enwp community will agree to acknowledge the malware by > putting up a worldwide banner. Most of our users don't face this problem, > and the only problem devices are those which have been compromised. > > The only effective resolution would be when Google and MS agree to patch > this up. > > >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan.
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