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Have you come across this before?
pennypincher2013
Posts: 357 Forumite
I have no idea if this is legit but I am wary of anything that
1. Pops up on my screen when I didn't click anything
2. Giving away expensive items for free (that's not a competition)
I left my laptop for about 30 seconds and when I came back this was on my screen:
https://magentothemestudio.com/land/ENukw1e/index.php?lpkey=15bc276118c7392d73&uclick=1nxsrn9z#
The only websites I had open were this forum, ebay and twitter and I didn't click anything.
Does anyone know anything about this?
1. Pops up on my screen when I didn't click anything
2. Giving away expensive items for free (that's not a competition)
I left my laptop for about 30 seconds and when I came back this was on my screen:
https://magentothemestudio.com/land/ENukw1e/index.php?lpkey=15bc276118c7392d73&uclick=1nxsrn9z#
The only websites I had open were this forum, ebay and twitter and I didn't click anything.
Does anyone know anything about this?
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Don't know anything about it at all but I would be doing a full system scan & also a scan for malware..............0
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That would have been Ebay most likely, and of course it's not legit.0
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Got a few Giftcard 'congratulations' on Safari (ipad) earlier, even though pop-up switch on.
Comes from im . club
(was on Freecycle)0 -
Hi,just google 'magento theme studio' and you get this,
Peerforest is an eminent Magento e-commerce development company offering premium Magento themes, templates, powerful extensions, and customized ...0 -
davidoffmn = spammer only here to build post counts for more spam.
Im sure he could sell you a website if you asked nicely.
Although his other spammy post, an old 2015 and a 2017 one, may make you think twice.Censorship Reigns Supreme in Troll City...0 -
Clicking the link (it's a good test of your malware tools!) I get :-
This website has been reported as unsafe
magentothemestudio.com
Windows Defender Browser Protection
(That's with Google Chrome Windows Defender Browser Protection
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/windows-defender-browser/bkbeeeffjjeopflfhgeknacdieedcoml )
Clean with
https://www.malwarebytes.com/adwcleaner/
(Also clicked link with Edge and Windows Defender SmartScreen picks it up.)
For a belt-and-braces approach I would recommend Kaspersky Internet Security or Bitdefender, both of which have, in my opinion, the best website adware spotters.
https://www.kaspersky.co.uk/free-antivirus
https://www.bitdefender.com/solutions/free.html0 -
Thanks all! I immediately did a virus scan. I use Avira which came back okay and Malware Bytes Adwcleaner which came back with 4 PUPs.
I did a look around about eBay and found this has been going on for years! I don't know if it was my laptop or eBay but I'm a bit wary of using eBay now. I had three tabs open and the redirect was on the eBay tab.
I've now downloaded the Google Chrome Windows Defender Browser Protection - thanks grumpycrab!0
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