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malicious pop-up ad from lacare.org
Hello ... Deleted
I'll try what you say, but I don't think you quite understood what I intended to say; so let me try again ...
Let's say when one clicks on the article "NASA performs spacewalk to install solar array" from off of Microsoft's main website. You are taken to the new link and once there, the malicious pop-up starts occurring and re-occurring. The link to the pop-up is here ...
https://lacare.org/healthy-living/community-engagement/community-resource-centers?utm_source=MyCode&utm_medium=Display&utm_campaign=CRC#googtrans(en|es)
... it is a "pop-up ad" that normally is legal, which Microsoft normally does allow as a paid advertiser, but this particular pop-up is continual, annoying, prevents one from seeing the intended content, and quite obviously a spoof.
I assume you are unfamiliar with what a spoof is?????
My security on my laptop is up to date and everything, but I'll try what you say.
I opened a shared page and I have no ads, but in Edge - I turned off pop-ups and of course I have an extension to block ads.
Hello ... Deleted
Yes, I did that already and reported this to the Internet Crime Complaint Center with no response as yet.
Someone appears to have hacked the LA Care website itself as I've been having problems with them for a while. It may be due to the switch over on January 1st from Cal Medi-Connect to Medicare Plus as in the past I've noted from other websites that "switch overs" create an opening into which hackers can temporarily slip apparently because while the victimized website is doing this "switch over," firewalls and other security protections are temporarily down.
If it doesn't go away, I'll elevate my complaints.
To make this problem recognized by the team, Edge is (Help & Feedback) -> Shift+Alt+I, and please add diagnostic data to this feedback, it will help other users too.
But I understand your frustration, how do you block ads?
But it looks weird like there is no security certificate, but I'm not sure >?
"LA Care Health Plan
Organizational unit (OU) <Not part of the certificate"Hello ... Deleted
Yeah, I did that about 4 times already.
Do I need to be on the lacare.org linked page before I hit shift+alt+i ????
Again, you won't find the behavior to be usual as this is a spoof.