abybody else getting a "linkbucks" url when clicking on a link here??

[+ azdr0710]

all links here (rentboy, massagem4m, etc.) seem today to lead to a linkbucks ad....the correct url is buried in there and is attainable, but....

 

or is it just my computer?

 

edit: my subject line should say "anybody...."

[mmk123]

I am getting that as well

[SeanXavier]

Happening to me too. :-( -- any solutions?

[seeker630]

I just emailed Daddy to inform him. Not sure If anyone else already did that.

[cokimstr61]

It's coming from the links on this site. If you copy and paste the link in a new window before pressing enter you can see the link bucks and remove it. It only happens on this website, no others.

[Steven_Draker]

I get them on both my computer and iPhone.

 

any solutions?

 

Wait a few seconds and click on "SKIP THIS AD" button in top right corner.

[+ LS299B]

all links here (rentboy, massagem4m, etc.) seem today to lead to a linkbucks ad....the correct url is buried in there and is attainable, but....

 

or is it just my computer?

 

edit: my subject line should say "anybody...."

 

Yep, and it's annoying.

[Epigonos]

Do I have to remove it every time I go to a link? How do I get rid of it permanently?

[+ deej]

Linkbucks is several things at once:

 

* Legitimate advertising placement service

* Abused by various trojans and other malware that isn't Linkbucks but tries to look like it is

* Target of a legitimate adware filter for Firefox

 

I haven't talked to Daddy today, but I'm not getting this redirection on my PC at this hour. If I was guessing (and I am), I'd say this might be related to the recent MC upgrade wherein Daddy spent a ton of time stripping out for-pay addons and "features" we don't need and don't want to purchase. This might be a vestigial gifting from vBulletin.

 

I'm guessing chez Daddy is busy this evening and doesn't need me calling so perhaps he'll put his oar in here when we know anything worth reporting.

[+ azdr0710]

thanks for your work on this, Daddy....

[+ poolboy48220]

I was getting it yesterday, I just copied the link by hand and cut out the linkbucks reference. The original link was still at the end of the linkbucks link. it's not happening any more, Thanks Daddy for fixing this so fast!

[+ Chris Eisenhower]

I always link directly to the message forum and then use the reviews link at the bottom. I've never had the problem described.

[seeker630]

I always link directly to the message forum and then use the reviews link at the bottom. I've never had the problem described.

 

The problem was occurring with links that posters included to M4RN, rentboy, etc. it didn't seem to affect internal links (e.g., to other threads here).

 

Regardless, Daddy fixed it quickly, once he was informed of the problem.

[instudiocity]

The problem was occurring with links that posters included to M4RN, rentboy, etc. it didn't seem to affect internal links (e.g., to other threads here).

 

Regardless, Daddy fixed it quickly, once he was informed of the problem.

Duh! Daddy called it a HACK. Somebody got all the way in and added the Linkbucks link to appear in front of all the links from posters. It was a Hack. I figured out that I wasn't having the trouble described because I use AdBlock and DoNotTrackMe on my MacBook Pro.

[seeker630]

Duh! Daddy called it a HACK. Somebody got all the way in and added the Linkbucks link to appear in front of all the links from posters. It was a Hack. I figured out that I wasn't having the trouble described because I use AdBlock and DoNotTrackMe on my MacBook Pro.

 

Just to be clear - I wasn't implying that the fault was with the posters. My point was that, for me, not EVERY link was infected. Someone posted a link to another thread here, and that behaved normally for me.

[+ deej]

Just to be clear - I wasn't implying that the fault was with the posters. My point was that, for me, not EVERY link was infected. Someone posted a link to another thread here, and that behaved normally for me.

 

You owe no apology and you owe no explanation. You were not incorrect.