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Scareware via ads on site

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Active
Domain
security, web-dev

Research direction

Start by reproducing the scareware reports on the affected site pages and determine whether the behavior comes through Disqus Ads. Review the site's advertising or Disqus integration configuration, if present. Done means the scareware no longer appears and normal page access works reliably.

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Description

Just a heads up that the site seems to be serving scareware via the Disqus Ads. Sometimes it takes me a couple tries to get through a single page.

Dominant language
HTML
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