Mobile gamespot.com website virus/bug fun4u.mobi

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#1 Camoth2
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When I go to any page (be it a direct link or indirect through a search engine) on either of my two Android phones (different versions of Android), I get a popup, eventhough I have popups disabled, that says in my native language something like:

fun4u.mobi warning! You need to install a virus scanner (etc etc). The only option I can choose is "okay". There is no cross or cancel option. When I choose the back button it redirects me to their website anyway.

This is NOT a virus that got in my phone through some app I installed. I know this because:

- Two different phones, different Android versions, different apps installed

- It does this in any browser, Chrome, Standard Browser, Dolphin

- It only does this when I go to any page on Gamespot.com, except for direct links to mp4 videos

 

What have I done to resolve this:

- I scanned my phones for malware using AVG and Ad Network Detector

- Deleted cookies, cache and browser history

 

When I disable cookies and Java in my browser, the page loads fine and without any issues. This leads me to believe it is either a cookie or a Java issue with the website (maybe a Java virus???).

 

When you Google search "fun4u.mobi" there are multiple people reporting this issue on other forums on the web. It seems to have begun somewhere this week, with me atleast. Last week and before that I never had this issue and I havent installed any apps or downloaded anything in the meantime.

 

Help?

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#2 Camoth2
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Add:

Others also report it started with visiting Gamespot.com.

These are the specs of the phone I use mainly:

Modelnr: GT-I8730

Androidversion: 4.1.2

Kernelversion: 3.4.0-1006842

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#3 Camoth2
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Another add (sorry, there's not edit):

Specs from the other phone:

GT-I9000

Android: 2.2.1

Kernel:  2.6.32.9

 

I also tested it on my BlackBerry Bold -> works fine, no issues.

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#4 Camoth2
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Here are some screenshots from the Galaxy Express:

 

Screenshot_2013-09-21-13-58-17.png

 

Screenshot_2013-09-21-13-58-21.png?t=137

 

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#5 Camoth2
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Strangely enough, without doing anything to my phone, the issue has magically dissappeared!

Jeej Gamespot! Now I can watch my shows again before going to sleep tonight! Hurray! :cool:

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#6 PetJel
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Confirming this. I get this too on my phone.

Exact same as in the screenshots and discription above.

 

It's probably a local ad but this ispretty serious and I encourage GS to look into this asap.

 

-The main GS website is unaccessible for a certain number of mobile users

-The main GS website redirects to potentially malicious software

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#7 PetJel
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Ss

Screenshot from my Android phone.

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#8 mattie1984
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I have the exact same problem on multiple computers and browsers. Please address the issue, as I hate having to go to IGN for my fix ;)

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#9 mattie1984
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The text in your screenshots are all in Dutch, btw. This seems kind of strange too as I don't think you are all from Holland...

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#10 Camoth2
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I am from Holland.