Ad for downloader extension

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paul1149
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Ad for downloader extension

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On both the profiles I regularly use I've gotten a full page ad today for Video Downloader Helper. I'm trying to figure out where this came from. I don't have the extension installed. I wouldn't install it now anyway, after this intrusion. Perhaps another extension spawned the page? SJ doesn't do this, correct?

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SJ does not throw ads in your face : )
For those of you who wear aluminum foil hats, the voices lie, don't believe them!

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That's what I thought, and I appreciate that. The most probable explanation is another extension is doing so.

Thanks.

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Or a miss click causing a popup to sneak through, happens to the best of us.

BTW Was it a ad for the firefox addon Video Downloader Helper ?

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An errant click was my first thought. But then an hour later the page appeared on my other profile-instance as I was watching, where only yahoo mail was open and I wasn't doing anything.

That's the name, but I don't know about firefox. It was a chrome extension.

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Sounds like a injected malware through an ad etc seeing you had your mail open. I would run your anti-malware program if you have one just in case. (malwarebytes probably the best one to run).

They come in various disguises http://www.fixyourbrowser.com/wp-conten ... virus1.png

I asked about ff addon because Video Downloader Helper addon is one of the most used addons firefox has. Its well trusted and has a chrome extension version too.

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http://www.scamadviser.com/check-websit ... ortgoo.com . It spams porn too (check reviews)

Name: John Smith
Organisation: John Smith
China.

Its about as fake as you can get :D

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