New site found hiding behind my 'normal' browser window

[Xairbusdriver]

Though I had a method of 'behind the window display' of sites! Apparently not. I simply added the url to AdBlock Plus' list of blocked sites, we'll see...

adsupplyads.com

The site purports to offer most "public records" on-line; speeding tickets, arrest records, etc. Instead of visiting the local "Court House", this site will display that sort of stuff. Cost? Who knows, I'm not going further than the displayed page to find out. Don't have any need to run a "background check" on any one, I already know which of my friends are felons!    OTOH, the "ONLINE DATING" link looks interesting...

Interesting "Disclaimer" at the bottom of the page pretty much negates the usefulness of any info one might gather.

QUOTE

DISCLAIMER: You may not use our service or the information it provides to make decisions about consumer credit, employment, insurance, tenant screening, or any other purpose that would require FCRA compliance. Instant Checkmate does not provide consumer reports and is not a consumer reporting agency. (These terms have special meanings under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 USC 1681 et seq., ("FCRA"), which are incorporated herein by reference.) The information available on our website may not be 100% accurate, complete, or up to date, so do not use it as a substitute for your own due diligence, especially if you have concerns about a person's criminal history. Instant Checkmate does not make any representation or warranty about the character or the integrity of the person, business, or entity about which you inquire, or the information available through our website. - See more at: http://www.adsupplyads.com/tcg951/incheck1...h.N3yiEvWZ.dpuf

This has SCAM written all over it! Won't touch it with a ten-foot Pole or even an equally tall Norwegian! It's possible this window opened when I visited Photobucket earlier this afternoon...

[Xairbusdriver]

I think the source of these ads has been found. I had found a setting in avast! (a/v software) called Safe Price. It would display suggestions for a better price on things I was looking for at many stores. But I didn't care for the intrusions and its obvious tracking, so I unchecked that in the avast! settings.

Today, avast! was mentioned as a company that had started installing adware in its software without any fanfare. That led me to <theSafeMac site> and Tom's free AppleScript, "Adware Removal Tool".

One of the adware 'app/code/extension' listed in the original article that started this trip, was MacVX. Turns out that is a Safari extension, I think it was called 'Pins' or something similar. At any rate, it's now in my Trash and soon to be picked up by the 'truck'!

So, if you've found some PopUps even though you have them "blocked" in Safari (and many other browsers) you might run the AppleScript and let it do a pretty fast search! BTW, if you don't want to run the script, Tom's site provides a very thorough list of adware and the tedious steps to take in searching the numerous directories on your system.

Hope this helps some one. No damage that I ever saw, which is why a/v software won't normally find/report these things; their not usually nefarious, so they are not technically "malware", just annoying! "Annoyware"? Not a code "bug" but code that "bugs"!