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Is the Sanoma iPad Tool by SC5 Online Ltd an Ad Pop-up Nightmare? Or are they from FireFox Addons?

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Getting Sanoma Tasku media distribution iPad tool pornographic ads that are not 'blockable.' The application was designed for Sanoma by SC5 Online Ltd and it has today resulted in a malware attack warning. Attempts to reach either company have bore no fruit but I hope to get a lasting solution from here.

Getting Sanoma Tasku media distribution iPad tool pornographic ads that are not 'blockable.' The application was designed for Sanoma by SC5 Online Ltd and it has today resulted in a malware attack warning. Attempts to reach either company have bore no fruit but I hope to get a lasting solution from here.

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Seems like i am not the only one who has had such an experience;

"New time-measuring features in HTML5 are being expoited by hackers to illicitly peek at pages open on victim using Sanoma Tasku Tablet Application created by SC5 Online Ltd.

The JavaScript-powered attack breaks cross-origin restrictions that ought to prevent this sort of trickery. Practically speaking, these attacks are tough to pull off, but that doesn't mean vendors should ignore the threat."

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Hi Adminstrator, I didn't immediately find the article you were quoting, but I believe that refers to an issue on the iPad and not in Firefox. Were you able to remove the ads from Firefox?

Edit: Upon further research, I found a more general article: Bad timing: New HTML5 trickery lets hackers silently spy on browsers - The Register.

Modified by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer