"I'm not a robot"

[WinterDeere]

Just the last few days, several times per day, the site will redirect me to another URL with only a "I'm not a robot" checkbox in the middle of the screen. It always happens while I'm in the middle of typing a message.

If I close the window and then start a new session to tractorbynet.com, it seems everything is back to normal.

Assuming an attack on the site, but can you give some insight as to what's happening here? How does it push a site load, if I'm not clicking any new link on the site at the moment? Assuming the same mechanism as that which pushes notifications? Maybe time to turn off notifications?

 

[bcp]

Haven't seen it here. Mac and Brave.

Bruce

 

[WinterDeere]

Oh, I guess I should have said, Edge in Win11.

 

[WinterDeere]

And now, this, while responding to a post on this forum:

 

[Muhammad]

Try now. I disabled ads on your account to test if it's something coming through an ad.

 

[WinterDeere]

Cool. Thanks! It's not consistent, so I'll watch 24 hours, and report back here.

 

[part-time-Farmer-NC]

If it continues (or to see if you have malware on your computer anyway), try downloading adwcleaner by malwarebytes.org. It runs in about 30 seconds and will search your memory for running malware, then quarrantines it.

I have seen malware cause weird issues when browsing.

 

[WinterDeere]

Never bad advice, I've used malwarebytes several times, in the distant past. But in this case, I'm already running Norton AV with browser extensions, and also occasionally check with the built in MS tools. Also, the issue is unique to this forum, doesn't appear anywhere else in my daily travels.

So, I'll see if Muhammad's fix pans out first, and take it from there.

 

[WinterDeere]

Whatever changes you made seem to have resolved the issue, Muhammad.

 

[part-time-Farmer-NC]

For those who may follow this post, another thing to try is a different browser. Say you are using Chrome try using Edge or vice versa. Sometimes its a browser thing.

 

[bmaverick]

Whatever changes you made seem to have resolved the issue, Muhammad.

I only notice this problem when using a private VPN outside the USA visiting TBN. I would have the Captcha and FF warning of a bad site, do I want to continue. I then check the VPN, yep, it defaulted again to the Netherlands. Flip it to USA and all works again.

 

[WinterDeere]

I only notice this problem when using a private VPN outside the USA visiting TBN. I would have the Captcha and FF warning of a bad site, do I want to continue. I then check the VPN, yep, it defaulted again to the Netherlands. Flip it to USA and all works again.

Good info. But in my case, I was in USA with VPN turned off, when I experienced the trouble.

 

[quicksandfarmer]

 

[Oaktree]

For those who may follow this post, another thing to try is a different browser. Say you are using Chrome try using Edge or vice versa. Sometimes its a browser thing.

It could also be an overly aggressive antivirus program, adblocker, or something similar. I use Ublock Origin and it will sometimes flag legit websites as being sketchy. Never TBN though.