The past few days, anything I do on AudioZ redirects to Universal Ad Blocker.

Anyone else? I'm trying to figure if my old Chrome is completely compromised.

This is the link it goes to : https://adsquash.info/store.php?pd=...1100010TUSTV436251824744V2cc80&pf=ac&pj=2&pi=

Thanks

 

not me. but i'm still using ublock origin.

 

Likely Chrome, each browser has it's inherent flaws.

 

Did you accidentally log out of AudioZ? If you do not login you will get ads, popups, and so on.

 

Not correct. Zero popups, ads or anything like this with uBlock and script blocker - while not logged in.

 

I use both uBlock Origin and AdGuard Adblocker extensions running together in Brave (Chrome based) and seems to work... I used to just use uBlock but the pop ups still happened at the time until I installed AdGuard Adblocker

 

What version of chrome you got? I'm on 109.x.x with ublock/o - all works like a champ. Same deal w/FF running U/O. no issues.

 

Last edited: May 18, 2025

Despite the fact I have Origin and a half dozen other blockers on Firefox private browser, I still get pop-ups for https://stake.com/
A gambling site

 

isn't the link it is going to for the ad blocker, not because he is already using it?

 

your browser was highjacked by a malware
https://malwaretips.com/blogs/adsquash-info/

typically made to sell anti malware with fake specialist webpage, malwarebyte, trojan remover, and other commercial tools.

 

Mine was more a general statement. I never had such popups, neither with Firefoxy nor with Opera. And it never made a difference whether I was logged in or not.

 

A word to the wise. These kinds of things are not going to be prevented by "updates" or any other kind of corporate malfeasance. Only common sense and regularly updated passive browser exploit signatures will help make the browser to not be vulnerable to the exploit(s) in the first place. Clear your cache regularly, and reject cookies. I'm using browsers that have had updating disabled and all telemetry disconnected since their inception many years ago. I also make certain that signatures for browser exploits are regularly updated. I never have these kinds of issues. Common sense also helps - if something looks suspicious then it probably is.