mediaplex in effex

February 27, 2012 11:16 AM

Try to access Metafilter through Safari: success!! Try to access Metafilter through Chrome: routed to Mediaplex.com. Other websites are fine, this is only happening with Metafilter. Wassup with that. A problem on my end only or is this something happening to others, as well?
posted by (Arsenio) Hall and (Warren) Oates to Bugs at 11:16 AM (26 comments total)

You get redirected to a different domain? Do you have any browser extensions installed?
posted by pb (staff) at 11:21 AM on February 27, 2012

You get redirected to a different domain? Do you have any browser extensions installed?

No browser extensions installed. If I close tabs and reopen them it's still a problem. I'm going to close Chrome and open it up again but yes, metafilter.com won't load - it pauses then routes me to mediaplex.com
posted by (Arsenio) Hall and (Warren) Oates at 11:23 AM on February 27, 2012

That's a DNS redirect trojan. Try clearing your cache or follow instructions here to remove it.
posted by zarq at 11:24 AM on February 27, 2012 [2 favorites]

Closed Chrome and reopened and it's still routing me to mediaplex.com
posted by (Arsenio) Hall and (Warren) Oates at 11:24 AM on February 27, 2012

Thanks, zarq. I nuked my history in Chrome and started it back up and it's working again. So that's a fix for at least awhile.
posted by (Arsenio) Hall and (Warren) Oates at 11:29 AM on February 27, 2012

Shit, he figured it out. Looks like we'll need another plan to drive off (Arsenio) Hall and (Warren) Oates.
posted by Think_Long at 11:36 AM on February 27, 2012 [5 favorites]

Excellent. Glad to hear it!
posted by zarq at 11:37 AM on February 27, 2012

Looks like we'll need another plan to drive off (Arsenio) Hall and (Warren) Oates.

I'll never leave!!

(mods play "These Boots are Made for Walking" on repeat)
posted by (Arsenio) Hall and (Warren) Oates at 11:47 AM on February 27, 2012 [1 favorite]

So that's a fix for at least awhile.

Please don't forget to remove the trojan as well!
posted by DreamerFi at 11:47 AM on February 27, 2012

Shit, he figured it out. Looks like we'll need another plan to drive off (Arsenio) Hall and (Warren) Oates.

Maybe we should send him ahead to bring us some (fettuccine) Alfredo and (huevos) Garcia and hope he goes across the border and can't get back.
posted by jamjam at 11:58 AM on February 27, 2012 [1 favorite]

I'll never leave!!

[Match cut to AHaWO standing in front of mediaplex.com]
posted by griphus at 12:11 PM on February 27, 2012 [3 favorites]

guys?
posted by (Arsenio) Hall and (Warren) Oates at 12:12 PM on February 27, 2012 [1 favorite]

Love you, love your name.
posted by jamjam at 12:15 PM on February 27, 2012

Removing the trojan could lead to unintended pregnancy.
posted by mareli at 12:19 PM on February 27, 2012

I just want to double check: you are all hearing Alice Cooper songs at full volume whenever visiting one of the MetaFilter sites, right?
posted by (Arsenio) Hall and (Warren) Oates at 12:22 PM on February 27, 2012 [2 favorites]

The official metafilter RFC states that it should be Blondie's cover of "The Tide Is High."
posted by griphus at 12:26 PM on February 27, 2012 [1 favorite]

The correct Blondie song is, and has always been, "Atomic".
posted by aramaic at 12:49 PM on February 27, 2012

(mods play "These Boots are Made for Walking" on repeat)

I would prefer it if you'd play "Every 1's a Winner" by Hot CHocolate.
posted by Meatbomb at 12:54 PM on February 27, 2012

Sorry forgot to link.
posted by Meatbomb at 12:55 PM on February 27, 2012

Exactly one Blondie song has previously auto-played when visiting MetaFilter. This is a science fact.
posted by SpiffyRob at 1:07 PM on February 27, 2012 [1 favorite]

Damn, just how awesome are both Rapture and The Tide is High, anyway?

Wait...I can answer that. It's VERY DAMN AWESOME.
posted by Ivan Fyodorovich at 1:50 PM on February 27, 2012

Yeah, that's my new jam for today.
posted by Ivan Fyodorovich at 1:51 PM on February 27, 2012 [1 favorite]

This is mine.
posted by griphus at 2:18 PM on February 27, 2012

Quit using Chrome. Problem solved.
posted by cjorgensen at 4:13 PM on February 27, 2012

AskMediaplex gives really bad advise by the way. Don't listen. They never tell anyone to DTMFA or see a therapist.
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