# This Board Just Tried to load a Ransom Virus on My PC **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [July 23, 2024, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/this-board-just-tried-to-load-a-ransom-virus-on-my-pc/195400 "2024-07-23T15:55:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 12:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/this-board-just-tried-to-load-a-ransom-virus-on-my-pc/195400/22 "2024-07-26T12:13:53Z")
P-word obviously is **Platypus** ![IMG_2482](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/d/5/d58d76482ee3979d4cd3cbbca29867c1d5656a5d.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 8:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/this-board-just-tried-to-load-a-ransom-virus-on-my-pc/195400/23 "2024-07-26T20:05:52Z")
> [@ChrisTheTireWhisperer](#): > > thousands of words that start with ‘P’. Which one here? Poster @Nevada_545 coined the term “p-word” to mean a word that rhymes with “pair of tights” . I don’t want to type the actual word here b/c it could lead to more of those obnoxious ads being delivered to me. It’s still not clear who/what is sourcing the P-word ads. Car Talk? Car Talk’s Advertisers? Anonymous 3rd party website hacker? ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 8:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/this-board-just-tried-to-load-a-ransom-virus-on-my-pc/195400/24 "2024-07-26T20:09:13Z")
> [@MikeInNH](#): > > But I also run an ad-blocker. Chrome offers some ad protection. My version of Chrome is set up to not allow ads from sources known to be problematic. But it’s clear there are some holes in chrome’s protection scheme. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 8:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/this-board-just-tried-to-load-a-ransom-virus-on-my-pc/195400/25 "2024-07-26T20:53:22Z")
[quote=“George\_San\_Jose1, post:23, topic:195400”] . It’s still not clear who/what is sourcing the P-word ads. Car Talk? Car Talk’s Advertisers? Anonymous 3rd party website hacker? [/quote I think you might be better off sending private messages to Julie or John because you seem to be the only one getting these annoying ads . ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 11:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/this-board-just-tried-to-load-a-ransom-virus-on-my-pc/195400/26 "2024-07-26T23:29:13Z")
> [@George\_San\_Jose1](#): > > rhymes with “pair of tights The only word I can come up with is plights, plural of plight. Why that would generate anything negative is beyond me. Or: Phriday night phights! ---
**Author:** ![entrepreneurfinesse\_190761](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/entrepreneurfinesse_190761/32/41059_2.png) [@entrepreneurfinesse\_190761](https://community.cartalk.com/u/entrepreneurfinesse_190761)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2024, 11:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/this-board-just-tried-to-load-a-ransom-virus-on-my-pc/195400/27 "2024-07-26T23:35:39Z")
Use Adblock and run Virus scan bro. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/this-board-just-tried-to-load-a-ransom-virus-on-my-pc/195400/28 "2024-07-27T13:06:18Z")
> [@Purebred](#): > > The only word I can come up with is plights, plural of plight. How about “pair a sites” is that easier? ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 3:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/this-board-just-tried-to-load-a-ransom-virus-on-my-pc/195400/29 "2024-07-27T15:13:23Z")
According to George it is a **single** word that rhymes with tights or possibly pair, but pair already starts with P. Your word sites, again, only rhymes with plights. In the catagory of **almost** rhymes is price. You and George must have a different rhyming dictionary. ---
**Author:** ![davesmopar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/davesmopar/32/41750_2.png) [@davesmopar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davesmopar)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/this-board-just-tried-to-load-a-ransom-virus-on-my-pc/195400/30 "2024-07-27T15:32:44Z")
This is where the “P” word came from… you will have to scroll up to see what the P word is… > [@Sluggish forum-site response](https://community.cartalk.com/t/sluggish-forum-site-response/195309/67): > > You just typed the “P” word 3 more times, so you should be seeing more ads. Type “chainsaw” and see how many ads you get. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 5:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/this-board-just-tried-to-load-a-ransom-virus-on-my-pc/195400/31 "2024-07-27T17:18:50Z")
Ah, I think I found it, from the other thread. Having attend a number of symposiums on ova and parasites, and performing hundreds, if not thousands, of parasite exams, I am not too concerned about a parasite. Nor, am I afraid of looking in a mirror and saying “Bloody Mary” three times. So let’s see what happens now that I have typed parasite. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/this-board-just-tried-to-load-a-ransom-virus-on-my-pc/195400/32 "2024-07-27T20:55:21Z")
> [@Purebred](#): > > I am not too concerned about a parasite. Seems to depend upon how squeamish you are. One of the poster’s here was none to pleased about the Car Talk ad image posted (briefly) above. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2024, 12:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/this-board-just-tried-to-load-a-ransom-virus-on-my-pc/195400/33 "2024-07-28T12:42:39Z")
Have not seen the advertisement. I typed parasite three times, nothing happened. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/this-board-just-tried-to-load-a-ransom-virus-on-my-pc/195400/34 "2024-07-28T22:37:51Z")
> [@Purebred](#): > > I typed parasite three times, nothing happened. Thanks for trying. Keep an eye on the situation, if one appears it is pretty hard to ignore. But if you aren’t particularly squeamish you might not find them overly objectionable and could overlook them, which is what I did until recently, when I finally got fed up. Sometimes those objectionable ads disappear for a couple of days, but then come back for no rhyme nor reason. I have no idea why, who or what is sending them to my computer. The only thing I know is that they are only displayed on the Car Talk website. I’ve never seen them on any other website. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 11:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/this-board-just-tried-to-load-a-ransom-virus-on-my-pc/195400/35 "2024-07-29T23:07:40Z")
I think the sites have very little control over what ads are displayed. I seem to get Firestone and hertz a lot and a diamond and dress site once in a while… wife was renting a car and I said anyone but hertz. I will not rent from them even if a dollar a day. This place is really fruity today. From another site hosted by lawyers and law professors, they had a problem with very bad ads popping up. They tried for several weeks to get them eliminated. Said they had no or little control over the ads selected. Welcome to AI. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2024, 11:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/this-board-just-tried-to-load-a-ransom-virus-on-my-pc/195400/36 "2024-07-29T23:28:04Z")
> [@bing](#): > > Said they had no or little control over the ads selected. Welcome to AI. That’s interesting. You’d think ads for a site like this would have to pass a non-offensive acceptability test in order to be in the set that is possible to display on a NPR-related website. They’d have to pass the NPR test in other words. If someone using the same computer was surfing porn, even legal porn, you’d still certainly want to be sure none of the porn ads could possibly be displayed here to be shown to the next computer user. For the most part that seems to be working, the only visually offensive ad I’ve seen here is the p-word. Maybe that company just slipped by. I’m presuming everything that can be done is already in place by now. I discovered a work-a-round that seems to be working so that’s enough computer talk. ---
**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 12:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/this-board-just-tried-to-load-a-ransom-virus-on-my-pc/195400/37 "2024-07-30T00:23:48Z")
> [@George\_San\_Jose1](#): > > That’s interesting. You’d think ads for a site like this would have to pass a non-offensive acceptability test in order to be in the set that is possible to display on a NPR-related website. They don’t sell ads directly. It’s all done through an ad agency. Ad agencies need to do a better job in vetting their clients. When my kids were younger I’d seen spam and porn ads on Nickelodeon. They were taken down very quickly once they were discovered. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 6:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/this-board-just-tried-to-load-a-ransom-virus-on-my-pc/195400/38 "2024-07-30T06:58:43Z")
I don’t know anything about it. Just what happened on the other site run by lawyers and fairly prominent legal scholars. Took them a couple weeks, ---
**Author:** ![JoeMario](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@JoeMario](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JoeMario)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 10:53am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/this-board-just-tried-to-load-a-ransom-virus-on-my-pc/195400/39 "2024-07-30T10:53:50Z")
It’s possible CarTalk is using a Banner Exchange Program. See: > **[How Banner Ads Work](https://computer.howstuffworks.com/banner-ad6.htm)** > > Banner ads generate a big part of the revenue for many Web sites. Learn how banner ads work. > The advantage of joining a banner exchange program is it’s a free way to get other sites to post your banner ads. > > The disadvantage is that you give up a lot of control over where your ads are posted and what ads are posted on your site. In most cases, the banner exchange program chooses where to put its members’ banner ads, and you may not like what they decide to post on your site or where they end up posting your banner ad. I understand some ad selection models use a bidding process. When you click on a site to visit, a bidding war goes on behind the scenes between companies wanting to show their ads to customers with your profile. The goal is to see who will pay the highest price. And you never notice it because it happens in a fraction of a second. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 2:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/this-board-just-tried-to-load-a-ransom-virus-on-my-pc/195400/40 "2024-07-30T14:05:06Z")
> [@JoeMario](#): > > When you click on a site to visit, a bidding war goes on behind the scenes between companies wanting to show their ads to customers with your profile. The goal is to see who will pay the highest price. I am computer illiterate. Is that how organizations get email addresses? I get close to 200 junk emails per day. Or, I would think, online businesses that I do business with, sell their email lists? I get emails from organizations that I loath. Oddly, I do not get emails from vehicle manufacturers, though I visit their sites and one has my email. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 2:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/this-board-just-tried-to-load-a-ransom-virus-on-my-pc/195400/41 "2024-07-30T14:07:50Z")
They do not get your email just from your activity on the internet. Your email is collected any time you enter it in a web site, and collections of email addresses are sold by some of those sites. Others pledge to never sell it. [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/this-board-just-tried-to-load-a-ransom-virus-on-my-pc/195400.md?page=1) [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/this-board-just-tried-to-load-a-ransom-virus-on-my-pc/195400.md?page=3)