Strange message when opening Answerbank

rockyracoon | 13:24 Mon 05th Nov 2012 | Technology

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When I try to open AB in Chrome (iPad), I keep getting this message

This is probably not the site that you are looking for!
You attempted to reach muk.247realmedia.com, but instead you actually reached a server identifying itself as openadstream-en1.247realmedia.com. This may be caused by a misconfiguration on the server or by something more serious. An attacker on your network could be trying to get you to visit a fake (and potentially harmful) version of muk.247realmedia.com.

This is the first time it's happened, any ideas?

Thanks, RR

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rojash

It's one of the 842 million ad servers that AB use. They still haven't twigged that if they had a more sensible policy regarding advertising on the site, some of us might actually turn of our adblockers when visiting, and they might even gain income.

rockyracoon

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Thanks for replying rojash.

So it's not harmful? I didn't click to carry on as I was a bit concerned.

rojash

It's not harmful.
If you install adblock plus it will no longer plague you (I'll probably be shot by Ed for that suggestion).

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