[USML Announce] Fwd: From Contact Us: Malware messages

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 Thanks!
    On Tuesday, May 26, 2026 at 04:53:10 PM CDT, Mark Blocker <blockermark at gmail.com> wrote:   

 League:  Here is the very-quick response I received from Onroto's CEO about the issue Mark Kerber raised. Please let me know if you have seen any further occurrences of these messages.
Mark B.

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From: OnRoto Support <support at onroto.com>
Date: Tue, May 26, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Subject: Re: From Contact Us: Malware messages
To: <blockermark at gmail.com>


We believe we got this ad out of our rotation today.
Thanks,Niv
On Tue, May 26, 2026 at 4:57 PM Customer: blockermark at gmail.com <Support at onroto.com> wrote:

Onroto Team: Several owners in our league have contacted me about malware advertisements that appear on our league website. Has this issue been addressed? Let me know what I can tell our league members. A description of the issue is set forth below.Mark BlockerDescription of issue:Wondering if the rest of you have seen an annoying uptick in a malicious pop-up on the onroto site. It's a redirect to a fake McAfee warning message, including the usual dire warning about malware (and of course directions to click on something to subscribe to McAfee). As I understand it, there are also versions mocked up for other security software (e.g., Norton). It's absolutely clear to me that it's coming from onroto.I assume you're all savvy enough not to click. However, it's getting really annoying. I've tweaked up everything I can think of--pop-up blocker, security settings, etc., but that doesn't seem to be enough to ward it off. This morning, I had to close onroto three times in the course of about five minutes.From what I understand, the problem is that onroto sells advertising to some sketchy advertisers. Their ads implement the redirects regardless of whether you click on them.
League Abbrev: USML
User: mblocker
Sport: baseball
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