Thread: Another dastardly deed by Airtel

Since afternoon today, i have been noticing that sometimes when i open new websites and login there (such as the IBB forum itself), i am redirected to an airtel digitalTV (IPTV) advertisement page!! There is a link on the top which reads "Click here to continue to ......"

I mean damnit what has Airtel come down to!!!?? Don't they know anything about how users will respond to their despicable acts?! :thumbdown:
High time these a-holes realize what they are up to.

I could not take any screenshot of the page yet, as i was confused. Are any of you encountering the same issue?? Please do post a shot if you come across such a page. :001_9898:

UPDATE: captured the ad below when trying to view the subscriptions page here on IBB. Is it part of some ad campaign by admin? But i doubt this since it came up on a google image search result too.

http://i450.photobucket.com/albums/q...isc/airtel.png

I Think its a kind of ad by the Admin of this site..

then how come the ad shows up on random sites. i have not got any software from airtel installed on my computer.

are u using default DNS or open DNS. try changing to open DNS and see if the problem remains

i am using open dns, but what happens at some occasions is that it is disabled by airtel. presently when its working, i don't see the ad.

Exactly what I thought.
I have heard from some techie that the DNS server can be configured to super-impose Adverts/ redirect to advert site when someone tries to connect specific sites.

hmm..airtel shouldnt be disabling opendns servers.. i dont think they can either.. you mean internet work when you use opendns?

Originally Posted by superprash2003

hmm..airtel shouldnt be disabling opendns servers.. i dont think they can either.. you mean internet work when you use opendns?

they haven't blocked them permanently, just there are some times when the servers are not accessible. so for these times i have airtel dns servers in my dns servers list, listed after two of open dns servers in the internet connection properties.

@ Starry
You are hiding quite quite a lot boy...
(In the snapshot)

Don't worry. That is enough. With a new technology 'Centriopideal Picture Decoding' that I have developed, I was able to clear all your clearances...

man as i always say and continue saying
---------AIRTEL SUX BIG TIME--------------------
by the way wats with ur "image decoding" u worked seems an interesting thing

Originally Posted by dhaneshv

@ Starry
You are hiding quite quite a lot boy...
(In the snapshot)

Don't worry. That is enough. With a new technology 'Centriopideal Picture Decoding' that I have developed, I was able to clear all your clearances...

i need my privacy.

Originally Posted by StarryKnight

i need my privacy.

did you check your hosts file ?

Is it coming for all site's or only specific site ?. If specific site is there a pattern to it ?

Originally Posted by vikramjb

did you check your hosts file ?

Is it coming for all site's or only specific site ?. If specific site is there a pattern to it ?

it has stopped since yesterday. no there wasn't anything in my hosts file i had checked it up. it was showing up randomly.

Have you tried contacting the CC ?

Can it be a result of spyware sitting in your machine. Showing up of ads randomly like this is not a good practice and if its happening to a lot of people it would have come out by now. Did you check with anyone nearby your area with airtel connection ?

nope i dint check with some1 from my area, n no i do not have any spyware or viruses on my comp n m pretty sure about that.