Greetings! So, as you bass nerds may know, Gibson has put out some interesting basses throughout the years, namely the Grabber, G3, Ripper, RD, Víctory yada-yada, and I found a great place to read about them, that being flyguitars.com, but the page seems to be non-functional in the recent months. When I click to get in the page it takes me to another one named Depositphotos, showing me pics about the war on Ukraine and stuff. Any idea of why is this happening and maybe how to fix the Issue? Thanks!
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Flyguitars.com not working?
- Thread starter Ub3rsold
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It was working for me when I visited (on mobile) and I added www to the URL to make sure it went to the homepage.
That said it has huge annoying popup ads and the close button isn’t immediately visible. But it did seem to be working.
That said it has huge annoying popup ads and the close button isn’t immediately visible. But it did seem to be working.
Are you using an adblocker? The site is working for me (on a browser with adblockers and browser security extremely buttoned down).
It's possible the website has been attacked and modified, or is running malicious ads which are redirecting you to another site.
It's also possible your browser or computer has been compromised by malware, but in this case you would experience similar behavior on other websites too.
No adblockers on the phone I'm using and it redirects me to the depositphotos site, I'm using adblockers on my laptop but still, I think maybe I have a problem with my IP or something like that?
I'm only experiencing this behavior on this specific website
Double check that you’re entering the URL correctly? Other than malware redirecting you I can’t imagine what else is happening. Have you tried connecting via your service provider’s data connection vs wifi?
I have downloaded an adblock browser app on my phone and for some reason the page works fine like that? No idea why it doesn't work properly any other way
That would indicate the site is either compromised with malicious Javascript or it is running ads that use Javascript to hijack the browser.
The difference matters to the website owner, but either circumstance is about the same as far as us users are concerned.
Continuing to visit it is the online equivalent of trying to pet a rabid dog. Stop visiting the site. If the site owner is going to be this irresponsible they do not deserve your business.
