Popup window from tag.imonomy.com trying to load preload.js

[Joshua Searls]

I'm running Windows 10 and a popup keeps asking me to save or run a file with the name: preload.js and it says it's from tag.imonomy.com

I have Windows Defender and Malware Bytes running but they haven't found anything.

 

[Saga Lout]

The last part of your post is the good news. Which browser are you using and do you have a pop-up blocker? For me, the best combination is Firefox and AdBlock Plus.

 

[Joshua Searls]

The last part of your post is the good news. Which browser are you using and do you have a pop-up blocker? For me, the best combination is Firefox and AdBlock Plus.

I'm using Firefox and Ublock Origin. I just haven't found where this is coming from so I can stop it. The only thing I can think of is it's coming from Java somewhere. I don't allow Flash to run in my browser at all.

 

[Saga Lout]

Flash does nothing for Firefox 45 and onwards. I Googled for imonomy and on the face of it, it's a respected utility. Take a look and see what you think.

 

[Joshua Searls]

Flash does nothing for Firefox 45 and onwards. I Googled for imonomy and on the face of it, it's a respected utility. Take a look and see what you think.

Thank you for taking the time out to help. I've run scans and it looks like all trace of it has disappeared. I updated all the plugins and it hasn't popped up since.

 

[Allen_Kitchell]

I too have just noticed this tag.imonomy.com preload.js Javascript script program pop up on my system. I am running Firefox browser, Windows 7, I have avast free antivirus, AdBlock+, and occasionally run spybot S&D and or Malwarebytes if I feel I have an issue with something that should not be making it's way into my system such as this invasive program.
I don't care what anyone says about imonomy being a reputable entity they are trying to invade my system, attempting to install god knows what with their preload.js, which is a javascript script, which could do a lot of harm depending on the payload. I can only speak for myself, but on my system they have not been invited, not directly, nor indirectly as a third party software, the type usually delivered with free downloads, so with that said, how can anyone say they seem like a reputable entity. They have not been invited onto my system, yet they are trying to invade by sending a javascript preload in hopes that I or others would allow it to run, this in itself makes them no good in my book, and leaves this issue far from solved.

 

[Saga Lout]

I'm afraid in the modern world, we open ourselves to this kind of advertising and other junk every time we go on the Net. You have good defences.

 

[Allen_Kitchell]

Saga Lout I have located and wish to share the fix for this preloadjs_from_tagimonomy.com, thanks to a reddit thread found here: https://www.reddit.com/r/windows/comments/4n9e4l/popup_titled_preloadjs_from_tagimonomycom_keeps/

To rid yourself of the preload.js from tag.imonomy.com which by the way is a rootkit, do the following:
1)click: https://toolslib.net/downloads/viewdownload/1-adwcleaner/ install and run Adwcleaner v5.200.
2) after scancompletes, click registry tab, if 4 keys are listed in that tab you have captured it.
3) click "clean"
4) optional, print off a log file, optional, uninstall adwcleaner
5) reboot your computer.
6)have a great day knowing you won this skirmish against the enemy.

 

[Saga Lout]

If it's on Reddit, it must be good advice 😀. An advert cleaner which can fight Rootkits is a rarity in my world but if you believe you killed it, fine.