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Whois: eoperfops12.qcloudteo.com (Original Post) justaprogressive Jan 2026 OP
Do you have any of their posts? surfered Jan 2026 #1
Sorry these are not associated with a user justaprogressive Jan 2026 #2
Send a screenshot if you see it again surfered Jan 2026 #3
here ya go justaprogressive Jan 2026 #4
Brave.exe belongs to the brave browser sboatcar Jan 2026 #6
No the pages are linking to that website! justaprogressive Jan 2026 #8
Ahhh gotcha sboatcar Jan 2026 #9
DNS lookup says its registered in china, names redacted sboatcar Jan 2026 #5
yeah like I said ODD! justaprogressive Jan 2026 #7
Send DU email to EarlG surfered Jan 2026 #11
Here's one theory surfered Jan 2026 #10

justaprogressive

(6,971 posts)
2. Sorry these are not associated with a user
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 12:17 PM
Jan 2026

it's on the pages themselves.

A whois tells me VERY little about this ip address...

sboatcar

(853 posts)
6. Brave.exe belongs to the brave browser
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 01:17 PM
Jan 2026

I've also seen brave.exe spoofed as other things, but it looks like someone is trying to do some kind of an exploit from a brave browser coming from that IP address (I'll provide it if you'd like it, but I'd rather not post in here)

justaprogressive

(6,971 posts)
8. No the pages are linking to that website!
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 01:54 PM
Jan 2026

I'm using Brave. The page is trying to direct the browser to connect to this suspect website.

sboatcar

(853 posts)
5. DNS lookup says its registered in china, names redacted
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 01:16 PM
Jan 2026

The IP address geolocates to Brazil. Odd.

surfered

(13,690 posts)
10. Here's one theory
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 04:32 PM
Jan 2026

1. Perhaps it's an embedded gif from a non secure server...
Ie: http vs https at the beginning of the embedded image URL

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