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| Thread ID: 123233 | 2012-02-12 08:56:00 | Firefox related nastie? | minster (9180) | Press F1 |
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| 1258794 | 2012-02-12 08:56:00 | Was browsing F1 Forums last night om my desktop and on closing page got a pop up saying my pc was infected! It tried to get me to download an exe file to clean computer but I closed the page and run malawarebyte/msse scans to check and they came up clear. This morning on my laptop the same thing pops up (Windows Secure Kit 2011) After a bit of searching I found that Windows Secure Kit 2011 is browser related (Firefox) and could cause trouble if a user was to install it. Wondering if this has come up before on F1 and if there are any easy removal options if the worst was to happen? |
minster (9180) | ||
| 1258795 | 2012-02-13 00:18:00 | ....on closing the page? you weren't using a search link or anything? this seems to be a very recent recurrence of an "SEO" hijack using redirect techniques to load the scare-ware url instead of an intended page searched for see here (nakedsecurity.sophos.com) |
bevy121 (117) | ||
| 1258796 | 2012-02-13 00:28:00 | Yes I had earlier done a search to see if the apparent problem had been discussed before but after my search I spent 30 mins or so reading posts before closing. Also, this same program reappeared the next morning, but this time on my laptop so I do not believe there could be any link between PressF1 and the nastie as I had not been near F1 with the laptop. |
minster (9180) | ||
| 1258797 | 2012-02-13 08:58:00 | Turning off Java scripting tends to allow you to wrestle control back from many of these things. Easiest way to do it is to switch to a different tab, and disable Java from there, then return to the tab with the bogus page and close it. |
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